This recap was submitted by Run Oregon reader Suzanne Little. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you are wanting to write a preview or recap your running experiences as well! Race the Reaper Obstacle Course offers a 3 mile run with 20 obstacles or a 6 mile run with 25 obstacles. Suzanne ran the 3 mile course with a group of friends and they loved it. After volunteering at last year’s Race…
I was registered for Race the Reaper last year after it came highly recommended to me by Annette, another Run Oregon Blogger. After a minor bike accident, I listened to her advice, again, when she said the course wasn’t something to take on with an injury so I had a big fat DNS. Ironically, this year Annette was nursing an injury, so I had to venture to the Flying M Ranch for my 6-mile adventure…
This past Saturday (August 1) Epic Grind held its annual 5 & 10k events at Henry Hagg Lake. After a short drive up the street we arrived, picked up our race packets without any issues, and assembled at the starting line. The sun was shining, we were pumped up, and ready to get dirty! Full disclosure here: I tried to talk myself out of the Epic Grind this year. I had been travelling the entire week before and…
My 10-year-old son has run several 5k races with me, and while he’s not terribly excited about running, he’s a good sport and completes the run. So when I told him that I signed him up for the Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge, he wasn’t so sure. The morning of the race, he was warming up to the idea a little bit, and by the time we arrived at Lee Farms, he was quite excited.
Over the past few years, adventure races have become more popular, and runs including mud, obstacles, color, water or bubbles are easy to find. Several of the tougher obstacle races have an age minimum that will exclude kids from participating. The Kids Obstacle Challenge is a mud and obstacle race that is geared specifically towards children ages 5-16. And good news for parents: You can join the course for free with your child’s paid registration.
This post was submitted by Run Oregon guest blogger Mechell Orr. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you want to get involved. My friend Shelly and I had the opportunity to run Spartan Sprint, Saturday, August 2nd at the Washougal Motocross Park. The week leading up to the race I was super nervous as almost everyone I know had some sort of gory horror story of a gruesome injury or wound. However,…
If there is something that Run Oregon loves to do, it is supporting the little guys – the small races in small towns with small budgets. Don’t get us wrong, we love the large races too, but our real mission is to be a website where all races, big and small, can be covered at the same time.
Summer running typically consists of two things: relay races and obstacle runs. While there have been recent negative developments by certain obstacle course races and companies shutting down races, going out of business, and not offering refunds, The Inferno appears to be one that is still relatively small enough to put on a quality event for those seeking out just a little bit more, without sacrificing quality or in it for a quick money grab one city…
Unlike Tung’s review, I am not a big fan of the game show American Ninja Warrior, nor can I claim to have ever seem it. BUT!! I have seen “Wipeout” and I LOVE that show! My dream is to be on that show, with my brother or husband in some crazy costume :P. I probably wouldn’t win..but that’s ok. The Hit and Run 5K looks like it’s going to be a a blast. I think it…
The 5K is a standard distance, five thousand meters or three point one miles. However, a race name that includes the words ‘dirty’, ‘adventure’, and ‘challenge’, promises to be anything but the standard run. Such is the case with this race, set in Albany, at the motorsports park. The gun goes off on April 19th, with the first of five waves starting at nine am. All are capped at 100 participants, with the first one…
