Runs for a cause are the best. To enjoy the hobby while giving back to the community is a great feeling. This run did that while treating us to some amazing views around Forest Grove. This is quite a beautiful area, and easily reachable from Portland and the Yamhill County area. It ended up being a perfect late summer day, with warm temps and plenty of sunshine, There were plenty of smiling faces as the…
The 15th annual Forest Grove Lions Club Run & Walk for Sight will take place on Saturday, September 19th at Pacific University in Forest Grove. Participants can choose from the 10k, 5k run or walk, and a “Tot Trot”. All proceeds support the Lions Club’s mission to provide glasses to those who need them.
I’ve made the trip out to Forest Grove a few times for the Viking Vengeance, mainly because I love small town races that are supported by and created for the high school athletics teams. What is great about this event is that you have up-and-coming high school runners pushing the pace, at a time of year when there is no high school competition. Following them are hundreds of community runners, and a large number of…
October 20, 2013 was a day that many parents gave their kids extra hugs before bedtime. Why? Because that day, two young girls named Anna and Abigail were hit and killed by a car while playing in front of their house in Forest Grove. Anna and Abigail’s parents have decided to remember the love that their children shared with the world through Love Rocks. You may have noticed one while out on a run, or heard about…
When an event has ‘dirty’ in the name, it is often a good idea to leave the iPhones and shiny new shoes somewhere safe and dry. That goes doubly true for those managed by X-Dog Events, who seem to enjoy making routes that are true cross country, not in the sense of skimming across golf courses. When some obstacles and terrain force you to juggle the desire for speed with a concern for avoiding injury,…
This recap was submitted by Run Oregon reader Blake Timm. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you want to get involved. For so many reasons, I look forward to the Oregon Road Runners Club’s Y2K Run every year. For starters, I have to love any race that starts a mile from my house and doesn’t require me to get up before dawn to run. Add to that the fact that…
Dry weather, ideal running temperatures, AND a new race course…on January 10? Now that’s quite the combination! The 2015 ORRC Y2k Half Marathon and 10k was blessed with all this greatness, and added a well-supported race and great post-race spread to kick 2015 off right. The race started and ended at Tom McCall Upper Elementary School, a very open and accommodating spot. We had the run of the cafeteria, hallways, and gymnasium to do all…
This weekend, Coach Jim’s Elite Runners in Training are taking part in the ORRC Y2K in Forest Grove. The race offers a half marathon and a 10k. Even though it’s a race, Coach Jim’s group will still be using it as training – either a training run at training pace or a goal race to test where they are in their training. If you are running it with Coach Jim’s group, keep an ear open…
The “Y2K” in the name of the ORRC’s January race had, through 2014, referred to the longer race distance being equal to that year, with a well-placed decimal point. In 2010, the race was 20.10k. In 2011, they added 1/100th of a kilometer making is 20.11 … and so on. The 2015 race, then should have offered a 20.15k race. But instead, race organizers decided to skip ahead a few decades and lock in the…
The Jordan Memorial 5k Fun Run and Walk has changed their name and focus for the 2014 event. This year the 2nd Annual Friends of Jordan 5k & Kids’ Run will honor Jordan Janeway and raise money for another local child with SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency). Jordan was born with SCID and passed away before his first birthday, but not before leaving his mark on this world. Around one in fifty thousand babies are born…
