Saturday morning of St. Patrick’s Day weekend is time for the Luckython, the annual green-themed run staged by Uberthons. This year’s edition included two options, a regular chip-timed 5K race at 8:30, and an untimed fun run with optional fun stations at 10 a.m. I signed up for the 8:30 race with a comp entry for being an Uberthons Ambassador, but as the regular recapper for Uberthons events, I got the okay to run the…
If you are looking for a St. Patrick’s Day race that has more than enough participants to feel festive, but not so many that it’s like a giant parade, then the Luckython may the race for you. Last year, over 500 runners showed up to The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha, and this year should draw as many again. (My recap of last year’s event is here.) This is a well-established race on…
The New Year often brings new running goals, and what better way to ‘freshen up’ your running routine by registering for a running series! Running series are a great way to effortlessly add races (and miles) to your running calendar, while keeping your motivated to stick to your training schedule. Racing can get expensive, so running series help keep you on a budget as almost all of them charge a flat fee all at…
The Luckython is the longest-running Uberthons race. I ran the very first one back in 2012, when the first place age group finishers won bags of green candy. Since then, I’ve managed to show up nearly every year. I like the atmosphere and St. Patrick’s Day theme, and of course the usual Uberthons swag. I signed up for the 5K with the comp entry that I received for being an Uberthons Ambassador this year and…
March is the month for St. Patrick’s Day-themed races, and that means it’s time for the Luckython. This is one of Uberthons’ longest-running events, starting in 2012 and having been staged every year since. It’s also a race that I’ve run every year, except 2015 when I had to run it virtually due to a conflict with a family event. Uberthons is pretty consistent in terms of how its races are staged, so my recap…
I don’t race as often as some other Run Oregon bloggers, but even so, it’s hard to believe that I haven’t run a race since the Turkeython back in November, due to nagging Achilles tendinitis in my left ankle. I’d stayed active in the meantime with a lot of rowing on a Concept2 erg while re-introducing running on a limited basis. I had hoped to make my running debut at the NewYearathon … and when…
If the recent warm weather is making you think about spring, it’s time to start planning those annual springtime races, including Uberthons’ St. Patrick’s Day-themed Luckython. Now in its fifth year, this event offers race distances of 5K, 10K, and 15K on the paths of The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha. In keeping with the theme of the race, there will be a potato bar breakfast; lots of green on and off the…
If it’s getting close to March, that means it’s Luckython time. This is local race organizer Uberthons’ annual St. Patrick’s Day-themed race, now in its fourth year – and third straight at the Reserve Vineyard and Golf Course in Aloha. (For those new to Uberthons races, the Reserve is also the default venue for the Halloweenathon in October.) For my recap of last year’s Luckython, click here. Just like past years’ races, there are distance…
The Shamrock Race may be the biggest running race all year in Oregon, but the Luckython has offered a great alternative race (or supplemental race for those who wanted to run both days of the weekend!) for three years now — with the last two at the Reserve Vineyard & Golf Club in Aloha. As with last year’s edition, there were three separate Saturday race times: 4:00 p.m., 6:15 p.m., and 7:30 p.m., plus a…
