Sgt major ed bugarin biography

Edward Bugarin, 50, decided after running, lifting weights and kayaking yesterday that he had better pass up the 36.2-mile Haleakala Run to the Sun race tomorrow because he is still recovering from leptospirosis after a 500-mile Eco-Challenge Race in Malaysian Borneo.

Bugarin is the second Hawaii participant in the grueling two-week adventure race to contract leptospirosis, a sometimes fatal bacterial illness.

Mike Trisler, 32, a lifeguard on the North Shore, was hospitalized 10 days after arriving home Aug. 27 from the race.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and health officials in other countries have been trying to reach members of the 80 teams to warn them of the disease.

The teams had to swim through heavily flooded waters, and leptospirosis is transmitted through water contaminated with urine from infected animals.

A retired Army sergeant-major who served in the elite Delta Force, Bugarin has had a life of excitement.

Among other career highlights, he was inv Ed bugarin delta force!