This year the Hot Buttered Run took place again on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. over 1,100 runners and walkers met at Esther Short Park in Vancouver to take on the 5k or the new half marathon distance (replacing the 12k of previous years). It was a very cold but clear and sunny morning when I arrived at the start area just minutes before the half marathon runners took to the streets. (Full results can be…
Trail runners take note! Saturday, December 12, 2015 is the sixth and final trail event for the 2015 Run Big Trail Series (RBTS) will be taking place! Level 32 Racing, organizers of the popular RBTS, will be on site at Mt. Pisgah in Eugene, Oregon. Distances to choose from are a 50k, 15-miler, 9-miler and 5k. The 50k will have an 8 hour time limit. Expect muddy, or frozen, trail conditions, short sections of gravel,…
For the fifth year in a row, Uberthons’ turkey trot, known as the Turkeython, provided an opportunity for Portland-area runners to get some racing done before going off to Thanksgiving festivities. I had a comped entry courtesy of Uberthons, which I used to register for the 10K race. Pre-race packet pickup was available on Tuesday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving Week. I went to the Wednesday pickup at Bridgeport Village and received my racing bib from…
Love the cold winter weather? Well, here’s your chance to get out there and Freeze Your Fanny in chilly Madras, Oregon for a good cause. Choose to run, walk, and/or swim at this event benefiting MountainStar Family Relief Nursery. An organization whose mission is to “prevent child abuse and neglect through community support and therapeutic services that help vulnerable children and families succeed.” This race includes a 3 mile run/walk, an 8 mile “Prison Breakout Run”, and…
The Portland Running Company Winter Race Series and Run With Paula have given us an entry to their entire Series to give away to a Run Oregon reader. Here’s how to enter: Visit the Run Oregon facebook page and tell us what you do to stay active in the winter OR what your motivation is to stay active, and tag both PRC and RWP (read on for how to do that). You can either reply…
The last Uberthons race of the year is coming up soon on December 12. It’s a new 5K race, called the Naughty or Niceathon, which will take place on a new race course that starts and finishes at the Big Al’s in Beaverton. The published route winds through the local neighborhood around Big Al’s and should be relatively flat. There’s one water/aid station at the halfway mark. After finishing the race, runners will get to chow…
The OHE Reindeer Run in Oakland, Oregon, is a fundraising road race at 9 am on December 5, with proceeds going to the Oakland High School track and cross-country teams. There are 5K and 1 mile options for $20, which includes a race shirt (subject to availability; only 30 were ordered). There’s no link to a course map, but the organizers have said that it’s a challenging but fun course. OHS Reindeer Run When: December 5,…
I feared the worst. The 2nd Annual Hood to Coast Turkey Trot had a lot of changes come about over the past few months. A venue change, time change, and even a date change made it difficult to conceive the event going off without a hitch. Add to the fact, that pre-Thanksgiving Holiday traffic stretched for MILES in all directions, and it could have been a recipe for disaster. But despite all the modifications, things seemed…
The 2015 Keizer Jingle Dash is back again on Saturday, December 19th. The 5th annual event is seeing some changes, but the Keizer Chamber of Commerce team knows how to put on a race, so I still expect a solid event. They have done (and done well) the Keizer Turkey Dash and the Willamette Valley Marathon and Iris Runs for years now, so this ain’t their first rodeo. First, the course. Unlike years past, where the race course…
Twin Creeks Park in north Medford is the location for the fourth annual Holiday Hustle 5K race. Put on by the Junior League of Jackson County, this late afternoon run raises funds for the Rogue Powerpack Program, which provides weekend food packs for needy elementary school children in southern Oregon. The entry fee is only $20 for adults and $10 for kids, and there are prizes for participants!
