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Race Recap: 2019 Oregon Winter Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K

February 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

As an Uberthons Ambassador, I look forward to starting the new year off with the annual Winter Event at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Course. Over the years, Uberthons and The Reserve have developed a symbiotic relationship; as the weather turns [read more...]

Race Preview: Uberthons 2019 Winter Half & Quarter Marathon and 5K (The Reserve Vineyards in Aloha)

December 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

As we get toward the end of the calendar year, it’s time to start thinking about next year’s races. Uberthons has released its 2019 schedule, and first up will be the Winter Half & Quarter Marathon and 5K. The race venue is The [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Oregon Fall Half and Quarter Marathon and 5K (Canby)

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Fall has a good argument as the best season: the weather is mostly mild, it has great holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving), and kids go back to school. What better way to welcome it on September 8, 2018, than with the Oregon Fall Half and Quarter [read more...]

Race Recap: 2018 Uberthons Oregon Summer Event (Full, Half, Quarter Marathon)

July 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

It’s been a hot summer so far, but fortunately the weather let up on the morning of the Oregon Summer Marathon/Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon. It was bright and sunny but at 8 a.m. it was only 57 degrees, about as perfect as you could ask for [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Uberthons Spring Half Marathon and more

May 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

We had a pretty mild winter, all things considered, but now it’s well into spring, and that means it’s time for the Oregon Spring Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K. This, the second of four seasonal half marathons by Uberthons, takes [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Hippie Chick Half and Quarter Marathon with 15k (Hillsboro)

April 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

This years Hippie Chick race takes place at Ron Tonkin Field (4450 NW 229th Ave, Hillsboro OR 97214) on Saturday May 12th! Hippie Chick 2018 offers not only the half marathon, but a quarter marathon and a 15k as well. This race is open to both [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Sisters “Better Half” Marathon

March 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing a race in beautiful Central Oregon, the 2018 Sisters “Better Half” Marathon is a great place to start. This race, part of the Oregon Half & Full Marathon Series, will take place on Saturday, [read more...]

Race Recap: 2018 Oregon Winter Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, 5K

January 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

I had an injury-free 2017, but for a variety of reasons, my weekly mileage tailed off at the end of the year and I hadn’t run a race since Thanksgiving. Now that it was 2018, I was ready to get back into racing. My first race of the year was [read more...]

Race Preview: Uberthons 2018 Winter Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K (Aloha)

January 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s 2018, and with a new year comes a whole new set of Uberthons races, starting off with the Oregon Winter Event at its traditional home, The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha. Race day is Saturday, January 20. If you like half [read more...]

Race Recap: 2017 Oregon Fall Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, and 5K

September 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

The event may have been named Oregon Fall, but it still felt more like summer than fall. Still, that the race was able to take place was reason itself to rejoice, considering that the air in the Willamette Valley during the past week looked and [read more...]

Race Preview and COURSE UPDATE: 2017 Girlfriends Run for a Cure Quarter and Half Marathon (Vancouver)

September 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

The 11th annual Girlfriends Run for a Cure will take place in Vancouver WA on Sunday, October 15, 2017. This event is designed for women and their girlfriends: The shirts are women’s cut long sleeve tech shirts, there will be chocolate, [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Oregon Fall Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, and 5K (Canby)

August 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for fall to get here. Enough with the 90+ (or gasp, 100+) degree days. Enough with the blinding sunshine. And here to welcome the best season of the year is the last of Uberthons’ seasonal [read more...]

Race Recap: 2017 Oregon Summer Marathon/Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon

August 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

After a week of unintentional tapering where I managed only one run (plus a fairly gnarly 3.5 mile hike with an elevation gain of 1400 feet and a rowing session on a Concept2 at a hotel that didn’t have a single treadmill!), I was eager to [read more...]

Race Preview: Uberthons 2017 Summer Full/Half/Quarter Marathon

July 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wow, it seems like it was just last week that I ran in the Uberthons Spring event (half marathon, quarter marathon, 5K), and now the Summer event is less than month away on July 22. If you are new to Uberthons events, you may wonder, how are the [read more...]

Race Recap: 2017 Oregon Spring Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, and 5K

June 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fall is my favorite season, but among the Uberthons seasonal race events, I’m pretty sure I like the Spring one the best. (Shh, don’t tell the other events; I don’t want them to get jealous!) For the second year in a row, the [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Oregon Spring Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, and 5K (Uberthons)

May 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Memorial Day is coming up fast, and that means it’s time for the Oregon Spring Half Marathon. This is the second in Uberthons’ Half Marathon Series, each of which takes place in a different part of Oregon. Just like last year, the Spring [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Hippie Chick Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon and 15k (Hillsboro)

April 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

For many runners in the Portland area, the Hippie Chick Half Marathon has been a Mother’s Day tradition for many years. Since its move to Hillsboro, participants of this women-only event dodn’t have to worry about an early sellout date [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Sisters “Better Half” Marathon

April 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

If you are looking for a half or quarter marathon in the scenic Sisters area of central Oregon, you’ll want to check out the Sisters “Better Half” Marathon taking place in late April. For one thing, the race course takes runners [read more...]

Race Recap: 2017 Oregon Winter Half & Quarter Marathon & 5K (Uberthons)

February 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Uberthons kicked off its 2017 racing season on January 21 with the Oregon Winter Half Marathon at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Course. This was the second year of this particular half marathon, along with options for a quarter marathon and 5K, and [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Uberthons Winter Half Marathon (and more)

December 14, 2016 // 1 Comment

Local race organizer Uberthons stages races in Oregon almost every month of the year, and the 2017 slate opens on January 21, 2017, with the inaugural Winter Half Marathon located at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Course.* This is the first in the [read more...]

Race Recap: 2015 Hippie Chick Quarter and Half Marathon

May 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

It’s old news that Hippie Chick is no longer a Run with Paula event, but this is the first time I’ve run it since the race changed hands. Standards were set high, and I wasn’t sure a new company could carry on this popular race with the same [read more...]

Race Preview: Sisters Better Half 4/25/2015 (Sisters, OR)

March 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

I have found the perfect excuse to get in the car and head to Sisters! I really enjoy the Sisters/Bend/Sunriver area, and it’s really not that far of a drive from Eugene to get there. I drive to Portland all the time for races, yet [read more...]

Race Preview + Discount Code: 2014 Hippie Chick Half + Quarter Marathon – Hillsboro

April 24, 2014 // 4 Comments

At 8:00 AM on Saturday, May 10, 2014, some women will just be rousing from sleep to breakfast in bed presented by the shining faces of their little ones and significant other. It is, after all, Mother’s Day Weekend. Other women– call us [read more...]