Articles by Tung Yin

About Tung Yin (248 Articles)

Law prof by day, runner all the time. Got off the couch in January 2011 and have been obsessed with running ever since.

Small Race Preview: 2019 Canyon Crawl (Madras)

April 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Madras is a city on the way to Bend from Portland, and it’s also the site of the annual Canyon Crawl race, a 7.5 mile run from the city’s Public Works parking lot to nearby Lake Simtustus. There’s no race course available on the [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Tulip Trail Run 5K, 10K, and half marathon (Woodburn)

March 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you are interested in a trail race in late March, take a look at the Tulip Trail Run. This is a 5K/10K/half marathon race taking place at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm & Vineyard in Woodburn, about 30 miles south of Portland. Race day is March [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Chocolatathon 5K/10K

February 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

After a relatively warm winter through January, it wasn’t unreasonable to think that maybe this would be another snow-less year in Portland. But then there was that crazy start to February, when the weather forecast called for serious snow [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Oregon Winter Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K

February 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

As an Uberthons Ambassador, I look forward to starting the new year off with the annual Winter Event at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Course. Over the years, Uberthons and The Reserve have developed a symbiotic relationship; as the weather turns [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 ORRC Champoeg Marathon Relay/Half Marathon/30K/10K/Kid’s Run

February 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

Champoeg State Park is a great venue for running a race of any distance. It’s like a destination event without having to travel too far (if you are coming from the Portland area). The Oregon Road Runners Club is taking full advantage of [read more...]

Run Oregon is Kickin’ it in the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 19

January 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

I am a bit tardy in writing this review of the new Brooks Adrenaline GTS 19 shoe (so tardy, in fact, that fellow Run Oregon blogger Julie Mullins published her review a few months ago). One reason for my tardiness, however, is I’ve really [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Chocolatathon 5K/10K (Tigard)

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Do you choose which races to enter based in part or in whole on the post-race food spread? If so, the Chocolatathon will probably rate very high … unless you don’t like chocolate. (But that’s basically the null set, isn’t [read more...]

Race Preview: Uberthons 2019 Winter Half & Quarter Marathon and 5K (The Reserve Vineyards in Aloha)

December 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

As we get toward the end of the calendar year, it’s time to start thinking about next year’s races. Uberthons has released its 2019 schedule, and first up will be the Winter Half & Quarter Marathon and 5K. The race venue is The [read more...]

The Obsessed Ex-Fortysomething Runner: Brown eyes, SAD, and “reverse” SAD

December 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

The other day, I came across this article about a research paper that found a correlation between brown eyes and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). I found this interesting because when my family moved to Portland, I had wondered whether we might [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Shellburg Falls Trail Run (Lyons)

November 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Many of the races that Run Oregon previews are road races, but for those of you around the Willamette Valley who want a trail race with significant elevation gain but also scenic views, take a look at the Shellburg Falls Trail Run. This is a 5.2 [read more...]

Race Recap: 2018 Halloweenathon

November 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Halloween weekend brings about Ubethons’ race + costume content + obstacle event extravaganza known as the Halloweenathon. On a mild Saturday morning, several hundred participants showed up to race a 5K or 10K or to run/walk a 2.5K or 5K fun [read more...]

Race Preview: Turkeython 2018 (Portland, Hillsboro, & Tigard)

October 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

No Thanksgiving should start without a turkey trot. Fortunately, we are chock full of them in the Portland metro area (and beyond), including the Turkeython, which is now in its eighth year; and once again, with multiple locations: downtown [read more...]

Race Recap: Uberthons’ Portland 5K at the Portland International Raceway

October 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s been a long seven years since Uberthons last staged a race at the Portland International Raceway, and seeing as how I missed the previous race, I’ve been bugging the race directors for a long time about returning there. It finally [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Halloweenathon (Aloha)

October 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s mid-October. Do you know what you’ll be doing on Saturday morning of the weekend before Halloween? It’ll be too early to go trick-or-treating, except if you want to combine dressing in costume with running – and get some [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Lark Run Bend and DRT 11 (Bend)

September 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you love trail running, then Lark Running’s Lark Run Bend and DRT 11 sounds worth checking out. These are two separate races in Bend, each offering something different over an early October weekend, and all centered around the LOGE Entrada. [read more...]

Race Preview: Portland 5K (Uberthons “name your own price”)

September 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Okay, here is the deal. I ran my first 5K race back in October 2011, which was just a month or two after Uberthons staged one of their first races ever, at the Portland International Raceway. I have since drooled at the thought of a flat, fast race [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Oregon Fall Half and Quarter Marathon and 5K (Canby)

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Fall has a good argument as the best season: the weather is mostly mild, it has great holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving), and kids go back to school. What better way to welcome it on September 8, 2018, than with the Oregon Fall Half and Quarter [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Moore Mountain Trail Run (30K, half marathon, 5K) in Klamath Falls

August 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Do you like running? Do you like movies? Do you like movies about running? If so, the two-day Moore Mountain Trail Run & Trails in Motion Movie Festival in Klamath Falls is tailor-made for you. You’ll start the weekend of September 1 with [read more...]

Race Preview: It’s My Ability 5K for Autism (Boring)

August 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s My Ability 5K for Autism is a race that takes place in Boring, but it sounds anything but boring. It takes place on the paved Springwater Corridor Trail, which, if you were willing to run its entire 40-mile length, would be much longer [read more...]

Race Recap: 2018 Uberthons Oregon Summer Event (Full, Half, Quarter Marathon)

July 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

It’s been a hot summer so far, but fortunately the weather let up on the morning of the Oregon Summer Marathon/Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon. It was bright and sunny but at 8 a.m. it was only 57 degrees, about as perfect as you could ask for [read more...]

Race Recap: Freedomthon 2018

July 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

For the past several years, it’s been a family tradition to run the Freedomthon on July 4. This year, I hadn’t raced since March because of an ill-advised choice to try to relive the glory days of law school by signing up for an Ultimate [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Oregon Summer Full/Half/Quarter Marathon (Vernonia to Banks)

July 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s July, which means we’re entering the prime of summer. And that means it’s time for the Oregon Summer Marathon on July 21. Uberthons stages a half marathon for each season, but this is the only one that includes a full [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Hoodoo Challenge – Run to the Top (Sisters, OR)

July 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you’re looking to PR a half marathon, you want a course that’s flat or even downhill, and preferably straight. The Hoodoo Challenge is not that course. It’s the course for those who want to challenge themselves with a half [read more...]

Small Race Preview: 2018 White Cedar Days 5K/10K (Powers)

June 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Just north of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is the town of Powers, Oregon, and the site of the White Cedar Days 5K/10K race. The race route follows an abandoned railway (minus the tracks), and is self-described as “[c]hallenging [read more...]

Race Previews: 4th of July Small Runs (Stayton Fun Run & Tilikum Trail Run in Newberg)

June 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

Here are previews of a couple of 4th of July runs taking place across Oregon: Just southeast of Salem is the Stayton Fun Run. This is a chip-timed run with multiple distance options: 3K, 5K, and 10K. The 5K and 10K races are both labeled as [read more...]

Run Oregon is Kickin’ It in Brooks Levitate

June 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

For the past month or so, I’ve been testing a pair of the brand new Brooks Levitate running shoes for regular easy runs between 3 to 7 miles. (I normally go longer on my long runs, but I’ve been getting over hamstring and Achilles tendon [read more...]