While most races are defined by the distance you have to complete. For the Bristow 24/12, it is all about the time. As in how far can you get in 24 or 12 hours. Formerly the Elijah Bristow 24 Hour Run, Go Beyond Racing has taken over this event that has participants going round in circles as many times as they can. 12-hour and 24-hour participants all begin at 9am on Saturday, June 19. The…
Bristow Trail Runs is an opportunity to run flat trails with plenty of aid stations. If you are like me, you have been running for a year, anticipating a live race! I was so excited to see this race to up, so I’m coming for you Bristow Trial! With two aid stations, you will be passing twice on the loop for a total of four stops if needed, you will have plenty of support. Gatorade,…
The 2020 Bristow Trail Runs at Elijah Bristow State Park in Dexter, hosted by Level 32 Racing, can be an early season ultra, or kick-off-the-trail-running-training mid-distance, or just-a-little-fun-run, but whichever one you choose, it’ll be beautiful and challenging. The course is a 5.2 mile loop, all on flat, single-track trails, and runs adjacent to the Willamette River. The distance options are just loops of the course: one loop for the 5 mile-ish option, twice for…
The Elijah Bristow 24 hour run is back for its 6th year, bringing with it many former racers who ran it last year. If there’s one thing about the ultra-running community I know, it’s that runners often love to challenge themselves by returning to certain races in order to be better than the year before. Or, as is often the case with me, I love returning to certain races because of the organizers and volunteers…and…
I’m mean seriously. SERIOUSLY?! How many Run Oregon Blog readers do we have that have endured a 24 hour run? Please comment if you have – I want to personally shake your hand! Let’s just say that, though I am running shorter distances races during 2016 to let my body catch up to the pounding I put it through in 2015, I definitely would consider adding a 24 hour event to my 2017 race calendar. Let…
The Bristow Trail Races take place on Saturday, February 6th at Elijah Bristow State Park just a few miles southeast of Eugene. The race is this year’s first race of the Run Big Trail Series. All races have the same start/finish area and are run on a 5.2 mile loop in the park. (The 5M and 10M runs are actually 5.2M and 10.4M long.)
The Elijah Bristow Twenty-Four Hour Run is just what it sounds like: You will spend 24 hours running on a loop trail in Elijah Bristow State Park near Eugene, and you try to get as many miles covered during that time as you safely can. The race starts at 9am on Saturday, June 13th. The course is a 1.05 mile loop, mostly on rolling trails with 150 yards of pavement. The track is wide enough to run…
Saturday, February 7, 2015 was the kick-off to my favorite trail running series, the Run Big Trail Series by Level 32 Racing. In 2014, I was able to participate in two of the Run Big Trail Series events; Bristow Trail Runs and Shotgun Trail Blast. Both were well managed, fun, good course markings, and just a blast through and through. The 2014 events really “got my feet wet” with trail racing, and I quickly realized how…
Epic! Without going into the play-by-play details of the Bristow Trail Run on February 16, just know that it was truly epic. And I don’t use that word lightly. The Bristow Trail Run, originally scheduled to occur on Saturday, February 8, was rescheduled due to severe snow/ice conditions at Elijah Bristow State Park, where the race took place. At first I was quite disappointed, but the day the race was originally scheduled for, even my…
