Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - November 2013 - Thanksgiving Races and Turkey Trots

Yep, it's Thanksgiving Day - the single biggest running day of the entire year. This year, we've got 46 different races on Turkey Day. That's pretty good.

But even more amazing is the fact that you can run three marathons over Thanksgiving weekend...in the same city! Yes, Seattle has three marathons in four days: Thursday has the Wattle Waddle, Saturday has the Ghost Marathon and Sunday has the Seattle Marathon.

Sure, go ahead and run them all. Why not?

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25th to DECEMBER 1ST

November 28th / West Linn Turkey Trot Trail Run 5k / West Linn, OR

November 28th / Wattle Waddle Marathon and Half Marathon / Seattle, WA

November 30th / Seattle Ghost Marathon and Half Marathon / Seattle, WA

December 1st / Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon / Seattle, WA

November 28th / Turkey on the Run 12k and 5k / Wenatchee, WA

November 28th / Turkey Day 5k / Boise, ID

November 28th / ORRC Turkey Trot 8k / Portland, OR

November 28th / Tofurkey Trot 5k / Portland, OR

November 28th / The Oly Trot 4m / Olympia, WA

November 28th / Beat the Bird 5k / Bellevue, WA

November 28th / Magnuson Series Thanksgiving Day Trot 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

November 28th / Gateway's Run for the Hungry 5k / Washougal, WA

November 28th / Cheney Turkey Trot 5k / Cheney, WA

November 28th / Longview Turkey Trot 3.5m / Longview, WA

November 28th / Mini-Cassia Turkey Trot 5k / Paul, ID

November 28th / Race to Feed the Hungry 5k / Idaho Falls, ID

November 28th / Club 24 Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Echo, OR

November 28th / Walk for Water Turkey Trot 5k / Ridgefield, WA

November 28th / Runucopia 15k, 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

November 28th / Huffing for Stuffing Run 10k and 5k / Bozeman, MT

November 28th / Portneuf Turkey Trot 5k / Pocatello, ID

November 28th / Oregon Turkeython 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

November 28th / Struttin for Stuffin 10k and 5k / Nampa, ID

November 28th / Give and Gobble Thanksgiving Day Run 10k and 5k / Sherwood, OR

November 28th / Turkey on the Run 12k and 5k / Wenatchee, WA

November 28th / Seattle Turkey Trot 5k / Seattle, WA

November 28th / Turkey Day 5k / Boise, ID

November 28th / Run, Turkey, Run! 5k / Billings, MT

November 28th / Bainbridge Island Turkey Trot 5k / Bainbridge Island, WA

November 28th / Newport Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Newport, OR

November 28th / Burn the Bird 10k and 5k / Great Falls, MT

November 28th / Give Thanks Run 5m / Redmond, WA

November 28th / Benton-Franklin Red Cross Turkey Trot 5k / Kennewick, WA

November 28th / Skamania's Turkey Trot 5k / Stevenson, WA

November 28th / Gig Harbor Holmes Chiropractic Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Gig Harbor, WA

November 28th / Tacoma City Turkey Trot 5k / Tacoma, WA

November 28th / Issaquah Turkey Trot 5k / Issaquah, WA

November 28th / Clark County Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Vancouver, WA

November 28th / Southern Oregon Turkey Trot 8m / Medford, OR

November 28th / Oregon Mid Valley Road Race 5.2m and 3.75m / Albany, OR

November 28th / Bend Turkey Trot 5k / Bend, OR

November 28th / Run Wild Missoula's Turkey Day 8k / Missoula, MT

November 28th / Norpoint Turkey Trot 5k / Tacoma, WA

November 28th / OAC Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

November 28th / Turkey Trot Eugene 4m / Eugene, OR

November 28th / Turkey Stuffer 5k / Springfield, OR

November 28th / Hood River Turkey Trot 12k and 5k / Hood River, OR

November 28th / Keizer Turkey Dash 5k / Keizer, OR

November 30th / Winter Wonderland of Lights 6m, 4m and 2m / Portland, OR

November 30th / Seattle Marathon 5k / Seattle, WA

November 30th / Christmas as the End of the Road 5k / Winthrop, WA

December 1st / Hot Buttered Run 12k and 5k / Vancouver, WA

McDonald Forest Trail 15k and 5k - Results and Race Review

Yes, I hauled my injured ribs over to McDonald Forest and ran the thing.

If you just need results, here they are.

As to the results, let me just say, I don't know how anyone could run this very hilly and tough course in a 5:54 pace, so nice job, Chris Reed. Mr. Reed also won this race the last time I ran it, in 2011, so he appears to know how to run hills.

And on to the review!

I had run the McDonald Forest Trail 15k once before, so I knew what to expect. Although a big change for this year's race was that Corvallis has just been completely dry pretty much right through October. So it would be a trail run, but it wouldn't be a muddy trail run. Which was probably good because of the sore ribs and all. So what happens about five minutes before the race starts? Yep, a light rain began to fall. Just enough to wet down all the fallen leaves and make it nice and slippery!

So at a reasonable hour of 10:00am, about 250 of us took off into the rain, and while the Mac 15 starts out first thing going uphill, it's only for a few hundred yards, then the course flattens out and is either flat or downhill for pretty much the first three miles. Which is strange because it allows you to go out pretty fast. And that's nice, but you have to be wary of leaving it all right there in the first three miles. Once the hills start in mile four, you need to have something in the tank.

So I went out very slowly and deliberately to test the ribs, but they felt pretty good. After about a half mile, I tried to turn it up a notch and finished the first mile in 8:30. The second mile has some of the best downhill running of the race. Downhill, but not so steep that you've got to brake yourself. I covered the second mile in 8:01.

Then the fun ends. The third mile isn't too bad, with 141 feet of climbing and 83 feet of descent, but it slowed me down to 9:16. And the fourth mile is a teaser. It's bad - 209 feet of climbing, but it's just trying to get you ready for mile five. Mile five goes up 541 feet! Yeah. So those two miles were 10:05 and 12:45 respectively. That fifth mile just eats up your legs. It hard to get back into a decent rhythm after that.



Mile six has quite a bit of climbing - 255 feet - but also quite a bit of downhill - 287 feet. I hit that one at 11:28, proving what I mentioned about mile five taking the starch out of you.

Finally, the downhills start. Mile seven heads down quite a bit and mile eight falls off a cliff, with 492 feet of downhill. It's hard on your feet, knees and ribs! If it were just a touch flatter, you could actually run this mile faster, but you've got to put on the brakes a bit so you don't face-plant. I hit mile seven in 9:20 and mile eight in 7:35.

Finally, mile nine and you think you're there...but no. They throw in a short uphill section in the last half mile just for fun. I was pretty much done at that point and did not exactly attack the hill. Mile nine was in 10:04. And that was it. My Garmin was way off, so I don't have anything for the last three tenths of a mile. My Garmin showed 8.95 miles when I hit the finish line.

And the shirt? Well, you had a choice between bright yellow and lime green. Hmmmmm..... That's not much of a choice. I went for the lime green. Yowza.



It's actually even brighter in real life. It should be good for night visibility...from space. I think the 5k had a white shirt.

And the emblem on the back of the shirt.



This is one of my favorite trail runs in the area. Tough, but not crazy hard. Long, but not stupid long. Late enough in the year for the chance of mud, but not usually freezing cold. It's a good one. I'll be back.

Northwest Running and Triathlon Race Calendar - November 2013 - Thanksgiving Runs and Turkey Trots

You know how you wake up on Thanksgiving morning? You maybe go run a 5k, maybe not. You eat breakfast at a fairly normal time, but you don't stuff yourself, because you're waiting for the big meal later, right? Of course, the big meal is usually at like two o'clock. Or worse, at three. Or four! And you just can't take it. So you break down and sneak a piece of pie out of the fridge. OK, maybe two pieces of pie. And it doesn't totally throw you off your game. It doesn't fill you up or anything. It's just to take the edge off! It's just a little appetizer. A preview of what's to come, if you may.

And so it is with this week's races. A few Turkey Trots in there and even some Christmas stuff, but really just a small preview of the huge slate of races to come a few days later on Thanksgiving Day proper. That schedule will be posted shortly.

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18th to NOVEMBER 24th

November 23rd / Red Lizard Stumptown Cross Country 10k and 6k / Fairview, OR

November 23rd / Foster Lake Trail Run 5m / Sweet Home, OR

November 24th / Doppler Trail Run 50k / Port Gamble, WA

November 23rd / Turkey Trot 5k / Bellingham, WA

November 23rd / Turkey Trot 10k and 5k / Orting, WA

November 23rd / Whitson Turkey Trot 5k / White Salmon, WA

November 23rd / Tri Cities Jingle Bell Run 5k / Richland, WA

November 23rd / Seaport Striders Turkey Trot 4m / Clarkston, WA

November 23rd / Catch the Bird 5k / Onalaska, WA

November 24th / EWEB Run to Stay Warm 10k and 5k / Eugene, OR

November 24th / Ugly Sweater Run 5k / Seattle, WA

November 24th / Green Lake Gobble 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

November 24th / FSRC Turkey Trot 5k / Lakewood, WA

November 24th / Turkey Trot 5k / Kirkland, WA

Last Hill Training Run Before McDonald Forest 15k

And did it go smoothly? No, no it did not.

It started out well enough. I stuck to my favorite hill this week while taking my last big hill training run before the McDonald Forest 15k. So I headed out the front door and ran to Bald Hill, which is only about 1.5 miles away from my home. My plan was to run up the front side of Bald Hill, down the back side, take a quick loop on the bike path, then take the same route but backwards on the way home.



And it was all good through the first half. I went up the hill, back down the back side and headed onto the paved bike path. Little tired going up the hill, but I was happy that my left knee, which had been hurting going downhill lately, was feeling good.

I headed back onto the dirt and gravel path past the old barn and toward the backside of Bald Hill. Even though I had sunglasses on, the late afternoon sun was right in my face and I was having trouble seeing in certain spots. Yeah, that's my excuse...

I never saw the tree root, but my foot found it easily enough. This was not a bumbling, stumbling, comedy fall. I went down like I got shot in the back. Unfortunately, my hands and knees barely got scratched up. Unfortunate because my chest and ribs took the brunt of the fall instead. Wow, that hurt.

But hey, it didn't hurt as bad then as it does today, the day after!

So I shuffled home, holding my side most of the way. And started to hit the Advil hard.

Today, I'm hurting. Deep breathing is not fun. Sudden movements are not fun. Today's planned run has been scratched. I'm just hoping I start feeling better soon. The Mac Forest 15k was going to be the first run Jen and I ran together for years! I don't want to be on the sidelines!

Updates soon.

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - November 2013 - Ugly Christmas Sweater Run!

Very small slate of races this week. The amount of Thanksgiving Day races has become so HUGE that it sucks all the races away for weeks on either side of Turkey Day. No one wants to fight the onslaught of what has become the biggest single race day of the year.

That said, there are a couple of fun races on board this week:

-First, we've got what has to be the earliest Jingle Bell Run in the entire country. Spokane's Jingle Bell Run, which takes place nearly two weeks before Thanksgiving!

-Then we have, OF COURSE, the Ugly Sweater Run! Yes, break out those hideous sweaters that Grandma sent you back in college. And wear it proudly.

-Read about that magnificent sweater in the photo right here. Look at those deer!

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12th to NOVEMBER 17th

November 16th / Grand Ridge Trail Run 50k, Marathon, Half Marathon and 5m / Issaquah, WA

November 16th / Hell of the Northwest Trail Run 25k, 10k and 4m / Blodgett, OR

November 16th / Cause + Event 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

November 16th / Mustache Dache 5k / Seattle, WA

November 16th / Seahawk Turkey Trot Fun Run 5k / Anacortes, WA

November 16th / Redmond Poultry Predictor 4m / Redmond, WA

November 16th / Defender Donut Dash 5k / Seattle, WA

November 16th / Gift for Jacoby 5k / Bonney Lake, WA

November 16th / Snoqualmie Ridge Turkey Trot 5k / Snoqualmie, WA

November 16th / Mustache Dache 5k / Beaverton, OR

November 16th / Ugly Sweater Run 5k / Beaverton, OR

November 16th / Jingle Bell Run 5k / Spokane, WA

Another Day of Hill Training for the McDonald Forest Trail 15k

Taking advantage of another decent October weekend with good weather, we hit the McDonald Forest trails for more hill work. Little bit of a shorter run this week, only 6.5 miles, but got all the elevation I needed in there. Had an easier time navigating the trails this week after stumbling around a bit last week. Not a bunch of dead ends and turn arounds this time, just followed the Upper Dan's Trail to the top of Dimple Hill, then took a quick loop around Lower Dan's Trail at the end just to get the dog some water. Check out the profile:



Nice view of Corvallis from the top of Dimple Hill. Only a couple weeks now until the race. Time to get after it!

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - November 2013

The highlight of this week has got to be the Bellingham Trail Marathon and Half Marathon. Organized by race director Candice Burt, this trail race covers some of my old favorite routes from my days in the 'Ham. And be sure to check out Burt's wonderful blog over here: Wild Defined. She's a fast runner and always provides a good read on her race reviews. Check it out.

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4th to NOVEMBER 11th

November 9th / Red Lizard Stumptown CC Race 8k and 6k / Portland, OR

November 9th / Down and Dirty Wine Run trail 10.5m / Yacolt, WA

November 9th / Kevin's Cup Trail Run 8k / West Linn, OR

November 9th / Canfield Mountain Run 50m, 50k and 25k / Coeur d'Alene, ID

November 10th / Northwest Trail Runs Carkeek Park 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

November 10th / Bellingham Trail Marathon and Half Marathon / Bellingham, WA

November 10th / Autumn Trails Eugene 16m, 10m, 6m and 3.5m / Eugene, OR

November 9th / Walk Wheel Run for Veterans Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Creswell, OR

November 9th / First Call Veteran's Day 50k, Marathon and Half Marathon / Bothell, WA

November 10th / Multnomah Channel Run Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Scappoose, OR

November 9th / Mustache Dache 5k / Corvallis, OR

November 9th / No Hills Harvest 10k and 5k / Rickreall, OR

November 9th / Fowl Fun Run 10k and 5k / Mount Vernon, WA

November 9th / Winter Pineapple Classic 5k / North Bend, WA

November 9th / Race to Feed Our Veterans 5k / Spokane, WA

November 9th / Everyday Superheroes 5k / Bellingham, WA

November 9th / Cheadle Challenge Adventure Run 3.6m / Lebanon, OR

November 9th / Pioneer Road Run 9m and 5k / Phoenix, OR

November 9th / Tater Trot 10k and 5k / Blackfoot, ID

November 9th / National Veteran's Day Run 11k and 5k / Spokane, WA

November 9th / Trees for Tilori 5k / Eugene, OR

November 9th / Run with the Duck 5k / Eugene, OR

November 9th / FCA Superfan 5k / Champoeg Park, OR

November 10th / Veteran's Day 5k / Poulsbo, WA

November 10th / Columbia River Classic 10k / Richland, WA

November 11th / National Veterans Day Run 11k and 5k / Clarkston, WA

More Hill Work on the Trails

Still getting ready for the McDonald Forest Trail 15k. And the wife and I found a new route into McDonald Forest. If you're a Corvallisite (Corvallisian?), just head north on 29th until you run out of road and then park. Pow, there's the Forest.

As you can see from the map above, I wasn't too familiar with the trails in that section, so I've got a few dead ends where I turned around and headed back the way I had just been. I also spent a little bit longer standing and looking at trail signs than I usually do, but it was all good.

Had some good ups and downs for race prep.



Ran into a little bit of mud, but not bad really. And the sun was out and the day was gorgeous, so it was nice to be able to enjoy that at least one more time before the rains really come.

See you on the 27th.

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - November 2013

I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of these new "theme" runs. You know, your colored dye runs, your mud runs, your foam runs, your neon runs, your obstacle runs...and so on and so on.

But this chocolate run thing? Yeah, I can support that. Run a race, get some chocolate.

That works for me.

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 28th to NOVEMBER 3rd

November 2nd / Silver Falls Trail Marathon and Half Marathon / Silverton, OR

November 2nd / Happy Girls Sisters Trail Half Marathon and 5k / Sisters, OR

November 2nd / Mud and Chocolate Trail Run 4.5m / Redmond, WA

November 2nd / Muscle Milk Woodsy Trail 10m and 5m / Snohomish, WA

November 2nd / Klickitat Trail Half Marathon and 5k / Klickitat, WA

November 2nd / Lithia Loop Trail Marathon / Ashland, OR

November 3rd / Padden Mudfest Trail Run 6m / Bellingham, WA

November 3rd / Mud and Chocolate Trail Half Marathon / Redmond, WA

November 2nd / Zeitgeist Half Marathon / Boise, ID

November 2nd / In Unity We Run Marathon and Half Marathon / Kent, WA

November 2nd / LC Valley Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k / Asotin, WA

November 2nd / Just Cuz Half Marathon and 10k / Pocatello, ID

November 2nd / Splash and Dash Indoor Triathlon Sprint / Sandy, OR

November 2nd / Veteran's Day 10k and 5k / Soap Lake, WA

November 2nd / Chocoholic Frolic 5k / Spokane, WA

November 2nd / Puddle Jump 10k and 5k / Olympia, WA

November 2nd / Step Forward 5k / Seattle, WA

November 2nd / Run for the Health of It 5k / Missoula, MT

November 3rd / Turn Back the Clock 10k and 5k / Lacey, WA

November 3rd / Purple Stride 5k / Seattle, WA

November 3rd / Get Your Rear in Gear 5k / Redmond, WA

November 3rd / Mock the Clock 5k / Seattle, WA

November 3rd / Run for the Hole 5k / Portland, OR

November 3rd / Civil War Rivalry Clash 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

Sort-of Hill Work Prep for McDonald Forest 15k - Week Three

Still prepping for the McDonald Forest Trail 15k on October 27th. The plan is to do a good, hilly trail workout every weekend until we hit the race date.

Unfortunately, the huge storm that Washington and Oregon have been fighting through made that difficult for me today. Basically, there are no trails right now. There are barely roads. We've had a lot of rain over the past few days. A LOT of rain. Read all about it here.

So that meant I was on the roads today instead of the trails. And man, was it ugly. Driving rain, 20-30 mph winds, massive puddles every 10 feet. I was one drowned rat by the end of this one.

Still, the run was pretty good. Definitely not hilly enough.



I wanted to get it slightly over the 15k distance and I was fine there, measuring in at 10 miles exactly. My pace was even pretty good, after I got warmed up a bit in the first mile or so.



And miles three and four were during the only decent hill of the day, so I'm pretty happy that I kept a nice pace through that section.



We're supposed to dry out a bit by the middle of the week, which would be very nice so I can get back on the trails next weekend.

So you out there.

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - October 2013 - Halloween Races!

Hey, one of the best events in Corvallis is coming up: McDonald Forest Trail Run. This is my next race and it should be yours too. It's a great course and a fun race. Check out my race review of the 2011 race right here.

Another great choice for the week would be the ORRC Autumn Leaves Ultra 50m and 50k. Why? Well, they have perhaps the greatest swag in trail racing history: one person will have THEIR VERY OWN HONEY BUCKET ON THE COURSE!!

Yes, you heard me correctly. If you sign up early for this race, you have a chance to win your very own portable rest room on the side of the course...that no one else can use but you! Man, it's like Christmas and your birthday all wrapped up in one!

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 21st to OCTOBER 27th

October 26th / Halloween at Hells Gate Trail Half Marathon / Lewiston, ID

October 26th / ORRC Autumn Leaves Ultra 50m and 50k / Champoeg Park, OR

October 26th / Trail of Terror Trail Run Half Marathon and 5k / Athol, ID

October 26th / Dawn of the Dead Dash 5k / Portland, OR

October 26th / A Very Poplar Run 10k and 5k / Boardman, OR

October 26th / Red Lizard Stumptown Cross Country Race 8k and 5k / Portland, OR

October 26th / Pumpkin Trail 5m / North Bonneville, WA

October 26th / Pumpkin Run XC 6k / Leavenworth, WA

October 27th / Lutherwood, Wouldn't You? Trail Run 10k and 5k / Bellingham, WA

October 27th / McDonald Forest Trail Run 15k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

October 27th / Spooky Trail Run 12k / Port Gamble, WA

October 27th / Cougar Mtn Trail Run 50k and 20m / Bellevue, WA

October 27th / Run Wild Whatcom 10k / Bellingham, WA

October 26th / Grants Pass Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Grants Pass, OR

October 26th / Rush Creek Stampede Half Marathon and 5k / Cambridge, ID

October 27th / Tri-Cities Marathon / Richland, WA

October 27th / Columbia Gorge Marathon and Half Marathon / Hood River, OR

October 27th / Snohomish River Run Half Marathon and 10k / Snohomish, WA

October 26th / Issaquah Highlands Green Halloween 5k / Issaquah, WA

October 26th / Halloweenathon 15k, 10k and 5k / Aloha, OR

October 26th / Monster Dash Run for Education 10k and 5k / Ashland, OR

October 26th / North Plains Pumpkin Run 10k / North Plains, OR

October 26th / Fall Classic Fun Run 5k / Monroe, WA

October 26th / Halloween Run 5k / Boise, ID

October 26th / Magnuson Series Halloween Run 15k, 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

October 26th / Pumpkin Push 5k / Seattle, WA

October 26th / Freaky Zombie Run 5k / Federal Way, WA

October 26th / Haunted Hoquiam 10k and 5k / Hoquiam, WA

October 26th / Run the Logger 5k / Tacoma, WA

October 26th / Monster Dash 4m / Bellingham, WA

October 26th / Pumpkin Pacer 5k / Deer Park, WA

October 26th / Monster Mash Dash 10k and 5k / Nampa, ID

October 26th / Run for Project PINK 5k / Kirkland, WA

October 26th / Skagit Valley Zombie 5k / La Conner, WA

October 26th / The Farm Man Challenge 5k / Meridian, ID

October 26th / West Seattle Monster Dash 5k / Seattle, WA

October 27th / Woodland Park Zoo Pumpkin Dash 5k / Seattle, WA

October 27th / Monster Mash 5k / Eugene, OR

October 27th / Monster Dash 5k / Spokane, WA

October 27th / Run Scared 5k / Seattle, WA

October 27th / Monster Dash 5k / Bend, OR

McDonald Forest Trail 15k Prep

The next race on the schedule is the McDonald Forest Trail 15k, so I've spent the last two weekends trying to hit the hills a bit. Yesterday's workout is above. I ran basically the exact distance, a 15k, and nearly the exact elevation gain that we'll be running on October 27th, so it was a good workout. I pretty much had done no hill training while I was training for the Skagit Flats Marathon, so it's been quite a while since I struggled up big hills like this. The downhills are proving to be the biggest issue so far though. My left knee has not been real happy with the sudden pounding I've been inflicting on it. Hopefully, it will come around as I spend a little more of the Autumn on the trails.

See you out there.

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - October 2013

Wow, good week for marathons and half marathons! Lots to choose from here: a couple big ones, some smaller ones, flat, hilly...and all over the NW. Get going already!

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 7th to OCTOBER 13th

October 12th / Zombie Apocalypse Trail Run 5k / Dayton, OR

October 12th / Detroit Lake Mud Run 10k / Detroit Lake, OR

October 12th / Le Grizz Ultramarathon 50m / Hungry Horse, MT

October 12th / Canfield Mountain 9'er Trail Run 9m / Coeur d'Alene, ID

October 12th / Red Lizard Stumptown Cross Country Race 5k / Portland, OR

October 12th / Trail Run 4 Life 6m / Salmon, ID

October 12th / Elk-Kings Mountain Traverse Trail Run 15m / Tillamook, OR

October 12th / XTERRA Saint Edward Harvest Half Marathon and 10k / Kenmore, WA

October 12th / Defiance Trail 50k, 30k and 15k / Tacoma, WA

October 12th / The Soda Screamer Thirteener Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Soda Springs, ID

October 12th / Lewis-Clark Half Marathon and 5k / Clarkston, WA

October 12th / Fall City Half Marathon and 10k / Fall City, WA

October 13th / Poulsbo Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k / Poulsbo, WA

October 13th / Walla Walla Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k / Walla Walla, WA

October 13th / Sun City Half Marathon and Barry James Memorial 5k / Yakima, WA

October 13th / Spokane Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k / Spokane, WA

October 13th / The Biggest Loser Half Marathon and 5k / Seattle, WA

October 13th / Victoria Marathon, Half Marathon and 8k / Victoria, BC

October 13th / Girlfriends Half Marathon / Vancouver, WA

October 13th / City of Trees Marathon and Half Marathon / Boise, ID

October 13th / Albany Aquatics Last Chance Triathlon and Duathlon Sprint / Albany, OR

October 13th / Padden Mt. Bike Duathlon Sprint / Bellingham, WA

October 11th / ColorRama 5k / Middleton, ID

October 12th / The Great Bacon Race 10k and 5k / Vancouver, WA

October 12th / What Women Want Fun Run 3.5m / Great Falls, MT

October 12th / ORRC Blue Lake Runs 15k and 5k / Fairview, OR

October 12th / Friends of Jordan Memorial 5k / Forest Grove, OR

October 12th / Rotary Run for Literacy 15k and 5k / Lebanon, OR

October 12th / Fall Fest 5k / Richland, WA

October 12th / Glow in the Dark 5k / Olympia, WA

October 12th / Mount Vernon High School Band Aid 10k and 5k / Mount Vernon, WA

October 12th / Nut Cracker Dash 5k / Kalama, WA

October 12th / Pierce County Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k / Tacoma, WA

October 12th / Whatcom Race for Education 5k / Bellingham, WA

October 12th / Make a Change 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

October 12th / Domestic Violence Awareness 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

October 12th / Accelerate the Pace 10k and 5k / Redmond, WA

October 12th / Airfield Estates Vineyard Run 5k / Sunnyside, WA

October 12th / Crab Fest 5k / Port Angeles, WA

October 12th / Monster Mash Dash 5k / Shoreline, WA

October 12th / Hermiston Education Foundation Fun Run 5k / Hermiston, OR

October 12th / All Women's Diva Day 5k / Missoula, MT

October 12th / Raw Deal Run 3m / McLeod, MT

October 13th / Great Pumpkin Run 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

October 13th / Sweat for Pets 5k / Gig Harbor, WA

October 13th / Jog the Bog and Beach 10k and 5k / Grayland, WA

October 13th / Great Columbia Crossing 10k / Astoria, OR

October 13th / Foster 5k / Seattle, WA

October 13th / Fitness for Vitality 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

October 13th / Young Life Seattle 5k 4 Kids 5k / Seattle, WA

October 13th / Free Flight 10k and 5k / Newport, OR

October 13th / Apple Cup Rivalry Clash 10k and 5k / Redmond, WA

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - October 2013

Ah yes, the Condor 25k.

Otherwise known as the exact moment my CIM plans went right in the bucket. Hey, just watch your footing and you'll be fine. It's actually a great race for a good cause.

It did get me thinking though...about my "luck" at marathons.

It's too much to go into here. It's going to be a whole new post. Come back in a bit.

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30th to OCTOBER 6th

October 5th / Condor Trail Run 25k / Corvallis, OR

October 5th / Mt. Spokane Trail Run 50k and 25k / Spokane, WA

October 5th / Sekani Trail Run 10k and 5k / Spokane, WA

October 5th / Baker Lake Ultra 100k and 50k / Concrete, WA

October 5th / Castle Rocks Trail Run 10k and 5k / Almo, ID

October 5th / Yellowstone Teton Endurance Races 100m and 50m / West Yellowstone, MT

October 5th / Run for the Hills Half Marathon and 5k / Fruitland, ID

October 5th / Orange Chicken Run Half Marathon and 6.55m / Wilsonville, OR

October 5th / Leavenworth Oktoberfest Marathon and Half Marathon / Leavenworth, WA

October 5th / Colbert Classic Half Marathon / Colbert, WA

October 5th / Run Like a Girl Half Marathon / Bellingham, WA

October 6th / Wolf Creek Canyon Relay and Solo 28m / Wolf Creek, MT

October 6th / Portland Marathon and Half Marathon / Portland, OR

October 5th / Panther Pride Run 5k / Portland, OR

October 5th / Fife Harvest 5k / Fife, WA

October 5th / Harvest Classic 10k and 5k / Longview, WA

October 5th / Apple Fun Run 5k / Onalaska, WA

October 5th / Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k / Richland, WA

October 5th / Care to Share 10k and 5k / Pullman, WA

October 5th / Celebrate Schools 5k / Lynnwood, WA

October 5th / Dash for South Sudan 5k / Tacoma, WA

October 5th / Everett's 5k-9 5k / Everett, WA

October 5th / Fall Flash 10k and 5k / Moscow, ID

October 5th / Fife Harvest Festival 5k / Fife, WA

October 5th / Run Wild 8k and 5k / Eatonville, WA

October 5th / Two Dam Punks 10k / Stabler, WA

October 5th / Little Steps, Big Dreams 5k / Milton, WA

October 5th / Eastern Oregon University Homecoming Run 5k / La Grande, OR

October 5th / Lee Farms Mud Run 5k / Tualatin, OR

October 5th / Run or Dye 5k / Redmond, OR

October 5th / The Neon Run 5k / Portland, OR

October 5th / Barber to Boise 10k and 5k / Boise, ID

October 5th / Farmstead Challenge 5k / Meridian, ID

October 5th / Run for the Cure 5k / Idaho Falls, ID

October 5th / Opera Bozeman Run 10m and 5k / Bozeman, MT

October 5th / Stillwater River Run 10k and 5k / Absarokee, MT

October 6th / Push in the Woods 10k and 5k / Banks, OR

October 6th / Super Hero 5k / Langley, WA

October 6th / Shuck 'n Run 5k / Shelton, WA

October 6th / Issaquah Run with the Fishes 5k / Issaquah, WA

October 6th / Komen Race for the Cure 5k / Eugene, OR

October 6th / Oktoborfest NW Stein Dash 5k / Puyallup, WA

October 6th / UCAF Peach Run 5k / Spangle, WA

October 6th / Magnolia 12k and 5k / Seattle, WA

October 6th / Burien Brat Trot 5k / Burien, WA

October 6th / The Run About the World 5k / Seattle, WA

October 6th / Team Luna Chix Lunar Run 5k / Seattle, WA

October 6th / Haunted Hustle Fun Run 10k and 5k / Puyallup, WA

October 6th / Run for the Angels 5k / Coeur d' Alene

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - September 2013

Fall is coming and the triathlons are almost gone...

But just check out that list of trail runs! Let's get muddy!

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23rd to SEPTEMBER 29th

September 27th / Mountain Lakes Trail Run 100m / Olallie Lake, OR

September 27th / The Bear 100 Trail Run 100m / Preston, ID

September 28th / Double Robie and Aldape Challenge Trail Runs Marathon and 16.6m / Boise, ID

September 28th / Squirrels Gone Nutz Trail Series 8.2m and 3.13m / Great Falls, MT

September 28th / Independence Heritage Trail 5k / Independence, OR

September 28th / Red Lizard Stumptown Cross Race #1 / Portland, OR

September 28th / Tehaleh Trail Runs Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Bonney Lake, WA

September 28th / Silver Lake XC 5k / Maple Falls, WA

September 28th / Enchanted Forest Wine Trail Run Half Marathon and 5k / Grants Pass, OR

September 29th / Tread Lightly Trail Festival 8k / Helena, MT

September 29th / Wild Moose Chase Trail Run 25k, 10k and 5k / Spokane, WA

September 29th / Multnomah Falls Trail Run 5.6m / Corbett, OR

September 28th / The Oregon Marathon and Half Marathon / Banks, OR

September 28th / Quilcene Oyster Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Quilcene, WA

September 28th / Sporty Diva's Run at Chambers Bay Half Marathon, 15k, 10k and 5k / University Place, WA

September 28th / Race 2 the Summit Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Horseshoe Bend, ID

September 29th / Idaho Wine Run Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Caldwell, ID

September 29th / Race for a Soldier Half Marathon / Gig Harbor, WA

September 29th / Bellingham Bay Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k / Bellingham, WA

September 28th / Methow Valley Off-Road Duathlon Olympic / Winthrop, WA

September 28th / Road to Recovery 5k / Bend, OR

September 28th / Bite of Broadview 5k / Seattle, WA

September 28th / Speedy 10k / Spokane, WA

September 28th / Stomp Out Abuse 5k / Spokane, WA

September 28th / Run for the Poor 5k / Vancouver, WA

September 28th / Scrubs Run 10k / Lebanon, OR

September 28th / GETFIT Gladstone 5k / Gladstone, OR

September 28th / Epic Grind 10k and 5k / Gaston, OR

September 28th / Geoduck Adventure Run 5k / Olympia, WA

September 28th / Run from the Cops 5k / Puyallup, WA

September 28th / Run 10 Feed 10 10k / Seattle, WA

September 28th / Seattle AIDS Run 5k / Seattle, WA

September 28th / Spartan Beast 21k / Sun Peaks, BC

September 28th / Summer's End 10k and 5k / Covington, WA

September 28th / ORRC Best Dam Run 10k and 5k / Estacada, OR

September 28th / Lafayette Chief's Run 5k / Lafayette, OR

September 28th / Run Into Fall 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

September 28th / Signs of September 5k / Salem, OR

September 28th / Hope for Haiti 5k / Helena, MT

September 28th / Friends of Chapman Fun Run 5k / Portland, OR

September 28th / Big Bend Community College Dollar Dash 5k / Moses Lake, WA

September 28th / Harvest Run 5k / Stanwood, WA

September 28th / Elliott Benson Memorial 5k / Maple Valley, WA

September 28th / King of the Hill 5k / Spokane, WA

September 28th / Rescue Run 10k and 5k / Arlington, WA

September 28th / Yeti Run 5k / Medina, WA

September 28th / Bubble Run 5k / Portland, OR

September 28th / El Puente Bridge the Distance Run 10k and 5k / Milwaukie, OR

September 28th / A Run Through History 5k / Kalispell, MT

September 28th / Miles for Mileage - M4M / Oregon City, OR

September 28th / Miles for Montessori 5k / Idaho Falls, ID

September 28th / Run the Rift Craters Fun Run 10k and 5k / Arco, ID

September 29th / Spartan Sprint 5k / Sun Peaks, BC

September 29th / Beat the Burn 5k / Seattle, WA

September 29th / RiverBend 5k / Springfield, OR

September 29th / Fight for Your Life 5k / Saint Paul, OR

September 29th / Run for Your Mama 10k and 5k / Bigfork, MT

September 29th / The TEN Miler Run 10m and 5k / Eugene, OR

September 29th / Corvallis Fall Festival Run 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - September 2013

If you ever wondered why they call Marathon Maniacs maniacs, this is why...

The Center of the Nation Marathon Series - Five Marathons in Five Days! All of them in the lightly populated and race-light center of our great nation. And to save time and money, three of them are within 200 miles - just fly into Rapid City, South Dakota and run three marathons in three days while never having to change hotels!

If you didn't already know, this kind of thing is put together for runners that want to run a marathon in every state in the US. Or even crazier, every state in the US in one calendar year.

Yes, runners are freaking insane.

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 16th to SEPTEMBER 22nd

September 20th / Goats in the Dark Trail Run 3.2m / Helena, MT

September 21st / Priest Lake Trail 50k, Marathon, 25k, Half Marathon and 5k / Priest Lake, ID

September 21st / Cle Elum Ridge 50k and 25k / Cle Elum, WA

September 21st / Middle Fork Trail Run 50k and 20m / North Bend, WA

September 21st / Veteran's Family Trail Run 5k / Keizer, OR

September 21st / Discover Lake Sylvia Fall Festival Trail Half Marathon / Montesano, WA

September 21st / Snoqualmie Ridge Trail Run 5m / Snoqualmie, WA

September 21st / Standhope Trail 60k / Sun Valley, ID

September 21st / Big Bear Stampede Trail Run 8k and 5k / Gardiner, MT

September 22nd / Nitty Gritty Off Road Race Marathon and Half Marathon / Red Lodge, MT

September 22nd / Flagline 50k and High Alpine Half Marathon / Bend, OR

September 19th / Center of the Nation Series Marathon and Half Marathon / Albion, MT

September 21st / Columbia River Power Marathon, 50k, Half Marathon and 8k / Umatilla, OR

September 21st / North County Wine Run Half Marathon and 9k / Battle Ground, WA

September 21st / Indian Summer Half Marathon and 5k / Richland, WA

September 21st / Howard's Medical Army Base Race Half Marathon and 5k / Selah, WA

September 21st / River Run Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Wenatchee, WA

September 21st / Sweathouse Half Marathon / Victor, MT

September 21st / Cash Coulee Half Marathon / Conrad, MT

September 22nd / The Rogue Run Half Marathon / Medford, OR

September 22nd / Champoeg Park Half Marathon and 5m / St Paul, OR

September 22nd / Happy Girls Run Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Forest Grove, OR

September 22nd / Self Transcendence Ultra 7hr timed / Seattle, WA

September 21st / LeadmanTri Triathlon Olympic++ and Olympic+ / Bend, OR

September 21st / GoldenMan Triathlon and Duathlon Sprint / Goldendale, WA

September 21st / Grand Columbian Super Triathlon, Duathlon and Aquabike Ultra, Iron, Half Iron and Olympic / Grand Coulee, WA

September 21st / Last Gasp of Summer Open Water Swim 2m and 1m / SeaTac, WA

September 21st / Cape Disappointment Triathlon Sprint / Ilwaco, WA

September 21st / Discovery Lake Sylvia Fall Festival Triathlon and Duathlon Sprint / Montesano, WA

September 22nd / Portland Triathlon Olympic and Sprint / Portland, OR

September 21st / FitOne 9k and 5k / Boise, ID

September 21st / Albany 2 Rivers 10k and 5k / Albany, OR

September 21st / Prefontaine Memorial Run 10k and 5k / Coos Bay, OR

September 21st / Beaver Store Dam 5k / Corvallis, OR

September 21st / Forest Grove Lions Run for Sight 10k and 5k / Forest Grove, OR

September 21st / Kiss Me Dirty Mud Run 5k / Portland, OR

September 21st / Reed College Odyssey 5k / Portland, OR

September 21st / Bubble Run 5k / Everett, WA

September 21st / The Color Run 5k / Tacoma, WA

September 21st / Cooks Hill Challenge 10m and 5k / Centralia, WA

September 21st / Newport Autumn Bloom 10k and 5k / Newport, WA

September 21st / Running with the Rain 5k / Port Orchard, WA

September 21st / Sandblaster Extreme 5k / Kalama, WA

September 21st / Valleyfest Run for a Cause 10k and 5k / Spokane, WA

September 21st / From Here to Hear 5k / Eugene, OR

September 21st / Rock the Beach 10k and 5k / Cannon Beach, OR

September 21st / Run for Hope and Health 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

September 21st / Deutschesfest Fun Run 10k and 5k / Odessa, WA

September 21st / Ferndale LEFT 5k / Ferndale, WA

September 21st / Gator Gait 5k / Auburn, WA

September 21st / Providence Gran Fondo 5k / Walla Walla, WA

September 21st / Puget Pacer 5k / Tacoma, WA

September 21st / Dirty Duck 5k / Eugene, OR

September 21st / Body and Soul Run 5k / Roseburg, OR

September 21st / Redmond Ricochet Run 5k / Redmond, OR

September 21st / Celebrate Women's Fitness 5k / Eagle, ID

September 21st / Panther Power Dash 5k / Paul, ID

September 21st / Color Me Rad 5k / Billings, MT

September 22nd / Komen Race for the Cure 5k / Coeur d'Alene, ID

September 22nd / Azrael's Wish 5k / Hillsboro, OR

September 22nd / Oktoberfest Monroe Stein Dash 5k / Monroe, WA

September 22nd / Fremont Oktoberfest 5k / Seattle, WA

September 22nd / Heroes Run for Cervical Cancer 10k and 5k / West Linn, OR

September 22nd / Survive the Burn 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

September 22nd / Portland Parks $5 5k / Portland, OR

September 22nd / Moon Tree Run 10k and 5k / Cave Junction, OR

Northwest Running and Triathlon Calendar - September 2013

Wow, this is a pretty extensive and impressive list for mid-September.

That's 67 total races in one weekend in the Northwest...if you're counting. Enjoy it while you can. We're definitely coming down to the wire on triathlons, and trail runs and eventually marathons will also start to slim down in the weeks ahead.

But not yet!

Let's race!

-Green Text for Trail Runs
-Red Text for Marathons and Half Marathons
-Blue Text for Triathlons and Duathlons
-Orange Text for everything else, the normal 5k, 10k, etc

RACES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9th to SEPTEMBER 15th

September 10th / Sprague Homecoming Run 5k / Salem, OR (Tuesday Night Cross Country!)

September 14th / Hagg Hybrid Road and Trail Marathon / Gaston, OR

September 14th / Mount Helena Trail Run 5.6m / Helena, MT

September 14th / Pine to Palm Trail Run 100m / Ashland, OR

September 14th / Chehalem Challenge Trail Run 14m and 5k / Newberg, OR

September 14th / Plain 100 Endurance Run Trail 100m / Leavenworth, WA

September 14th / Puffer Butte Trail Run 5m / Clarkston, WA

September 15th / Two Bear Marathon / Whitefish, MT

September 15th / Friends of Mt. Tabor Tar n Trail Run 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

September 15th / Mud and Chocolate Trail Run 3m / Bellevue, WA

September 15th / Tunnel Lite Trail Marathon / Snoqualmie Pass, WA

September 15th / Dirtyfoot Trail Race 10k / Bend, OR

September 14th / Kickin Assphault Half Marathon and 10k / Great Falls, MT

September 14th / THIRTEEENPOINTONE Half Marathon / Ammon, ID

September 14th / Newport Half Marathon / Newport, OR

September 14th / RODS Racing Charity Race Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Meridian, ID

September 14th / Discovery Trail Half Marathon / Long Beach, WA

September 14th / Montana Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k / Billings, MT

September 15th / You Go Girl Half Marathon and 10k / Tacoma, WA

September 15th / Black Diamond Half Marathon / Enumclaw, WA

September 15th / Scenic Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Sandpoint, ID

September 14th / Black Diamond Triathlon and Duathlon Half Iron / Enumclaw, WA

September 14th / Columbia Crossing Swim 1.5m / Pasco, WA

September 14th / DU it to Fight Breast Cancer Duathlon Sprint / Soap Lake, WA

September 14th / Hidden Springs Duathlon Sprint / Boise, ID

September 14th / Tri Fresco Triathlon Sprint / Eagle, ID

September 15th / Series 33 Vancouver Triathlon Olympic and Sprint / Vancouver, WA

September 15th / Kirkland Triathlon Sprint / Kirkland, WA

September 15th / Black Diamond Triathlon and Duathlon Olympic and Sprint / Enumclaw, WA

September 13th / Run from the Cops 5k / Mukilteo, WA (Friday Night Race!)

September 14th / Harvest Classic 8k / Nampa, ID

September 14th / Running Amuck 5k / Butte, MT

September 14th / Eagles' Flight 10k and 5k / Adair Village, OR

September 14th / Race for the Arts 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

September 14th / Run for Food 5k / Klamath Falls, OR

September 14th / Oktoberfest Road Race 10k and 5k / Mount Angel, OR

September 14th / Dam Run 5k / Sweet Home, OR

September 14th / Race the Reaper 6m / Yamhill, OR

September 14th / Shoebox Run 10k and 5k / Arlington, WA

September 14th / Waterfront 15k / Bellingham, WA

September 14th / Guts and Glory Dash 5k / Kennewick, WA

September 14th / 9/11 Heroes Run 5k / Mercer Island, WA

September 14th / Run for the Orphan 5k / Everett, WA

September 14th / Winning Marriages 10k and 5k / Vancouver, WA

September 14th / Firehouse Five Foundation's Remembrance Run 5k / Phoenix, OR

September 14th / Anne Jackson Memorial 5k / Burlington, WA

September 14th / Footsteps for Fertility 5k / Boise, ID

September 14th / Brighter Futures Color Run 5k / Olympia, WA

September 14th / Walla Walla Against Drunk Driving 10k and 5k / Walla Walla, WA

September 14th / The Great ISU Ambush 5k / Pocatello, ID

September 14th / Connell Harvest Trot 5k / Connell, WA

September 14th / Hell Run 5k / Carnation, WA

September 14th / Simplot Greenway Run 10k and 5k / Pocatello, ID

September 14th / Run for Recovery 5k / Yelm, WA

September 14th / Rim 2 Rim Race 7.5m and 3.5m / Twin Falls, ID

September 14th / Barefoot Boise 10k and 5k / Boise, ID

September 14th / The Human Race 5k / Spokane, WA

September 14th / Palouse Days 10k and 5k / Palouse, WA

September 14th / Swan Valley Square Scoot 5k / Swan Valley, ID

September 14th / Run Wright to the Pub 5k / Tacoma, WA

September 15th / Congo Kids 5k / Springfield, OR

September 15th / Wings of Karen Bra Dash 5k / Maple Valley, WA

September 15th / Round About 5k / Deer Park, WA

September 15th / Seattle Run Series 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

September 15th / Komen Race for the Cure 5k / Portland, OR

September 15th / MADD Dash 5k / Seattle, WA

September 15th / Kilometers for Cancer 10k and 5k / Kenmore, WA

September 15th / Half Way to St. Patrick's Day 5k / Corvallis, OR

September 15th / Bigfoot Road Race 10k / Bend, OR