The Riverbend 5K presented by Princess Athletic is a timed 5K on a beautiful course starting at Riverbend Park. The event is fun for the whole family and priced for the whole family! After you register, all additional family member registrations are free! Racers receive goodie bags, finisher medals, race shirts and more. Fun and activities will include live music, face painting, crafts and yard games! Plus there’s a free 800M kid’s race. When: Sunday, April 28th. Same-day…
The 3rd Annual Teddy Twilight track meet is scheduled for Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 at Roosevelt High School in North Portland. No, the meet is not named after a Sinatra-like crooner or a boxer from the 1930s; the name “Teddy Twilight” refers to the school’s namesake Theodore Roosevelt and the fact that the events begin at 5:00p. The meet is open to all comers, and is a fundraiser for track athletes in North Portland. “All…
If you like track workouts, come out for a fun and fast 5 weeks at the Chiles Center at University of Portland for the 2018 Miles in Chiles Indoor Track Series! This weekly indoor track series begins on January 17, and this year they are changing the format by offering the 200 meter and 800 meter options the first week and switching it to the 400 meter and 800 meter option the alternating weeks. The…
Get the whole family’s running shoes tied and head to Newberg on June 3rd for the family-friendly For The Kids 5k Walk/Run. This event will support the Royal Family Kids Camp and Teen Reach Adventure Camp of Yamhill County. Foster kids ages 7-15 deserve to get the same summer camp experience as the rest of kids, and the funding for this organization will allow that to happen. As parents, so many of us are looking…
One of my favorite races of the year took place on Tuesday evening, July 5th. The Nick Symmonds Springfield 800, usually held in the fall, was moved up a couple months this year to coincide with an off-day during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field trials being held in neighboring Eugene. With so many athletes and track fans in town for the Trials, the turnout for the 5th running of this unique road 800 meter…
My favorite race of the year is coming up! Is it a historic 10k on the downtown streets of a major city? Is it a breathtakingly scenic trail run through the woods, past mountains and lakes? Is it a relay with enthusiastic and sweaty teammates crammed together in a van overnight? None of the above. While all of those kinds of events are great, my favorite race is relatively small and low-key, and lasts only…
What has quickly become my favorite race of the year is coming up on Saturday, September 26th. The 4th Annual Nick Symmonds Springfield 800 is a unique chance to test your pure speed on an arrow-straight and pancake-flat 800 meter road course. Hosted by the namesake Olympic 800 meter star and Springfield native Nick Symmonds, the race features separate heats for Youth, Open, Masters, and Elite, male and female, so when you’re not racing you…
We all know that there are some great races out here in the Pacific Northwest. Many of those come with a higher price tag, which is completely fine. However, to keep your race schedule full, sometimes it takes filling it with some more inexpensive and lesser known races. We will be highlighting some of those races so you can keep your competitive drive up and have money in the bank to get to those big…
Friday afternoon I drove over two hours one way to race for under 140 seconds, and it was totally worth it. The Nick Symmonds Springfield 800 has quickly become one of my favorite races of the year. Now in its third year, the event is a straight 800 meter road race hosted by Olympian and former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds. With separate heats for walkers, and youth, masters, open, and elite runners, there is…
