Here at Run Oregon, we usually preview races about 2-4 weeks ahead of time, so I’m jumping the gun by about 11 months. But I’m totally amped about this race, because I have been waiting for years – literally – for local race organizer Uberthons to stage a return to the Portland International Raceway, and it’s finally going to happen on Oct. 6, 2018, with the new Fast on Flat event! A little background: Uberthons…
My favorite interview in all the years Run Oregon has been around (since 2007!) is the one where I got to meet Julius Achon. (Click here to read the three-part interview and read why.) An accomplished runner, Achon has spent more than the past ten years of his life helping people from his home town, Awake, in Lira Province, Uganda through the Achon Ugandan Children’s Fund. Through the AUCF, Achon and his supporters have put…
