Every Thanksgiving morning I feel torn. I love football and I love running races and Thanksgiving morning offers both of these things. For several years I chose football before I switched to running fun 5Ks to kick the morning off. This year I was thrilled to see a race that combined both of my loves, football and racing – the Great Turkey Fumble took place on Thanksgiving morning in Newberg. The morning started off in excessive downpours…
Thousands of people come out on Thanksgiving morning ready and excited to burn off the huge meal they are about to eat. It is a holiday tradition with good intentions of health and fitness. However, it can be hard to fit in a race and get home in time to start cooking the bird and preparing all the other dishes, that is why the Les Schwab Tires Turkey Trot Relay and 5K was perfect. This…
Thanksgiving is all about turkey, turkey, turkey. Our turkey loving friends have Turkey-themed runs at every corner. But what about all the people that don’t eat turkey? Luckily, we live in Portland and there is a race for all the people that don’t want to eat a bird for their holiday dinner. That race is the Tofurky Trot and it takes place on Thanksgiving morning, November 23rd, 2017. The Tofurky Trot is a non-chip timed…
