Everything that happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… except for the blisters and sore muscles from the Rock ‘n Roll Las Vegas Races. On November 12th thousands upon thousands of runners pinned on their race bibs, hit the oxygen and vitamin bars to recover from their Las Vegas fun the night before they hit the strip ready to run. As a half marathon participant, I had to be aware of what color my bib was…
For some reason I have a hard time with trends. If something is trendy I don’t want to wear it, watch it or read it. It took me three seasons of Friends to finally cave. I’m not quite sure why, maybe I just prefer to swim upstream, but I struggle with anything popular or too mainstream. The Rock-n-Roll events are definitely popular and I’m amazed with how far people will travel to run in a Rock-n-Roll…
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon Race Series has been a race on my running bucket list for quite some time. I love supporting local races, but every once in a while it’s nice to participate in those big events too. I got my chance at the 2015 Portland Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon – an almost 6000 finisher deep event that tours a wide variety of Portlandia.
The Portland Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon is now in it’s 4th year (the 10k in its 2nd), and it is getting a course overhaul this year. Most half marathons in Portland stay on the west side of the Willamette, and Rock’n’Roll has been one of the few exceptions. That fact will not change this year.
The 2015 Rock n’ Roll Portland Half Marathon is just around the corner. You probably know about the course changes, the shirt, the medals and what to expect, but something that lies near and dear to my heart is obviously the music. In addition to the numerous bands on the course, the headliner for the 2015 event will be Portugal. The Man. Portugal. The Man hail from Portland and have reached the big time in the Indie/Alt…
Run Oregon guest blogger Mel Ortiz is our resident “Costumed Runner”. She writes a monthly post about her adventures in running. Feel free to Submit a Guest Post in the “Contact Us” tab if you want to get involved. Pre-Race Preparations This was going to be an epic race since I was determined to do it in my handmade Princess Leia costume with oversized…. I mean giant hair buns. My husband and I decided to make the…
“Are you doing okay?” Maryalicia asked furtively. “Do you hate me?” “NO,” I gasped as my feet slapped against the asphalt in the middle of a well-earned a walk break. “I don’t hate you.” “Okay. Good,” she replied cheerfully. “Walk break’s over!” “!@#$,” I thought.
Pre-Race This was my third Portland Rock and Roll Half Marathon so I knew that this run was going to be mostly hills, hills, and more hills. I have been training on Terwilliger aka Pill Hill during the week and on Saturdays to make sure my body was used to it. The only other challenge is always the costume part of the run since I usually don’t train in my costumes but I knew after…
Large races; you love them or hate them. Luckily, I love them or else I would never have dragged myself out of bed at 4am on Sunday May 18th, 2014 to run Portland’s third annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. It felt like Deja-vu though, because just one week earlier I had also drug myself out of bed super early to go to another race that promised to rain and possibly thunderstorm. I always get out of…
On Sunday, May 18 at 8 a.m. Portland runners will line up at the third annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon and 10k. If you haven’t done a Rock ‘n’ Roll race yet, you are really missing out and here’s why…
