This Thursday (June 1) is First Thursday! That’s the Urban Adventure (Scavenger Hunt) Run hosted on the first Thursday of each month by Fleet Feet Sports PDX at their NW Portland location, 2258 NW Raleigh St. This is a free group run, starting promptly and 6 and giving you an hour to get to as many checkpoints as you can/want to. The more you go to, the more raffle tickets you get! As for races,…
With rains tapering off (sometimes) and sunny days becoming more frequent (sort of..) we know that triathlon season is not far off! Some of the first triathlons of the summer take place on June 3rd and 4th during Why Racing Events’ Blue Lake Triathlon and Duathlon Festival Weekend at Blue Lake Park in Fairview, Oregon. The variety of distances will offer an event for multi-sports athletes of all ability and experience levels. This year, the Saturday…
After never wearing much sunscreen in my “invincible” teenager and young adult years, that all changed when my dad was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2011. Many things changed when that news came about, but a renewed focus on skin safety was definitely one of the impacts. To be honest, it wasn’t so much the act of using sunscreen that was the problem, it was the feeling of being greasy or, as a baseball player,…
Have you ever heard about endurance athletes drinking beet juice to help with their stamina before a long run? Well there’s a new product on the market called AltRed and it’s marketed as “Betalains Unleashed.” This simply means that phytonutrients sourced from beets have been “unleashed” at Sur PhytoPerfomance and now you have the option of taking a supplement in capsule form. As a fitness instructor, a runner, and the mother of two very active…
Looking for a new event, I decided to branch out to Olympia, Washington for the Capital City Half Marathon on Sunday, May 21st. I originally planned on running the full, but decided it was smarter for my body to settle with the half. A friend at the gym told me this was his favorite run, which left me with some pretty high expectations. This guy has run Boston, Portland and it seems like everything in…
As a college athlete, I was subjected to more ice baths than I care to remember. They were billed as recovery vessels – the chance to decompress my body to frigid water in a supposed effort to fight off inflammation. I just remember them as dreadful and joked that I would just as soon have my arms never work again than have to endure one more soak. How far we have come in just a…
#18 means we are already into the 18th week of the year! You may know that I’m no big fan of waiting until New Year’s to make a personal resolution, so may I suggest that you make one today and just keep it until next week’s Radar post is published? Here’s what caught our eye this week, including a … FREE race! The Gorgeous Series is hosting a fun run this Saturday, May 6 at Winter’s Hill…
Whether you are a sportsman, a stay-at-home mom, or anything in between, you’ve probably seen the value of a good backpack. As a blogger for Run Oregon, I mostly get to review products that help make me a more successful runner, but sometimes I get the privilege of reviewing products that fit into other parts of my life as well. The Optimist Limited 10L Mini Backpack by Flowfold is one of those products. As the mother…
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 and still have a really bad run. Life is so unpredictable in the same ways.. so frustrating and infuriating and beautiful and amazing all at the same time. It’s always more about…
Respect each other. Practice Inclusion. Celebrate Diversity. You’ll find that at the top of the Love Liberates Half Marathon and 5k page and I think it’s a perfect reason to run. Both races start and finish at the Mill Race Trail Head on Saturday, June 24th in Springfield, Oregon. The Half Marathon begins at 8am and the 5k Run/Walk begins at 8:30am. Both distances are chip timed by Eclectic Edge Racing and awards will be…
