The 40th annual Run for the Shamrock at Eugene’s Alton Baker Park takes place on Saturday, March 11th. All proceeds of the race benefit the Sheldon High School track and field team. You can register in person at the Eugene Running Company (116 Oakway Center) or at Shamrock Flowers and Gifts through Thursday, March 9, or online here. Shirts are guaranteed to those registered by March 6th. Race participants have two distances to chose from: Both the…
Level 32 Racing organizes several road and trail races in and around Eugene, and its Lucky Clover race is unique in several ways. This year’s event takes place on St Patrick’s Day – Friday, March 17th, at Dorris Ranch Park in Springfield with a 5:30pm start time. There are three events to choose from: A 5k road race run/walk, a 5k trail race run/walk, and a 10k road/trail run, which covers both 5k courses in…
Weather in March can be pretty wet. There’s also a chance that it can be quite nice. And occasionally, you’ll get the soggiest day ever, and that ends up being the day where 30,000 runners and walkers take to the streets of Portland for the 38th annual Shamrock Run Portland. The weather, of course, is the one thing the race organizer cannot influence, and as a runner in Oregon, you accept the fact that you…
Ardor Adventures is probably the premier race series in the Central Oregon Coast. I participated in their first event of the year, the Newport Resolution Run, a chilly wind-filled affair that left me motivated to work harder. Next up on their slate is the Newport Shamrock Run – a healthy distance and far cry from the 40,000 people who will take to the Portland streets the following day.
The Shamrock Run is arguably one of Portland’s biggest races. Each year it sells out its 35,000 entries distributed over four events: 5k walk, 5k run, 8k run, 15k run, and half marathon run. It’s more fun to run with friends, and getting a team together for this particular event has a couple of advantages.
In the Northwest, where trees and flowers start to blossom in mid-February, planning a St Patrick’s Day themed run for the middle of March is very popular, and each year there seem to be more and more to choose from. There are huge races, and small races. The Run to Get Lucky in Corvallis is one of the smaller ones, and it’s a great run for athletes of all speeds and ages.
Have you ever wondered if the people in Ireland watch on TV as we crazy Americans participate in running races, all while donning gaudy costumes dressed as leprechauns, and think to themselves, “why don’t they just skip right to the beer drinking?” Honestly, the St. Pats Dash in Bend is a blast, as they shut Bend down and run you right through downtown, past Drake park, out along the river, wind you through the Old…
With Valentine’s Day over, the next main holiday is St. Patrick’s Day. Every year, there seem to be more and more events sprouting up on the race calendar during this weekend. Run Oregon wants to know where you will be running!
The 38th annual Run for the Shamrock will take place in Eugene’s Alton Baker Park on Saturday, March 14th. Proceeds from the event benefit the Sheldon High School Track & Field program. Both distances of the race start and end at Alton Baker Park. The course is a scenic loop along the Willamette River. The 10k course is the same as the 5k course for the first three miles, at which point the 5k runners cross…
When you ask Portland runners about the Shamrock Run, there seem to be two types of answers: Why would I run when there are 33,000 other runners doing the same thing, or Wouldn’t miss it! I go back and forth between the two, but the fact that 2015 will be my 6th consecutive year should tell you how I feel about it! If you are planning to sign up for the 2015 race, do so quickly!…
