What Run Oregon is Wearing: Brooks Cascadia 16 (sneak peak!)
I have never met a runner who had found their go-to shoe and has loved every iteration thereafter. We’ve all done it: “Oh, I used to run in those but [...]
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Run Oregon Test Kitchen: ReadyWise Adventure / Survival / Emergency Food Kits
It’s officially summertime. My calendar is filled through mid-September with running and backpacking and fastpacking and camping and climbing and all of the summer adventures I can squeeze in. I [...]
Small Race Preview: Harrisburg Firecracker 5K
The Firecracker 5k is a small, local event that is back for 2021. Hosted by by Eclectic Edge Racing, this race takes participants on a dog-bone shaped course through the town [...]
Race Preview: 2021 Independence Day Half Marathon / 5K / 10K (Champoeg State Park)
Run with Paula’s Independence Day Half Marathon (and 10K and 5K) has been approved to be held in-person! It will be held on Sunday, July 4th in the beautiful Champoeg [...]
Race Preview: 2021 Old Cascadia 50M / 20M / and NEW 50K (Willamette National Forest)
Our friends at Alpine Running never fail to put on a great race and back again this year (in its proper month after a 2020 reschedule!) is Old Cascadia. Unfortunately [...]
Race Recap: 2021 Salmon Run Half Marathon (Bend)
As someone who lives and trains in Portland, I’ll grab just about any excuse to go to Bend. The chance to pin on a bib at a live, in-person race? [...]
Race Preview: 2021 Helvetia Half | 10K | 5K (Hillsboro)
The Helvetia Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K, a Run with Paula event, is coming up on Saturday, June 12. Though it’s not yet been confirmed to be an in-person race, [...]
What Run Oregon is Using: New items from KT Tape
It was the Before Times and I was sitting in a fancy meeting room with a client – I was in a pink and white summer dress and I had [...]
Run Oregon is Kickin’ it in the Saucony Peregrine 11 ST
The Saucony Peregrine trail shoe has been around long enough to be on version 11, but just released in January 2021 is a special version: the ST. Abbreviated for “soft [...]
Race Preview: 100K Relay on the Prom (Seaside)
To celebrate the Prom Centennial, the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District is hosting a 100K relay on the promenade in Seaside! This sounds like it’ll be a fun, grueling [...]