Northwest Running and Triathlon Race Calendar - May 2013

And we're coming up to the Big Daddy of all Northwest races: Bloomsday. This is the biggest race in the NW, by far, and one of the biggest in the US, with over 48,000 runners in 2012.

Ready to try your hand (feet?) in the biggest running crowd in the NW? Sign up now!

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 APRIL 29th TO MAY 5th

May 4th / Willamette Mission Trail Challenge 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

May 4th / Grand Ridge Trail Run 50k, Marathon, Half Marathon, 5m / Issaquah, WA

May 4th / Victory Lap 4 Victory Home Trail Run 10k and 5k / Twin Falls, ID

May 5th / Little Mountain 25k and 10k / Mount Vernon, WA

May 4th / Lake Lowell Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Nampa, ID

May 5th / Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

May 5th / Salmon Run Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Bend, OR

May 5th / BMO Vancouver Marathon, Half Marathon and 8k / Vancouver, BC

May 5th / Tacoma City Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k / Tacoma, WA

May 5th / Run2Educate Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Auburn, WA

May 4th / Canby Fun Run 5k / Canby, OR

May 4th / Garden Spot Run 10k and 5k / Canby, OR

May 4th / OSU Pet Day 5k / Corvallis, OR

May 4th / Cinco de Mayo 5 Run 5m and 5k / Eugene, OR

May 4th / SARVA 5k / Seattle, WA

May 4th / Cheadle Lake 5k / Lebanon, OR

May 4th / We've Got Your Back 5k / Coos Bay, OR

May 4th / Muddy Mama Mud Run 5k / Spokane, WA

May 4th / Have a Heart Run 10k and 5k / Mount Vernon, WA

May 4th / YMCA Spring Family Fun Run 10k / Olympia, WA

May 4th / Running Water 5k / Sherwood, OR

May 4th / GlobeMed at the UW 5k / Seattle, WA

May 4th / Rain Run 5k / Molalla, OR

May 4th / Apple Blossom Run 10k and 5k / Wenatchee, WA

May 4th / Fiesta 5k Ole! / Seattle, WA

May 4th / Newberg High School Grad Night May Day 5k / Newberg, OR

May 4th / Loyalty Days Run 2m / Newport, OR

May 4th / Haggen to Haggen 5k / Bellingham, WA

May 4th / Dirty Girl Mud Run 5k / Boise, ID

May 4th / Rimrock Rover Ramble 5k / Roundup, MT

May 4th / Fins to the Finish 5k / Poulsbo, WA

May 4th / Run for the Animals 5k / Vancouver, WA

May 4th / Law Day Run 10k and 5k / Pocatello, ID

May 4th / ORRC Hagg Lake Runs 10.5m and 10k / Hagg Lake, OR

May 5th / Bloomsday 12k / Spokane, WA

May 5th / Boys and Girls Club Sammamish 10k and 5k / Sammamish, WA

May 5th / Hustle for Health 5m and 5k / Albany, OR

May 5th / Garden Gnome Run 10k and 5k / Corvallis, OR

May 5th / Peace Run 5k / Eugene, OR

Wildflower Results and Bloomsday Results!

Yes, it was the big weekend down at the Wildflower Triathlon. OSU's Blair Bronson was fourth overall in the collegiate division. Nice job.

Wildflower Results Here.

And Here.

Plus, we've got the biggest race in the Northwest, literally. Bloomsday was run today and won by Allan Kiprono from Kenya in a time of 34.29. Yeah, that's a 4:37 pace. Holy moly.

Also, congrats to Carlos Trujillo from Idaho as the first US finisher and Mike Sayenko as the first Washington finisher and Ryan Bak from Bend as the first Oregon finisher. Plus Uli Steidl in 25th place overall just a few weeks after his amazing performance at the Boston Marathon.

Bloomsday Results Here.

Top Finishers Here.

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Boston Marathon Coverage

Yes, it's that time of year. The Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 16th.

Universal Sports Network will be providing the TV and online coverage - check out all the details here.

Should be fun!

Let's race!

RACES FOR WEEK OF APRIL 30th TO MAY 6th

May 5th / YMCA Spring Family Fun Run 8k / Olympia, WA

May 5th / Bavarian Battle 5k / Leavenworth, WA

May 5th / Boise WaterShed Ramble 5k / Boise, ID

May 5th / Salmon Run 10k and 5k / Bend, OR

May 5th / Cinco de Mayo 5m and 5k / Eugene, OR

May 5th / ORRC Hagg Lake Run 10.4m and 10k / Forest Grove, OR

May 5th / Stayton River Run 5k / Stayton, OR

May 5th / Cheadle Lake 5k / Lebanon, OR

May 5th / 10k for $10k plus 5 Run 10k and 5k / McMinnville, OR

May 5th / Haggen to Haggen 5k / Bellingham, WA

May 5th / Fort Steilacoom 50k, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Lakewood, WA

May 5th / Bring on the Sun Run 5k / Seattle, WA

May 5th / Fiesta 5k / Seattle, WA

May 5th / Awesome 3000 Run 3k / Salem, OR

May 5th / MamaBaby Haiti Run 5k / Dayton, OR

May 6th / Lilac Bloomsday Run 12k / Spokane, WA

May 6th / Orca Dash 5k / Redmond, WA

May 6th / Mount Rainier Duathlon Long Course and Sprint / Enumclaw, WA

May 6th / Vancouver International Marathon, Half Marathon and 8k / Vancouver, BC

May 6th / Running Water 5k / Sherwood, OR

May 6th / Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

May 6th / Tacoma City Marathon / Tacoma, WA

May 6th / Hustle 4 Health 5m and 5k / Albany, OR

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Peachtree Registration Opens March 15th!

Do you want to run the biggest race in America? Well, here's your chance.

Just a semi-long road-trip to Atlanta and you could be one of 60,000 runners in the Peachtree Road Race. Also known as "the largest race in the United States."

Sort of an odd registration process. You can head over to the Peachtree site any time between March 15th and March 22nd, register, and then they'll put you into a really, really big hat and on March 23rd, they'll draw 60,000 names out.

Which means, I guess, they think they might actually get more than 60,000 entries? Wow. They had 55076 finishers in 2011, so I guess it's possible.

Of course, for $17 bucks and a short jaunt to Spokane, you can run with 51,303 of your closest friends at Bloomsday. Well, that was the number of finishers - Bloomsday actually had over 56,000 runners signed up themselves in 2011, making a pretty good push for first place in the ol' big-ass race category. The cost for Peachtree, by the by, is twice as much as Bloomsday: $35. And actually, that's not that bad, these days.

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Shout Out to Bloomsday

I just gotta give a shout-out to Bloomsday. In a day and age where big races, such as the New York Marathon, are charging hundreds of dollars to allow you to soil their roads with your running shoes (the New York Marathon charges $255, to be exact), Bloomsday invites over 50,000 runners...and charges them seventeen bucks. Yes, $17. Unbelievable.

So support your local, Northwest races, and sign up for Bloomsday.

And tell New York to stick it.

Let's race!

RACES FOR WEEK OF MARCH 19th TO MARCH 25th

March 22nd / Bring in Spring 5k / Eugene, OR (Thursday Night Run!)

March 24th / Spring Sprint Duathlon / Lewiston, ID

March 24th / Shufflin' for Shawna 10k / Corvallis, OR

March 24th / Cougar Fun Run 10k and 5k / Echo, OR

March 24th / Walk for Water Fun Run 5k / Portland, OR

March 24th / Buck Mountain Mudslinger Trail Run 6.5m / Silverton, OR

March 24th / XTERRA Fort Steilacoom Trail Run 10m and 5m / Lakewood, WA

March 24th / Leif to Leif Run 5k / Seattle, WA

March 24th / Magnuson Series - Spring Into Action 15k, 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

March 25th / Run Ladies Run Half Marathon and 10k / Roche Harbor, WA

March 25th / McKenzie River Half Marathon / Eugene, OR

March 25th / Gorge Waterfalls 50k / Cascade Locks, OR

March 25th / Mercer Island Rotary Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Mercer Island, WA

March 25th / Big Climb 69 flights / Seattle, WA

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Bloomsday 2011 Results!

No, I didn't forget about the biggest race in the Northwest! I'm just a little late on getting to it.

So, over 56,000 runners took part in the Bloomsday race on Sunday. Yes, over 56,000. Check out the first photo of the slide show here - that's a lot of runners right there.

Of course, the fact that Bloomsday offers big prize money for the winners also means they always have world-class talent and this year was no exception: Simon Ndirangu of Kenya won the 12k race with a speedy 33:58, a 4:33 per mile pace!

Find all the results right here!