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New Kid’s Book About Running: Fauja Singh Keeps Going

August 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

The first 100-year-old to run a marathon, Fauja Singh, is also the first Sikh to be the main character in a book from a major publisher. Written by Simran Jeet Singh, the book tells the story of Fauja Singh including his 2011 marathon which made him [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Swim, Bike, Bonk

July 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

While you cannot judge a book by the cover, the cover might be enough to get you to pull it off the shelf. In the case of Swim, Bike, Bonk: Confessions of a Reluctant Triathlete, it was the title that had me hooked before the first page. I have been [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Feel-Good Fitness by Alysia Montaño

June 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

If you’re already reading Run Oregon, chances are you already have some interest in running or walking, but how would you rate your fitness? Are you out of service after your long run or feel incredibly sore after attempting hill repeats? And [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Fast Girls

June 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fast Girls, an amazing new novel by Elise Hooper, is based on the lives of three women from the 1936 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team. The stories of Helen Stephens, Louise Stokes, and Betty Robinson describe the challenges of being an amateur [read more...]

Guest Post: Four Key Words for Successful Distance Racing

April 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

The following has been submitted by Run Oregon reader, Brian James Siddons – Runner, Writer, Poet. We’ve all been there on race day. Plans made, gun goes off and instantly our brain becomes a balloon let loose at the fair. Thoughts we had [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Reading: Spirit Run by Noé Álvarez

March 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

There’s been a book in the news lately that was written to capture the immigrant experience. It was then panned as being unrealistic. Spirit Run is not that book. This is a book that paints such vivid images of a real immigrant family’s [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: My Mommy Runs

August 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

In case you hadn’t guessed, I’m a runner. But first and foremost, I’m a mother. Trying to explain why mommy leaves for hours at a time to run or having to justify why I’m too tired to keep up after doing a 50k can be difficult for my [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running is my Therapy

June 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

When a book on the shelf matches one of your sayings, well obviously it needs to be bought, read, and written about. And this quick, informative read did not disappoint that decision. In Running is my Therapy, the author Scott Douglas uses a [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running Home

May 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Although I cannot say that I wasn’t warned going into this book about the emotions involved, I still had to set it aside a few times to give myself some space to process what the author was going through. Katie Arnold’s running memoir Running [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Becoming Boston Strong

May 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’m a self-proclaimed nerd and runner, so when a book about running the Boston Marathon comes out, it practically clicks itself into my cart on Amazon. Becoming Boston Strong is about Amy Noelle Roe’s experience as an unemployed journalist [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: North by Scott Jurek, with Jenny Jurek

March 28, 2019 // 1 Comment

In February 2010, after a “come to Jesus” moment with the scale late one night, I joined a gym and a few months later participated in my first 5K: the Starlight Run. Along the way of becoming a runner, I knew I needed information. And I knew [read more...]

Run With & Meet the Author of Running Out, Dave Essinger – March 28

March 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you enjoy checking out Run Oregon’s bookshelf, surely you remember our review of the book Running Out, a novel set in the Canadian wilderness where an experienced ultrarunner is literally running to save his family. (If not, check it out [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: 26 Marathons by Meb Keflezighi

March 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you run marathons–especially if you’re new to the distance–you should definitely read the book 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career. I’m sure you’ve heard of [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Life is a Marathon by Matt Fitzgerald

March 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

This is a book about a runner, or rather, a runner’s wife. This is also a book about mental health and mental illness, relationships, and love. Life is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance is by Matt Fitzgerald, an author whose name has [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal

February 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Peter Sagal brings all the wit from his NPR show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me and weaves that into the personal meaning running brings to many in his new book, The Incomplete Book to Running. This book is fun and raw, while also being poetic and [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: I Can Do Hard Things: How Small Steps Equal Big Impact

January 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

Since I started running nine years ago, I have read about 40 books on running. My favorite style is what I call “autobiographies by nobodies.” What I mean is the stories by real world people who may be aiming to change their lives, but the [read more...]

Setting Goals for 2019 with the Get To Work Book

December 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Despite the fact that we are in a time of all things digital, I still get excited about a fresh, new, hand’s on planner. So, with January just around the corner, I can’t wait to break out my 2019 Get To Work Book. This sturdy book is [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Racing Heart

December 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

As a lifetime reader, and a runner for nearly is long, it’s funny to think that I rarely read books about running or runners. Whether this is a planned habit or merely chance, my often daily escape to the written world rarely touches upon my [read more...]

Run Oregon Stocking Stuffer: Hood to Coast Memories Book

October 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

As a runner in the Pacific Northwest, you have probably heard of, if not participated in, the Hood To Coast Relay, running around 200 miles from Timberline Lodge to Seaside. The relay is an experience like no other, and whether you love it or not, [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: The 30-Minute Runner – Smart Training for Busy Beginners

August 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

Ever since I started running many years ago, I have best intentions to stick to training plans and to keep up a base fitness so that I don’t ever have to “start over” in my training. But then life happens and I get busy, lazy, or [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Q & A with Running Out Author Dave Essinger

March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Note: If you haven’t yet read Running Out by Dave Essinger yet, you’ll probably want to do that before you read this Q & A … it gives too much away! I recently posted my review of the book Running Out, which I thoroughly [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Running Out by Dave Essinger

March 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Run Oregon readers, I’ve found your next book. I really enjoyed “Running Out,” the first novel by Dave Essinger. His writing is engaging and peppered with phrases that illustrate scenes perfectly. Seemingly unimportant moments are [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: The End of the World Running Club

December 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

I’d like to first let you know that this is not another book about zombies, so we can save the discussion for “fast zombies” versus “slow zombies” for another post. But this is a great book for these long winter nights [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: Grandma Gatewood’s Walk

October 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

No, this book is not about running, but it’s about a trail, and hiking and running go hand in hand for many of us. (Besides, nearly any trail you can hike, you can run.) Grandma Gatewood’s Walk is about the person known to nearly all [read more...]

Run Oregon Bookshelf: What Made Maddy Run

September 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Every now and then you read a book and then spend the next few weeks suggesting it to everyone you know. “What Made Maddy Run” is one of those books. You may have heard of it; it was covered by various ESPN properties including this [read more...]

Book Review: Training Essentials for Ultrarunning by Jason Koop

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Run Oregon invited Marc Larson to share his thoughts on the book Training Essentials for Ultrarunning by Jason Koop. Larson has run a few 50ks and is training for his first 50-miler (ORRC’s Autumn Leaves 50 Miler), and is at a place in his [read more...]