year in review

Matt’s 2017 racing Year in Review

December 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

My race calendar in 2017 was much thinner than in any of the previous five years. I had my third child in October 2016, and with two other kids under the age of eight at home, I just didn’t find as much time on the weekends to steal away for [read more...]

The Obsessed Fortysomething Runner: 2016 in Review

December 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

I started 2016 by putting in a lot of meters on my Concept2 rowing machine, and very few miles on the road or treadmill, because I finally decided it was time to let my nagging Achilles tendinitis resolve itself. My miles run/meters rowed by month [read more...]

2016 in Review: Run Oregon’s most memorable races – Part 1

December 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Matt: In 2014, I completed my first marathon at the Foot Traffic Flat. I vowed on that day to be done with the 26.2 mile distance. It wasn’t that I couldn’t handle it, it was just that I didn’t feel like putting in the training [read more...]

2016 in Review: Run Oregon’s year of running – Part 1

December 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Matt: My 2016 was the epitome of a pendulum. I started off 2016 on a high note, adding more and more miles with each passing day, week, and month. Things were progressing so well in fact, that I decided that May’s Eugene Marathon was [read more...]