Run With Heart (and a Few Polka Dots) at the Ladybug Run for CDH Awareness
There is a beautiful innocence when it comes to ladybugs. I remember gently removing them from inside spaces onto the tastiest looking plant I…
Race Preview: 2018 Ho Ho Run 5K (Tigard)
Santa Claus is known for greeting naughty and nice children alike with three hearty “Ho”s, so why is one of the Portland area’s best Christmas…
Race Preview: 2018 Chocolatathon 5K/10K (Cook Park)
Do you like running? (I would expect so, since you are at a site called Run Oregon….) Do you like chocolate? (Don’t most…
Race Recap: 2017 Ho Ho 5k – The Most Festivous!
There are some running events where you know you’ll have an excellent time, but the weather is the big wild card. This year was my third…
Small Race Preview: Cook Park Marathon, Half Marathon & 5k (Tigard, OR)
The Cook Park Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k keeps it simple: there’s chip timing, and homemade medals, and cap of 100 runners. The half…
Race recap: 2015 Ho Ho Run
X-Dog Events’ annual Ho Ho Run has become a welcome holiday season fixture on the race calendar. Often chilly and wet, this year’s…
Firecracker Triple offering 5k distance this year at all events
If you’ve read our blog for a few years, you know that the Firecracker Triple is a three-race series made up of the Foot Traffic Flat…