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Race Preview: 2019 Bowerman 5k (Beaverton)

July 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Few institutions have done more to advance athletics than Nike, and the Bowerman Track Club in particular hosts some of the most elite athletes in the world. On July 20th, mere mortals have the opportunity to share a course with the greats by [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 MLK Dream Run September 24th

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

The MLK Dream Run has a new start and finish this year, but continues to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a Dream’ speech with a 5k, 10k or 15k Geoff Hollister Tribute and benefits the NNEBA Fellows Youth Entrepreneurship [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Bowerman Track Club 5K (near Beaverton)

July 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 assortment of runners, from the fastest Nike athletes to local runners who [read more...]

Race Preview: 2016 Bowerman Track Club 5k

July 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

If you’re looking for a race that has been featured in Competitor Magazine in 2015 as one of the 7 must do 5k’s in the United States, then look no further than the 7th annual Bowerman Track Club 5k, set to take place July 23 at the Nike [read more...]

Pledge your miles and stop HIV transmission in its’ tracks!

October 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

650 babies are born HIV positive every single day in sub-Saharan Africa. You can help change this number through your weekly mileage… no, really. TURN YOUR MILES (RED) is an eight-week campaign that empowers walkers, runners and fitness [read more...]

Running Roundup – a collection of running-related links

August 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

For those of you who missed this on Run Oregon’s Facebook page (and if you aren’t following our Facebook page, why not???), Runner Claire Wycoff has an artistic streak, and her medium of choice is Nike+. She has many more pictures at [read more...]

Free 3k XC returns to Nike World HQ on Wednesdays this August – great for the whole family

July 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Put on by the Bowerman Track Club (previously called Bowerman Athletic Club), the free 3k XC series is returning this August. Though not specifically geared towards youth, the shorter distance and safe course – run completely on the protected [read more...]

Race Review: Bowerman 5k

June 25, 2014 // 1 Comment

The Bowerman Track Club is just about as close to an institution as you can get in running, so I admit I was curious to see what they’d come up with for their homage to running legend Bill Bowerman in the Bowerman 5k. I was not disappointed, in [read more...]

Color Run 5k Registration OPEN (Portland/Medford)

February 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

A 2012 Color Run 5k After-Party in progress. Normally I’m fairly opposed to large, national, for-profit races. Historically, road and trail racing has been a very local-spirit-heavy sport– you race against your community peers in an [read more...]

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Runner: Top 10 Most Terrible THNGVBR moments of 2013

December 31, 2013 // 4 Comments

December is always a month for lists– the best albums you’ve never heard of, the movies you didn’t watch but should have. I’ve decided to throw my hat into that fire with my own brief little list of the silly, terrible, [read more...]