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Race Preview: 2016 Hippie Chick Half and Quarter Marathon (Hillsboro)

April 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Race Preview: HTC Race Series 2015 Crawfish Crawl (Tigard)

July 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

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, [read more...]

Race Recap and Results: Hood to Coast Series – Helvetia 10k (Hillsboro)

June 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Race Recap: Crawfish Crawl 5k

August 7, 2014 // 1 Comment

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 [read more...]

Race Preview: Crawfish Crawl 5k

July 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Race Preview: Pints to Pasta 10k (Portland, OR)

July 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Race Recap: Red, White, and Blues 5k

July 8, 2014 // 1 Comment

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 [read more...]

A newcomer race recap: The Better Series Helvetia Half

June 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 [read more...]

Preview: 2014 Hippie Chick Half Marathon – A Better Series Race

March 28, 2014 // 1 Comment

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 [read more...]