Views for Days at the Owyhee Off Road Challenge
In 2016, some fine folks in Adrian, Oregon got together to create an event that could raise both awareness and funds to help fix the running…
Race Preview: It’s a Grape Run! (Milton-Freewater)
Have plans August 17th? If not, you should take a road trip to Eastern Oregon and join other folks who live around Milton-Freewater and…
Race preview: 2019 East Oregonian Butte Challenge (Hermiston)
Several years ago (2001, to be exact), during my quest to run a race in every county in Oregon, I was able to check off Umatilla County in the…
Eastern Oregon Small Race Previews: 2019 Steps to Success 5K/10K (Hermiston) & Truffle Shuffle 5K/10K (Baker City)
Hermiston and Baker City are certainly not right next to each other, at least not close enough to make both of these events. But which ever…
Race Recap: 2018 Elkhorn Relay (La Grande)
Where does one start to write a recap that can fully speak to such an epic experience? Such an epic experience that one would have to have…
4th of July race previews: Stanfield 4th of July Fun Run & Vale 4th of July FunRun
Independence Day (which happens to fall on the 4th of July this year!) 😉 presents a rich assortment of races, with several to choose from in…
Race Preview: 2016 Lostine River Run (Eastern Oregon)
July 2nd, 2016 marks the 33rd Annual Lostine River Run in Wallowa County. If you’ve never spent time in the Wallowa mountains and…
That would be a great place for a race!
For years, on family road trips, I used to gaze out the car window at the vast acres of precisely arranged poplars on the tree farm near…
Race recap: 2014 A Very Poplar Run in Boardman
On Friday afternoon I loaded my running bag in the trunk of my Forester and drove out to Boardman for A Very Poplar Run, a race through the…
My Life In Race Shirts: 2004 Oregon Trail Classic
Joe Dudman started running road races as a sophomore in high school, circa 1980. Since that time he has accumulated over 540 race T-shirts…