A running club based in Portland, Ore.
Team Red Lizard’s Stumptown Cross Country Series has established itself as the Portland area’s premier team-oriented xc circuit, bringing together off-road runners from around the region to compete on fun and often challenging courses in local parks, with separate races for men and women allowing for spectating and cheering as well as racing. This year’s schedule features four races spread over six weeks, beginning in late September and concluding November 3rd, and ranging in distance…
Here’s what Run Oregon has been keeping an eye on this week – mainly some free group runs related to the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays – but some fun New Year’s events you should get on your radar if you’re planning to run it out this year. Remember, if you know a really cool small race, an important registration deadline, or other fun running news, please send it our way so we can share it…
As we look around for more an more options for you to join in a weekend long run, we want to be sure to also remind you of the long-standing Coach Jim runs. These are free group runs geared towards a spring marathon, led by experienced pace group leaders from various locations around the Portland metro area. To keep up on where the Coach Jim run will be each weekend, be sure to like and…
While the first two races of the Stumptown Cross Country Series are relatively flat, the same cannot be said of Race #3! The four-mile course at Gabriel Park in SW Portland boasts some serious hills. Not only that, but the running surface is the most varied of any race I’ve run, changing from short turf to dirt to shaggy grass to asphalt to gravel trail to wooden footbridge to mud to wood chips, often three…
The Stumptown Cross Country Series kicks into high gear with Race #2 on October 14th, a relatively flat and fast 5k tour of Lents Park in SE Portland. Team Red Lizard’s popular XC series offers five races of various distances in parks throughout the city of Portland. The distances and muddiness increase as the season goes on, but the Lents Park course is only 5k and generally dry and firm (whoops, did I just jinx…
Team Red Lizard’s Stumptown Cross series is hugely popular among Portland area harriers for its affordability, variety of courses, excellent organization, and no-frills spirit of camaraderie and team spirit. This annual home-grown cross-country series kicks off with one of my favorite courses, a tour of the grassy infield at Portland Meadows horse track in north Portland. The 5k course is mostly flat and takes runners on two-and-a-half loops of mostly grass and hard-packed sand. In…
Here’s what we here at Run Oregon think you might want to know about if you’re an Oregon/SW Washington runner. Our radar is constantly pinging for info on free or low-cost races, races with cool themes or causes, and deadlines on the bigger events that you may not want to miss. First up, some group runs: Run For Houston Donation Run: Sherri and her team at Why Racing is hosting a 5k/10k/half marathon event on…
With today’s Fabulous February tip, I’m sneakily advocating speedwork, but just hear me out. If you run the same route day in and day out – or maybe just a few times a week – it can become a mindless run where you zone out and just log miles without paying attention to your body. Usually this is a route from your home or work; one you could do in your sleep. But if you…
There’s something special about evening races that I just love. It might be because after the race, I don’t have to rush off and take someone to gymnastics or get home to clean bathrooms. Generally, people are able to hang around after the race and chat, eat together, or grab a beer. It’s like a group run where you’re sure to have someone close to your pace, so you can push it if you want…
Registration is now open for Run With Paula’s Bridge of the Goddess Half Marathon and 10k, scheduled for Saturday, September 17 in the Columbia River Gorge. This “mainly-women’s” race (guys can run it as well to lend support or pace a female friend) has a beautiful course and race shirts that are just as gorgeous as the runners who wear them. Registration costs less for those that sign up early – the first 200 to…
