When thinking about signing up for a December race, it is hard to imagine getting all bundled up to run hard in the frosty weather. On the other hand, it is fun to picture getting all decked out to “strut your stuff in your favorite holiday costume.” Complete with jingle bells, of course. The Jingle Bell Run has 5K and 1-mile run or walk options for the adults. Plus, a 1K Kids’ Fun Run, where…
The October race in the Portland Parks & Recreation’s 5k Series is coming up fast on Sunday, October 13th in North Portland’s Delta Park. The races in this awesome series are a great deal (only $10 for an adult registration!) and are set up for serious racers, casual joggers, walkers, and a smaller race for kiddos as well. Often featuring loops of local parks, it’s a great way to spend a morning in your community…
The July race in the Portland Parks & Recreation’s 5k Series will be on Sunday, July 14th in North Portland’s Pier Park. The races in this awesome series are a great deal (only $10 for an adult registration!) and are set up for serious racers, casual joggers, walkers, and a smaller race for kiddos as well. Often featuring loops of local parks, it’s a great way to spend a morning in your community (or venturing…
The next race in the Portland Parks & Recreations awesome 5k Series is taking place at Westmoreland Park – a long and narrow park that you may be familiar with as where the Oregon Dairy Association holds the milk carton boat races. If that doesn’t help, it’s a tad west of SE McLoughlin and south of Bybee. The course should remain the same as in years passed – two loops around the park after a…
Running for a cause is usually a good thing. Running for ostomy is good too, although it’s also good to know what it is, in case you don’t. For a wealth of information, check out the United Ostomy Associations of America website to learn all about this common issue, that happens to affect far more runners than you might know. Then, with your new-found knowledge, sign up for the Run for Resilience 5K in…
The 2018 ZERO Prostate Cancer 5K run/walk returns to Portland on Sunday, June 10th on the South Waterfront. There’s something for everyone, with a 5K run or walk, 1 mile walk, Kids’ Superhero Dash for Dad, and virtual Snooze for Dudes program. ZERO has partnered with the Oregon Urological Society to end prostate cancer and the proceeds from this event are invested around the country to provide research for new treatments, free prostate cancer testing,…
Since I started running back in January, people have been telling me how I should run on Mt. Tabor. “It’s great for training!” they say. Well having looked up the trails and elevation changes, I can believe it! And I’m not ready for it yet – maybe next year! But maybe you are and if so, you should definitely sign up for the Mt.Tabor Tar ‘N’ Trail Run! Put on by the The Friends of…
The Run Foster 5k race is a fundraiser race put on by Embrace Oregon, an organization that connects community members to foster children throughout Oregon and they are dedicated to the flourishing of each foster child. Every day twenty children enter the foster system in Oregon meaning that there are a lot of kids who need our help! Now in it’s 3rd year, the Run Foster event is a family friendly race within Gabriel Park…
The Get Your Rear In Gear 5k at Portland’s Mount Tabor on August 5th is part of a nationwide series of runs that raises money and awareness for colon cancer. Only lung cancer kills more Americans each year than colon cancer, but with early detection and regular screenings, colon cancer is preventable, treatable, and beatable. The morning starts with opening ceremonies at 9am, followed by the kids fun run at 9:15. The chip timed 5k…
I have a confession to make. I have worked in the Parkrose district of Portland for nine years now and I have never explored any of it, except for the occasional places for lunch. I drive back and forth through it and across it twice every day during the week and I even live about five minutes from there, but I’ve never stopped to wander around and see. Maybe you are like me, or…
