Get ready for race #2 in Daybreak Racing‘s Oregon Coast Trail Series – Cape Mountain. Even if you missed out on race #1 (Siuslaw Dunes – recap here!) you can still get in on this beautiful coastal trail run near Florence. Run on single track trails and explore moss-draped old growth rainforest, enchanting creek canyons, and rare coastal headland meadows. Choose from the 10K, 25K, or 50K loop courses. Each course will have significant elevation…
When I told friends I was completing my first ultra-marathon, the first question was always the same: What’s an ultra-marathon? After explaining that it was a race longer than a marathon (aka more than 26.2 miles), the second question was consistent as well: Why would you want to do a thing like that??? And my answer was simple: To see if I could. Tillamook Burn was that ultra-marathon for me. And while both times up…
Beautiful race alert! Any race with the word “waterfalls” in the title is guaranteed to be scenic, and the 2024 Gorge Waterfalls 30k/50k/100k will absolutely be worth the drive out to Cascade Locks. This race will be held on the weekend of April 12th thru the 14th depending on the race distance. Unfortunately, the race is currently sold out, but now is a good time to put this race on your radar for next year!…
Coming up fast on March 16th is the first of three races in the Oregon Coast Trail Series, directed by our friends at Daybreak Racing. Siuslaw Dunes (pronounced sigh-YEW-slaw) will once again be in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area near Florence and will have a 50K, 20M, and 12K option. The race website describes the terrain as: a wild tapestry of coastal terrain, including ancient open sand dunes with “tree islands”, old growth rainforest, stream…
If there’s anything that makes me feel sane, it’s getting out into the woods and surrounding myself with nature. Daybreak Racing has some great races on the agenda, and the 2023 Rogue Gorge sounds a lot like heaven on Earth. It’s in fact been on my radar for a while now. The Rogue Gorge offers runners three distance options and will be held over the weekend of October 14th and 15th. No matter which distance…
I get FOMO whenever I’m writing about a Daybreak Racing event, as I know they’ll be beautiful, challenging, well-run, and truly capture the essence of PNW trail running. Coming up quickly on their calendar is the Perpetua Coast — Daybreak Racing on September 30th and October 1st (both still have spots open!) over in Yachats and the Cape Perpetua National Scenic Area. Both distances will have sweeping coastline views as well as taking racers through…
If you are looking for something a little out of the ordinary, check out Mount Hood Trail Games put on by Daybreak Racing. Held high on the slopes of Mt. Hood, this relay, squad, or solo trail race is not your typical trail run. The course is basically a “three-leafed clover” consisting of three unique trail loops that all start and finish on the Sun Deck at Mt. Hood Meadows, adding up to 25K. No…
The Oregon Coast is broken up in a few notable sections. There’s the north coast, with its massive beaches, tourist trap towns, and flatter landscape. There’s the south coast, with its forested and secluded approaches, small towns and expensive golf. And then there’s the central coast, with some of the most rugged coastline along the Pacific Ocean. One of those rugged areas is just north of Florence, within the Siuslaw (sigh-yew-slaw) National Forest. The coast…
If trail racing is your thing, you must do at least one, if not several, of the many events hosted by Daybreak Racing. Epic cannot begin to describe the views you’ll see, the challenges that will test you, or the journeys that you’ll remember forever. Daybreak is known to bring their “A” game, and their events always run like a well-oiled machine. Everything is well marked, the aid stations are stocked, and there’s food at…
The final Daybreak Racing event of 2022 is coming up in mid-November back at the coast with their Cape Mountain 50K and 25K runs. This is the third and final race in their Oregon Coast Trail Series and wraps up their racing year on beautiful singletrack through old growth rainforest and coastal meadows. Daybreak Racing is well-known for having exceptionally run events on stunning courses…but they also make you work for it. The 50K on…
