If you haven’t been down to experience the wonderful Southern Oregon city of Ashland, here is a great reason to make a trip. The 15th annual Monster Dash Run for Education is coming back to Lithia Park on Saturday, October 28th, 2023 at 9:00AM. The race course for all three runs follows the perimeter of Lithia Park, the epic 93-acre park in downtown Ashland. If you haven’t spent time here, I HIGHLY recommend it. No dogs are allowed…
A few friends of mine have been going through some stressful things in their lives, and I found myself kid-free a few weekends ago, so I decided to invite these stressed-out friends for a girls’ running weekend in Southern Oregon. I’d been in Ashland a few times before, but never with a compeltely free schedule, so it was fun to peruse a list of suggestions from various friends and pick the places that stood out…
The Lithia Park area in Ashland, Oregon is an absolutely beautiful place to run. Taking advantage of this is the Tar N’ Trail 6 Miler scheduled for March 10th at 8 am. Put on by the Rogue Valley Runners to benefit the Ashland Woodlands & Trail Association, this 6 mile run traverses both trail and back roads. Registration is currently open online until March 9th. Entry is $25 and includes a shirt, for students there…
In my opinion, every road runner at some point in their running “career” should try out a trail race. The Bandersnatch 5k trail race in Ashland is a great little race in Southern Oregon to get a taste for a hilly trail. This year’s event takes place on Saturday, November 19th, with an 8am start in Lithia Park. From there runners take a paved road and fire road into the park before turning onto the Bandersnatch single track…
The Monster Dash is in its 6th year and keeps growing. This is an event you can get the whole family involved in. Put on by Yogurt Hut, Ashland Schools Foundation, and the Ashland Kiwanis is a fun Halloween themed run. Offering up a 10k, 5k, and 1 mile fun run. There are many other events the day before and day of the race including: a pre race pasta party, silent auction, viewing of the…
