I consider myself a professional skeptic, so when a race claims it’s one the most scenic in the United States, I’m likely to roll my eyes and ask what marketing desk jockey picked that registration clickbait. But after joining fewer than 1,500 other half marathon and marathoners at the 2014 Columbia Gorge Half Marathon on Sunday, October 26, 2014, I take every snarky, dubious thought back, because this is the race that will make a cold heart fall in love with…
