After a year hiatus due to Covid19, the Canby Dahlia Run is back in 2021 with the race scheduled for Saturday, August 28 at 7am. The event starts and ends at New Life Foursquare Church in Canby (map), and offers a half marathon, and a 10k run/walk. The course for the half marathon takes you along country roads to the Willamette River, through some neighborhoods, and at mile 5.5 through the beautiful Swan Island Dahlia…
The central Willamette Valley may be one of the nicest areas to run, generally with moderate temperatures and scenic views along with the freedom from hassles that go with less population density. Canby is no exception, a smaller town south of the urban sprawl of greater Portland, home to a lot of farmland, most notably home to the largest Dahlia farm in the country, which is Swan Island Dahlias. Hosting both a 10K and half…
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Mark your calendars, the 8th annual Canby Dahlia Run is scheduled for August 25th, 2018 This will be during the Dahlia Festival in Canby OR. There are two distances to choose from, 10K run/walk and half marathon. If choosing the half marathon race, you will not be disappointed, as this course will run through the dahlia fields. The 10K run/walk will feature a course on the old logging road right from the start, with the…
The 7th annual Canby Dahlia Run sponsored by 4:8 Financial will be on Saturday, August 26th during Canby’s Dahlia Festival. You can pick your preference between the half marathon run or a 10K run/walk, but sadly only the half marathon runs through the (namesake) dahlia fields. In addition to running literally through the dahlia fields (smile for the photographer here!), the half marathon will treat runners to views of beautiful wooded forests, a golf course, and…
The 6th annual Canby Dahlia Run takes place on August 27th in conjunction with Canby’s Dahlia Festival. Participants have the choice between a 10k and a half marathon, but only the half marathon goes through the dahlia fields that give the run its name. The event is capped at 700 participants, so get yourself registered soon before it fills up.
Sound the trumpets! Exciting news everyone! Besides the news that you really should get registered for the Canby Dahlia Half Marathon and 10k, occurring Saturday, August 29, 2015, I have even more electrifying news … Portlandia is coming to the Canby Dahlia events! Okay, okay … everyone take a deep breath for just a second. We don’t have any nitty-gritty details right now, but this we can relay: “Portlandia will be filming some footage for a scene in an upcoming episode.…
This recap was submitted by Run Oregon reader Doug Darst. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you want to get involved. My daughter and I have never been runners. Sure, we’ve jogged a few times and hit the treadmill after the Thanksgiving holidays but the sport just never clicked with us. So I was a little skeptical when Sarah, a biology major at Oregon State, sent me a text message…
I must say that every August I get a little bummed out when I see everyone’s Hood to Coast pictures popping up everywhere. I have still not ran in H2C, and am always left feeling a little out of the loop and down when I see the fun that everyone is having (sans waiting in traffic). This year, I decided to do something about it – and no I don’t mean that I joined a…
Having recently retired from overnight relays, and hearing about the annual traffic nightmares at Hood To Coast, it was nice to wake up in my own bed, cruise down Hwy 99E in the early morning coolness, and run the Canby Dahlia Run, the unofficial alternative to “The Mother Of All Relays”.
