With 15 race events each year, Oregon Road Running Club (ORRC) knows how to create a great experience for all of their runners and walkers. This is a completely volunteer-based non-profit that wants every person at the race to feel part of the community. And at Champoeg on March 7, the community will have a massive number of races to choose from. By using a 10K looped course in the park, participants can choose from…
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First thing’s first: “Why the running carrot? Champoeg was a place that you could find a wild carrot called ‘Yampah.'” This was the caption at the bottom of my parking tag I purchased just before the 2016 ORRC Champoeg 30K, 20K, & 10K Saturday (March 5) morning. According to some site I Googled, “‘yampah’ is part of the carrot family, Apiaceae. Yampah is a tall, lanky herb, it grows to normally 1-3 feet tall.” The more…
Champoeg State Park is home to 615 acres of rustic forests, fields and wetlands, providing optimal opportunities for camping, picnicking, bird watching, fishing, boating, bicycling, hiking and everybody’s favorite activities, running and walking. With trails that meander through grassy meadows and oak groves and along the banks of the Willamette River, it’s a no-brainer that Champoeg would be a site used for many running and walking races. One such race is the ORRC’s Champoeg 30K, 20K and 10K, set to…
I’m embarrassed to confess I’ve always passed over the ORRC Champoeg Run because nothing pulled me in, the carrot logo included. A carrot logo for the ‘No Meat Athlete’ made perfect sense, but I knew this run wasn’t geared for vegetarians and, sadly, didn’t bother to do any research. Instead, I just skipped over it. When another blogger had to drop out due to an injury, I agreed to jump in and give the new…
It was a wonderful fluke to be able to experience the ORRC Champoeg races as my first 30K during a period of unseasonably dry and warm weather at Champoeg State Park. This 18.6 mile run was to be a tester to gauge fitness before Eugene in May. When I signed up last month I had my fingers crossed it would not be a chilly downpour. While a beautiful place to run, the couple of mile long…
I’m sure a couple of you are quite perplexed by the ‘LFD’ in the title. It is merely a play on the more well-known runners term, LSD (Long Slow Distance). Only in the LFD, the pace is a bit more heated. I have signed up for the Champoeg 30K on March 7th as a training/benchmark run for the Eugene Marathon. The goal is to run close to marathon goal pace and find out how that affects…
Are you ready for a PR? The ORRC Champoeg Park Runs has added a new distance to their event, which could be a first for many of you. A 20K distance has been added to the well-established 10K and 30K races. Personally, I’m excited for the addition of the 20K for 2 reasons. 1) The 20K is a nice distance that works well for those of us who run half marathons. At just 12.4 miles, it’s…
