Relays are becoming all the rage and I personally ran a lot of them last year. One of my absolute favorite relays was the Three Capes Marathon Relay, so I was excited to do it again. I’m training for a marathon in April, so I opted to run legs 1, 2, and 3 to get the milage I needed in, and boy, was it humbling! If you are planning to do this race in 2019…
Get your resolutions, get your resolutions and Bring Your Own Baton! So for all of you who wanted to run this year for your resolution now you can on the very last day of the year. Here is a way to fulfill multiple resolutions and celebrate New Years Eve guilt free style! Fulfill this years resolutions in by running, running in a relay or running a half marathon! The race organizers of this race want…
This year’s Gorgeous Oregon Coast Relay was run on Sunday, October 8 with a small field of teams made up of previous Gorgeous Relay teams. Because this is a brand-new relay, teams were “test running” the course, which meant that there were very few volunteers on course, and none of the usual support such as porta-potties. Teams were well aware of this going in, and it added to the adventure knowing that our experiences would…
This post covers legs 5-8 of the inaugural Oregon Gorgeous Coast Relay, run on Sunday, October 8 from Astoria to Cannon Beach. Run Oregon fielded an all-women’s team of four (you could run with up to 6 to a team), made up of Nikki Mueller (legs 1, 5, and 9), Allison Ziarnik (legs 2, 6, and 10), Kelly Barten (legs 3, 7, and 11), and Marya Van Metre (legs 4, 8, and 12). Read about…
When the lovely team at Gorgeous Relays announced that they were running a new event this fall, we were pretty excited; when it was announced it would be the “Gorgeous Oregon Coast Relay,” we were ecstatic. This relay was run on a very small scale – invitations went out to captains of former Gorgeous Relay teams and those who had signed up for the Gorgeous Relay that had to be cancelled a few weeks ago…
If you missed out on Hood to Coast or are having relay withdrawals, check out Gorgeous Relay running on Sunday, September 17th. Oregon’s original one-day relay, Gorgeous Relay starts just outside of Cascade Locks and finishes 60 miles west in Portland. Teams of 2-6 runners experience the historic Columbia River Highway, the Vista House at Crown Point and views of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers along this breathtaking course. It’s a day of gorgeous views…
Last year Run Oregon was one of the lucky teams to receive a special invitation to test a new one-day relay course. Obviously, we jumped at the chance to run the unofficial Hood to Hood Relay and loved every mile of it. This year, the Gorgeous Series Hood to Hood was an official event and we couldn’t miss out on the inaugural run. Last year we threw together a last minute team and that tradition…
Check out some of the best sights Portland has to offer with the Rose City Relay on Saturday, July 22nd. Teams of four to six will start and finish at Mt. Hood Community College and have the option to cover 67 miles with twelve legs or 44 miles with eight legs. You can put together a speedy team and take in more of the sights or choose some running friends who want to take their…
The Three Capes Relay is a one-day, 26.2-mile relay that can be run solo or by teams of 2 or 5. It starts in Tillamook and runs south along the Oregon coast, finishing in Pacific City. The relay is a fund raiser for Tillamook High School athletics. In a few weeks, Nikki will be posting a leg-by-leg preview of the race, so this post is just to lay out the information you need to get…
If you’re like me and have retired from the overnight relays or if you’ve thought about trying a relay, but want to test it out on a smaller scale, check out the 4th Annual Gorgeous Relay running on Sunday, September 18th. Less hassle than an overnight relay, teams only need one van and 2-6 runners to tackle the 60 miles from Cascade Locks to Portland. Beginning in waves at Wyeth, just east of Cascade Locks,…
