The Mac is back for 2023 and ready for year 27. Race directors Anne and Mike have a smooth system in place for ensuring a well-run event. And even with the maze like course that winds through the McDonald Forest in Corvallis, and touches on the hobbit trails in Starker Forest, this race is easily one of the most beautiful on the planet (I might be biased). This year’s event will be part of the…
Spring races are popping up left and right and some of us are already signed up for summer events, so the timing of the 26th annual McDonald Forest 50K (aka “Mac 50”) is a good one to squeeze in. This year’s event will be held in Corvallis on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The Mac 50 means business, with around 7,000 of feet of gain on over 20 miles of beautiful singletrack and about 10 miles…
For this week’s Strava Segment of the Week (SSOTW), we are headed to Peavy Arboretum outside Corvallis, to a section that is on the course of the SAFsquatch Scurry. I think, anyway, I can’t tell from their course map which direction they start out! Either way, it is a great segment and a lovely downhill for a mile. This segment, named “Section 36 Downhiller” starts on Section 36 Loop Trail just north of the crossing…
