It’s once again time to Race to the Bar! No, not that bar . . . but there will be post-race beer involved after you run along the beach (ahem. . . sandbar!) This annual evening race at Fort Stevens State Park is a fundraiser for the Lower Columbia Hospice. Choose from a 5K or 10K and run along hard packed sand – starting at the Peter Iredale shipwreck. Both courses are out and back, with…
Newport should definitely be on your list of “places in Oregon to do a race,” so I wanted to be sure to give everyone advance notice on this event. The Twisted Pine Half Marathon and 5-miler, scheduled for Sunday, May 1 at South Beach State Park, is a unique race for a number of reasons. I’m going to just get right down to these reasons, because you can see for yourself why they’re awesome: It’s in South…
Running on sand isn’t always easy, but at low tide, when there’s a lot of hard packed open sand, it’s a lot of fun! The Cedar Creek Beach Challenge in Pacific City gives you the chance to run a 5k, 10k, or 1/2 mile kids run at low tide from Cape Kiwanda south towards Bob Straub State Park and back again.
