There are several places on the Wurst Run 5K & 10K website where they warn runners: “don’t get lost.” Now I kind of want to find out how many of their participants have gotten lost. And of those, if any are still lost. For those that find their way to the starting line of Wurst Run, they are promised a challenging race that includes uphill, downhill, circling an abbey, running through a town, paved streets,…
The annual Hazelnut Run (formerly Run for your Nuts) takes place this year on Saturday, December 7th at 10am, while the Hazelnut Festival and German Christmas Market is already open to the general public. Packet pickup and day of race registration starts at 8:45am, and the race takes off at 10am. The run starts and ends at the Festhalle in Mount Angel, and it will take participants through the streets of Mt Angel and on…
If there’s one thing all runners love, it’s a Bavarian parade to honor the marriage of King Ludwig I and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen…or at least we love the modern day interpretation of Oktoberfest. The official festivities begin in Munich on September 21, but the good folks in Mount Angel are getting the party started closer to home a week early with the Mount Angel Oktoberfest Road Race on Saturday, September 14. The race is a…
The annual Hazelnut Run 5k (formerly “Run for your Nuts”) is the Saturday morning event during Mount Angel’s Hazelnut Festival and German Holiday Market on December 1 at 10am. The 5k course weaves through the streets of Mount Angel, with a sort stretch on gravel, and a nice downhill finish along Church Street to the Festhalle. Registration is open, and is just $26 for the chip timed race. Day of race registration and pre-registered packet…
Every year I look forward to the Oktoberfest Run in Mount Angel for several reasons: First off, to me it marks the beginning of the “fall running season” with crisp mornings and no real danger of uncomfortable heat. Secondly, the course is very pretty, and I can choose 5k or 10k, depending on my motivation level. And third, as a native German I am appreciating the authenticity (sort of) of the Mount Angel Oktoberfest where…
Thanks to my German roots, I have felt drawn to the small town of Mount Angel ever since I first passed through it on my way to Silver Falls. I have visited Mount Angel a few times for its Oktoberfest and associated road race, and last weekend was my first visit to its Wurstfest and 5k road race. The day promised to be dry, cool, and sunny, a welcome break from the wet week. I…
Growing up in Germany, I’ve had probably more Wurst than your average American. Married to a pun loving American, I have also hear my fair share of Wurst/worst comments. Mount Angel, Oregon, a small community with German roots, takes the pun and runs with it by organizing the yearly Wurst 5k and 10k Run on Saturday, February, 25th, in conjunction with the town’s Mount Angel Wurstfest. The races start and end at Mount Angel’s Festhalle.…
One of my favorite fall races is the Oktoberfest Road race in Mt Angel in September. First off, being German and being picky, I love the fact that Mt Angel’s Oktoberfest is celebrated in September, on the same weekend as the original Oktoberfest opens in Munich, Germany. Secondly, by this time in September, the mornings are crisp and cool, and even if the heat of the summer made me lazy, the fall air inspires me to…
