Run Oregon Features

Small Race Preview: 2017 Longest Day Run (Medford, OR)

May 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

I’ve had my share of long running days, but luckily this race title means something a little more pleasant! If you are in Medford (or are coincidentally visiting!) and want a quick 5k to kick off the summer, join the Southern Oregon Runners [read more...]

Getting Back To Me: Vacation and Learning To Relax

May 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Back from a vacation in the sunny Arizona, I’m still basking in the afterglow of a stress-free 2 weeks. It’s amazing how much a vacation can reset your mind and your body. I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy my [read more...]

Small Race Previews: 2017 Rogue River Rooster Crow 5k Run (Grants Pass) & 1-Mile/5k/10k Amy Hafer Race for Awareness (Enterprise)

May 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Looking for a 5k this summer out at the beautiful Rogue River? Come out to the Rogue River Rooster Crow 5k Run. This race takes place on Saturday, June 24th at Rogue River Elementary. The course is an out-and-back style race described as “flat [read more...]

Strava Segment of the Week: Bridge to Nowhere WB

May 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

If you haven’t run on the new Tualatin River Greenway Trail, you are missing out … but not on much, since it’s less than a mile. Plans are in place to extend the trail and connect it with Brown’s Ferry Park; the owners of the [read more...]

Kegs & Legs Cidery of the Week: Apple Outlaw Cider Company

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

As a frequent sampler of local beers and ciders (275+ different crafters and growing!), I have been watching and waiting on Apple Outlaw Cider Company, based out of Jacksonville, OR to open their taproom. It has been a long wait but it is finally [read more...]

Small Race Preview: Father’s Day Prost8K & 5K (Springfield)

May 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

There are some races you never forget and this is one of them. Hosted by the Oregon Urology Institute and held on Father’s Day, Sunday June 18th, 2017, the Prost8k event is great for the entire family. Join the Oregon Urology Institute and [read more...]

Races on our Radar #21

May 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

This Thursday (May 25) is the Discovery Run, at Road Runner Sports in Tualatin’s Nyberg Woods Shopping Center. It’s a scavenger-hunt run that will have you running around Tualatin and on the lovely trails at Brown’s Ferry Park for [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Women Who Tri by Alicia DiFabio

May 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Alicia DiFabio’s book, Women Who Tri is so well written I could hardly put it down. She tells the story of how she, a busy mother of four young children, found herself at the starting line of the Mullica Hill Women’s Triathlon Club, Queen [read more...]

Running Away: Running Through Grief

May 21, 2017 // 1 Comment

Running is the perfect metaphor for life. We have tremendous hills and long miles to battle, blistering sun and wind and rain, days where we just don’t feel like it but power through anyway, and days where we’ve done everything right to train [read more...]

Clean Like a Man with Every Man Jack

May 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

The term “every man jack” is an old-fashioned idiom that essentially means “every last man”, “each and every person”, or “everyone without exception”. I think that all these descriptors [read more...]