The annual Sweetheart Run in Sweet Home, Oregon, will take place on Saturday morning, February 13th. The event starts and ends at the historic Weddle Bridge in Sankey Park. Packet pickup opens at 9am, the National Anthem at 10am is followed by the 1k kids race. The 5k and 10k will start around 10:30am, and they are open to participants of all ages and abilities; the courses through the town will remain open until noon.…
This is our weekly (usually) post highlighting low-cost races, races that may cost more but for a cause we think is important, and price increases or deadlines. We usually do the upcoming weekend and the one after that, so if you’re feeling good and want to jump in a race without blowing your budget, these are good options! Check the full Run Oregon Race Calendar here. We consider a race to be low cost based…
One of the main, fun reasons for me to participate in organized road races is the fact that I would be running through areas I haven’t seen before. A few years ago I made the trip to Sweet Home to participate in a beautiful small town race. The 6th annual Sweetheart Run 5k and 10k welcomes runners and walkers of all speeds to Sweet Home OR on Saturday, February 8th, 2020. The 5k and 10k…
https://shsweetheartrun.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/9/9/23995474/logo-1-final-2-2_1_orig.png According to Pat Benatar, “Love is a Battlefield.” According to the Beatles, “All You Need is Love.” And according to Anna and Hans (aka two characters from Frozen), “Love is an Open Door.” No matter which of these philosophies you connect with, one thing I believe is that running is always more fun when you do it with someone you love. And the Sweetheart Run in Sweet Home this February is a great chance…
One of my favorite events from last year was Sweet Home’s Sweetheart Run 5k/10K a race hosted by the City of Sweet Home Parks and Recreation Department with proceeds going to the local summer recreation programs – which allows local kids to be active and keep them from getting in trouble. I had also heard great things about the inaugural race, which had me excited to check it out. Geli and I ended up running it last year and had some good things to say:…
New race courses are always fun to run, especially in towns that I don’t know very well. It’s sightseeing with a group of your friends who you don’t know yet. The Sweetheart Run in Sweet Home OR on Valentine’s Day weekend caught my interested as a small town race in an area that I have previously only visited during the summer months. It did not disappoint! Full results can be found here. Thanks to a…
Run Oregon blogger/administrator Jessica and I have an interesting relationship. We message each other daily, and have blog-related conversations almost hourly it seems. We tease each other like a brother and sister, though we have only actually met in person one time. So when she says that there is a race that I HAVE TO CHECK OUT (that is probably a direct quote), I know better than to question her. The Sweetheart Run is the most recent…
My wife is going to be out of town this upcoming Valentine’s Day weekend, but that doesn’t mean I will be alone. I officially have a date with Sweet Home’s 2016 Sweetheart Run. This event is back for it’s second year in the sleepy town of Sweet Home (about an hour from Salem and 45 minutes from Eugene).
If you haven’t been to Sweet Home recently (or at all), I would suggest taking a trek out to this small city in the Willamette Valley. When I was running the Hangover Run on New Year’s Day in Salem and noticed a kind lady in a Sweetheart Run race shirt. Afterwards, I asked if she was affiliated with the race and we ended up spending some time talking about their local race, Sweet Home’s 2015 Sweetheart…
