Race Preview: 2017 Bowerman Track Club 5K (near Beaverton)
One of the deepest and most competitive public 5Ks returns to the Nike campus near Beaverton on Saturday evening, July 29th. The Bowerman Track Club 5K brings together a wide [...]
Julius Achon
Run Oregon Bookstore: “The Boy Who Runs”
I will admit that I’m less than halfway through “The Boy Who Runs,” but I wanted to share this with Run Oregon readers because even though I know what happens, [...]
Race Preview: 2015 Bowerman Track Club 5k on August 15th
The 6th Annual Bowerman Track Club 5k is scheduled for Saturday, August 15th at 7PM. This event is a fun opportunity to see Nike World Headquarters, raise money for the [...]
Achon Distance Classic Track Meet scheduled for June 1 in Portland
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 with Julius Achon of Portland, Ugandan Olympian – Part 3
Read our entire interview with Julius Achon: Part 1 – Part 2 After the 1996 Olympic Games, Julius Achon continued his collegiate running career at George Mason University. Upon graduation, [...]
Interview with Julius Achon of Portland, Ugandan Olympian – Part 2
Read our entire interview with Julius Achon: Part 1 – Part 3 When Julius Achon arrived in Kampala, he left behind his family and everyone he knew. He’d never lived [...]
Interview with Julius Achon of Portland, Ugandan Olympian – Part 1
This is the first in a three-part series of an interview with Ugandan Olympian and now Portland runner Julius Achon, originally posted on Run Oregon’s original home on OregonLive.com in [...]