The HTC Race Series Hippie Chick Half and Quarter Marathon takes place in Hillsboro on Saturday, May 7th, 2016. This women-only event is scheduled for the Saturday before Mother’s Day every year. Participants of all speeds can look forward to a great supportive race atmosphere and fun “hippie chick” costumes. Both distances start at the same time, 8am, from Ron Tonkin Field – home of the Hillsboro Hops. There is plenty of parking at the field…
The annual Crawfish Crawl takes place in conjunction with Tualatin’s Crawfish Festival on the first Saturday of August. Runners and walkers meet at the south entrance of Cook Park (near the wooden railroad bridge) to start out their 5k, 10k, or half marathon races.
The day started at a chilly 47 degrees but turned out great for the 2,100 athletes that made their way to Hillsboro for the Helvetia Half Marathon and 10k. It was sunny and calm, which gave perfect conditions to the 1,500 participants finished the half marathon and 600 in the 10k. For complete results click here for the half (here for the 10k).
It’s been a looooong time since I have done a 5k. I usually am turned off by the idea because it seems like a lot of ‘do’ for not a whole lot of mileage. But, as my training has wound down from the Marathon last year, I have been more forgiving with myself. “A run is a run” mentality has crept in and I find myself seeing the appeal of these shorter runs where I…
It’s Crawfish season in Tualatin this weekend and yours truly will be celebrating by hitting the pavement for the 2014 Crawfish Crawl 5k, 10k, (new!) Half Marathon, and 1/2k kid’s Fun Run this Saturday, August 2. Can we all just agree that the half marathon is the new ‘put a bird on it’ in the running community??? While the half marathon sounds like a ton of fun, I will be sticking to the fast and…
Pints to Pasta 10k is one of my favorite races for a few reasons: it’s the first race that I had ever really tried to train for, it’s flat and fast, and it has an awesome post-race party! While Pints to Pasta 10k was actually the third race I had ever participated in, it was the first one that I had prepared for and felt like I was really RACING (not against anyone, just myself). For…
First of all, I really want to highlight the things that I liked about this race, and there are many. For one thing, the weather couldn’t have been any more perfect. Sunny, clear and cool in the morning for our 7am start time. I wasn’t too keen on a 7am start time at first until I checked the weather forecast and realized race organizers really did us a favor. Even though it wasn’t overly hot,…
Todd Prior is a young professional who lives in the Portland area. He loves cooking, hiking, and most recently over the past couple of years, running. The Better Series Helvetia Half was his very first half. He kindly agreed to share his experience with me for a recap. Here is Todd’s experience in his own words, prompted by just a few questions from me:
One of the races I am most excited about this year is the Hippie Chick! Every year I have heard great and amazing things about this race, but yet was unable to run it because it always fell on my Military National Guard Weekend. THIS YEAR IT DOES NOT! So I was very excited at my first opportunity to check this race out first hand on Mother’s Day Weekend. In addition to that it will…
