I really didn’t know what to expect when I registered for the 2016 Timberline Half Marathon. I mean, I did my research on the course map, aid stations, elevation chart, and the driving directions, but I still didn’t have a clue what was going to be in store. As I left Salem on Saturday, traffic seemed to thin out with each rural town I passed through. By the time I passed through Woodburn, Molalla, Estacada,…
There are road races, there are trail races, and there are even “obstacle” and “adventure” races, but all of those pale in comparison to X-Dog Events‘ notorious Scrambles. Scrambles are not only off-road events, they are off-TRAIL events. The courses (if you can call them that) consist of ribbons tied to trees and shrubs, rocks and boulders. Spot the ribbons and bushwhack your way through the wilderness for roughly (very roughly) 6 miles. The original,…
