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Race Preview: 2019 Seaside Beach Run (Seaside)

July 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

To break up the monotony of a treadmill or standard neighborhood loop, many runners try visualization and imagine themselves on the beach like Baywatch or Chariots of Fire. This July in Seaside, runners can make those fantasies a reality. Now in its [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Swim Dash Splash Triathlon (Longview WA)

June 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

If you’re a runner and enjoy racing, you may be tempted to give a triathlon a try. A traditional triathlon includes swimming, biking, and running. The City of Longview Parks and Rec and the YMCA of Southwest Washington are putting a twist on [read more...]

Small Race Preview: 2019 Run for Recovery 5K/10K (Redmond)

April 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

For 2019, the Redmond Alano Club says, May the Fourth Be With You! The Run for Recovery happens to fall on the 4th this year, and with it comes the opportunity to seize on a popular phrase. The Run for Recovery is a 10K/5K/Kids run that takes [read more...]

FEATURED RACE Preview: 2018 Freedom 5K Run & Walk (Molalla)

June 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Whe Run Oregon first became a website (2013), we left it up to our readers to vote on their favorite race from each month. The winner of July was the Molalla Freedom 5K – a pretty solid sized race in a small town. As far as we can tell, [read more...]

Race Preview: 2018 Komen Eugene Race for the Cure

February 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

Join thousands of community members to race for a cause, on Sunday March 4, 2018 at Valley River Center in Eugene Oregon. Hosted by Komen Oregon & SW Washington Affiliates, the Komen Race for the Cure, Eugene, offers a fun 5k run/walk or [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Crater Lake Rim Runs – 6.7 mile, 13 mile and Marathon

July 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

Growing up in Oregon, I have sadly only been to Crater Lake once in my life when I was a teenager, but I am still left with the images of the crystal clear blue water, the gorgeous views and all the trees, the coldness even during the summer in the [read more...]

Race Preview: 2017 Huckleberry Half Marathon, 10k and 5k (Welches)

July 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

One thing I often take for granted living in Oregon, is all the trees and the natural beauty all around us at all times of the year! If you are like me and maybe you want to get more in touch with nature or maybe you just want to run through the [read more...]

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Runner: Running to the Beat of a Lonely Heart

May 5, 2014 // 11 Comments

Just twelve days ago I celebrated the one-year anniversary of my arrival in Portland, Oregon. I’d traveled 2,700 miles diagonally across a good portion of the United States and arrived exhausted late on a Tuesday to an empty apartment in [read more...]

Race Recap + Results: 2014 Hop Hop Half Marathon and 5k – Portland

April 19, 2014 // 8 Comments

A 2011 study on weather and happiness revealed that 57 degrees Fahrenheit is the optimal temperature for happiness, and temperatures in that ballpark greeted the runners and walkers who set out to conquer the 2nd Annual Hop Hop Half Marathon and [read more...]

Race Preview: 3rd Annual Run/Walk for the White Oak Savanna 4/13/2014 (West Linn, Oregon)

February 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

For the third year, Neighbors for a Livable West Linn will be hosting the annual run or walk for the White Oak Savanna on Sunday, April 13, 2014. This event is co-sponsored by the West Linn Parks and Recreation [read more...]

Race Recap: Heartbreak Denied at the 2014 Heartbreaker Half Marathon (Hillsboro)

February 21, 2014 // 3 Comments

The first time I ran the Heartbreaker Half Marathon was the first week I’d ever stepped foot into Oregon. It was February 2011– the inaugural running of the event– and I had a lot to prove to myself. After graduating law school in [read more...]

Color Run 5k Registration OPEN (Portland/Medford)

February 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

A 2012 Color Run 5k After-Party in progress. Normally I’m fairly opposed to large, national, for-profit races. Historically, road and trail racing has been a very local-spirit-heavy sport– you race against your community peers in an [read more...]

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Runner: Running ALL THE RACES on a Budget

January 7, 2014 // 2 Comments

If you’re going to be a terrible, occasionally hungover, inconveniently sick, low-gear, slow but enthusiastic runner, you should at least have the benefit of being rich to even those deficits out. Unfortunately, rich I am not. I greeted the [read more...]