The Family Dogs Fun Walk and 5k Run is now in it’s 8th year and is a fundraiser for the Family Dogs New Life Shelter, a non profit 501c3 no kill dog shelter dedicated to rescuing and re-homing needy dogs of all ages, breeds and backgrounds. The event is in the lovely Mt. Tabor Park with the 1 mile fun walk on a paved loop around the summit of Mt.Tabor. The 5k run goes on…
The following was received by Run Oregon from Pattric Langley this evening (December 8, 2016), and mailed to Panda Burro participants. It will also be posted to their facebook page at 8a on December 9, 2016. No edits or have been made by Run Oregon and the statement is posted below in full: Updated Friday, Dec. 9 at 8:14a: Run Oregon has received confirmation from Pongo Fund that the donation has been delivered in full. In…
Editors Note: Run Oregon notified Double Dog Dare U (DDDU) on 11/26 and 11/30 that a post would be going live, in an effort to allow them to respond to the following subject matter. DDDU posted an update to their Facebook page for the first time on 11/30. A few months ago, I was part of a team that put on an event that meant a lot to me: The Panda Burro Invitational. It was a…
This post was written by Noelle Gross. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you are wanting to write a preview or recap your running experiences as well! The views in this post do not necessarily reflect those of Run Oregon. The forecast for Saturday June, 4th is calling for 100 degree weather. I know, let’s get a group of friends together, let’s say 6, and run 65 miles together! Doesn’t that…
The 2016 Bald Peak Half will take place on Saturday, June 18, 2016. The race starts and ends at Hagg’s Tree farm in Hillsboro, and will include some of the toughest, but most scenic miles you have run. The event benefits Hillsboro Area High Schools. The course will have you cover the biggest elevation gain of 800ft in the first two miles. After that, it is a rolling, net downhill course on country roads, half of…
It seemed like something out of a movie, to get to the end of my street, looking south west and see the race area wreathed in clouds. Quite beautiful, until you realized that the start…and finish line, was at CLOUD LEVEL! As in, technically in the sky. Which is cool until it is realized that entails a wee bit of climbing. It is expected, seeing as the word ‘hill’ is in the race title and…
Many runners, especially beginners, find the concept of a relay daunting. Usually covering well over a hundred miles over the course of a couple days, the sheer numbers involved can be imposing. When looking at the Twelve Bridges event, 65 miles in one day split between up to 6 people, it becomes a much more manageable concept. It also becomes more appealing when the majority of the run is on the Banks-Vernonia trail which is…
On Saturday, April 9, I got up at 7 a.m. and soon headed out to nearby Lake Oswego for Double Dog Dare U Event‘s Double Five Challenge. I had signed up for the full challenge, which was to run the 5 mile race and then follow up immediately with the 5K, but I still had a bit of lingering Achilles tendon soreness, so I was a little skeptical of my ability to finish both distances…
It was wet. It was really, really, wet as March tends to be in the good ol’ Pacific North West. I woke up on Sunday morning a bit tired and lazy due to Day Light Saving. However, I was determined to make this 10K my fastest yet so I put on my pot of Folgers and proceeded to make a smoothie and get on with it, feeling lucky that I wouldn’t have to drive downtown and join…
There aren’t too many races that offer not just multiple distances, but also the opportunity to run two or more of them back to back. Double Dog Dare U Events’ “Double Five Challenge” offers just that: you can run a 5 mile race, a 5K race, or a 5 mile + 5K race (in that order). All this takes place on April 9, 2016, starting at 8 a.m. at the George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego.…
