If you are wondering why Camelback Run is named what it is, all you have to do is look at the elevation map for the 15K course. And then incorporate more hill training into your week to have the best race possible. Otherwise, the “massive hill” in the course might mean a long slow walk on an early March morning. Camelback Run has 15K and 5K course options for youth and adults, plus a 1-mile…
Just outside of Medford lies the town of Phoenix, Oregon. This small town is home to a race with a big hill, lovingly known as Camelback Hill. The Camelback Run is a must-run for hill lovers, which you will encounter around the middle of the 15K course. This course promises the beauty of the wide open country, farms, and orchards all on the scenic back roads of Phoenix. There is also an out and back…
Southern Oregon’s oldest road run will be 48 this year! Join the Southern Oregon Runners for the Pioneer Road Run in the small town of Phoenix, Oregon. This event includes a 5K and a 9 mile option, along with a kids’ run. This southern Oregon tradition starts and finishes at Phoenix High School, and it benefits the Phoenix High School Track team. There will be trophies for the top male and female high school 5K…
Get ready to join the Southern Oregon Runners to test your mile time at Longest Night Mile in Phoenix. This Wednesday evening mile run will start in heats based on your mile time at the Phoenix High School track. With 4 heats, the first and fastest heat will begin at 6:15 P.M. and the final heat will run at 6:50 P.M. You do not have to pre-register for this event, just show up between 5…
Southern Oregon’s oldest road race, the Pioneer Road Run, will be held in Phoenix, Oregon on Saturday, November 11th, 2017. Originally just the 9 mile course, this event was founded in 1971 but have since added a 5k option as well. Both distances are out and back courses and start / finish at Phoenix High School. The top 3 finishers in all age groups will receive ribbons and Lance Tooke Memorial trophies will be presented…
For us who live between Portland and Eugene, we usually have a pretty easily accessible and full slate of races to choose from each year. However, there is something to be said about exploring Oregon and the local races that support great causes. One excuse that we make about travelling is the cost of doing so. But with Phoenix’s Camelback Run only being $10 (!), you can more easily balance out your gas and entry…
If you like hills this is the run for you, the Camelback Run is a 15k, 5k and 1 mile elementary run in Phoenix, Oregon. On Saturday February 28th come out and enjoy a nice backroads run benefiting the Phoenix High School Track & Field Team. This is the 2nd year of the event and this year the out and back 5k and elementary run are new additions to the classic 15k Phoenix running route…
Saturday, November 8th will be the 44th annual Pioneer Road Run held in Phoenix, Oregon. This is Southern Oregon’s oldest road run which was founded in 1977. With 2 distances to chose from the 9 mile and 5k course both start and finish at Phoenix High School. Both courses are out and back through the city of Phoenix.
Looking for a small, inexpensive race and the opportunity to go to Phoenix? Well, Phoenix, Oregon at least. On Saturday, March 1, the inaugural Camelback Run is taking to the hilly backroads of this Southern Oregon town (South of Medford on I-5 in case you were wondering).
This post was initially posted on our old Oregon Live site. If you are a follower of our Facebook page, you may have seen a post asking our readers about their thoughts on a new monthly (or so) feature on destination races. As luck would have it, I was actually vacationing in Arizona when the thought came about and am taking on the role as guinea pig in previewing our first official Destination Race feature:…
