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I love New Year’s. It’s one of widely recognized holidays celebrating love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts. If you are looking for less formal party on NYE, look no further than Portland’s very-own First Run 2017. This 5K run/walk and 10K run is a fun and festive event for anyone looking for a way to kick-off the new year in health and style. New this year is the 1.5 mile run/walk Join the…
Do you enjoy counting down to the New Year? Do you get a thrill when the count down starts before the race begins and everyone is off on the course? Count down the New Year and start your race at the stroke of midnight with the First Run 2016. I had the opportunity to run this beautiful course on New Years 2015 and seeing the lights of Portland reflecting on the Willamette River on that clear…
The Spring Classic Duathlon is the perfect opportunity to pull down the bike, dust off the cobwebs and remind the body what a run/bike/run feels like. The 35th Annual Spring Classic Duathlon will take place Saturday, April 25th at 10AM. This event is somewhat of a tradition for multi-sport athletes in Portland and many see it as THE event to get the season going. Participants should have more parking this year at Concordia College. The…
On February 15th, I joined just over 400 other runners for the half marathon distance at the 5th annual Heart Breaker Half. I won’t lie – it was hard. I’ve been battling an awful cold that turned into bronchitis and just won’t go away. After discussing my cough (and hacking) and management with an albuterol inhaler, I was given the “okay” to run by my doc. I don’t regret running 13.1 miles, but I do…
The Heartbreaker Half is quite the epic event. Everything, from the location to the planning, is incredible. What wasn’t incredible was the lessons I had to learn the hard way that day. If all conditions were optimal, this would have been an incredible day, as the event is top-notch and the run absolutely beautiful. A clear day with temps in the high 40s didn’t hurt either. What did hurt was the approximately mile long climb…
Last year, I was a spectator and brought my cowbell and an encouraging sign to cheer on runners at The Heart Breaker Half . I had high hopes to participate as a runner, but had been slacking in my training over the winter months. As a spectator, I had a lot of fun in the brisk, cold and sunny day, and enjoyed the banter from those finishing the race hollering things like “YOU make MY heart…
I spent my New Year’s Eve at the 2015 First Run and Walk which kicked off at the stroke of midnight in downtown Portland. Frigid temps didn’t keep the runners and walkers away with just over 1,000 finishers on the event’s results. 849 completed the 5K run or walk and 218 participated in the 10K run. Though it was a chilly night (with one thermostat reading 23 degrees Fahrenheit), the event had lots of heat lamps and…
Depending on your relationship status, Valentine’s Day can be a time of torment or happiness. Most of the standard fare associated with that Hallmark holiday are trivial and disposable. A true gift to an athletic minded couple might be best presented as the chance to run together, or at least enter the same event. Occurring the day after, on Sunday the 15th, the Heart Breaker Half, (also including a 10K, 5K, and kids dash), is…
I think this was my very first year doing the Winter Wonderland of Lights run/walk at Portland International Raceway! It’s an event that friends have mentioned numerous times around the holidays, but it was one I had never been too keen on doing because I figured it would be too cold walking around PIR after dark, and in prior years, its frequently been rainy. However, Winter Wonderland is well prepared for this event. While it was…
“This is the Best Race Ever!” – My 5-year-old daughter The Winter Wonderland of Lights is one race that has been on my list of “to-dos” for quite some time. The late November/ December race calendar is relatively slim, but I usually find myself running in at least 1-2 events over the month. Since this was going to be my 25th race this year, and one of my final 2 or 3 of 2014, I wanted…
