Race Preview: 2021 Fall Creek Run Around (Lowell)
The Fall Creek Run Around races will take place on Sunday, October 3rd at the Winberry State Rec Area in Lowell, Oregon (click for map). The marathon loop starts [...]
Kickstarter of the Week: Relance running shoes
The running shoe world is dominated by a few main brands. And they are great for lots of reasons. But real innovation and creativity comes from new voices and new [...]
Race Preview: 2021 HTC High Desert Relay
“Don’t Be the Owl.” A few years ago, I ran the HTC High Desert Relay, and this became our team’s motto for the entire weekend. We hit an owl with [...]
Race Recap: 2021 Bridge of the Gods Half Marathon (Cascade Locks)
Sometimes a race is a perfectly wonderful poor life choice. I feel like this could be my running life motto. Definitely fits for when I decide to complete a 10K [...]
Race Preview: Oregon Brewery Running Series at 54°40′ Brewing
October is my favorite running month as the sweltering heat has left us for the year, the trees are starting to turn, and there’s a happy energy in the air [...]
What Run Oregon is Trying: MODL Water Bottle
Last month, Facebook was clearly reading my mind, because an ad popped up for a new water bottle while I was planning my three day hike to Goat Rocks. It [...]
Race Preview: 2021 Elk-Kings Trail Races 50k/25k/Mountain Marathon
In the midst of what I called my “50k Obsession” a couple of years ago, I ran the Elk-Kings Trails 50k. This was one of the most scenic of the [...]
Race Preview: 2021 Beat Beethoven’s 5K (Bend)
This Bend 5K run/walk is a unique fundraiser for the Central Oregon Symphony, as the goal is to finish the race before the orchestra finishes playing Beethoven’s famous 5th Symphony [...]
Join us in the 2021 UA “All Out Mile”
I’m not going to lie. When I hear the term “speed training,” I throw up in my mouth just a little. I haven’t been a fast runner in a few [...]
Race Preview: 2021 ORRC’s Best Dam Run 10K (Estacada)
I love a point-to-point run. You don’t have to go around in circles. You don’t have to go back over every hill you traveled before. And the only way home [...]