Seattle Marathon Earlybird Registration

And the Portland Jingle Bell Run too!

So get in now if you want to save a bunch of money at the Seattle Marathon. Same deal with the Portland Jingle Bell Run - sign up early and save some cash.

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 JUNE 4th TO JUNE 10th

June 7th / Grand Ridge Solstice Trail Run 10m and 5m / Issaquah, WA (Thursday Night Run!)

June 9th / Lake Youngs Ultra 28.8m / Renton, WA

June 10th / Clear Lake Memorial Trail Half Marathon and 5m / Clear Lake, WA

June 10th / NW Adventure Sports Festiva Trail Run 10k and 5k / Port Gamble, WA

June 10th / Footzone Dirty Half Trail Half Marathon / Bend, OR

June 6th / Three Towers Run ~15m / Olympia, WA (Wednesday Night Race!)

June 9th / Helvetia Half Marathon and Drop Top 10k / Hillsboro, OR

June 9th / Three Sisters Marathon and 5k / Redmond, OR

June 9th / Teton Dam Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Rexburg, ID

June 9th / High Valley Half Marathon / Union, OR

June 10th / Edge to Edge Marathon and Half Marathon / Tolfino, BC

June 10th / Winthrop Marathon and Half Marathon / Winthrop, WA

June 10th / St. Joe River Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k / St. Maries, ID

June 9th / Blue Lake Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon / Fairview, OR

June 9th / Moses Lake Olympic and Sprint Triathlon / Moses Lake, WA

June 10th / Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon and Duathlon / Fairview, OR

June 8th / TRCI Wellness Run 5k / Umatilla, OR (Friday Night Race!)

June 8th / Fremont 5k / Seattle, WA (Friday Night Race!)

June 9th / Tough Rhino Mud Run 5k / Benton City, WA

June 9th / Flight for Sight Fun Run 10k and 5k / Everett, WA

June 9th / Run for Your Life 10k and 5k / Moses Lake, WA

June 9th / Tumbleweed Fun Run 5k / Pomeroy, WA

June 9th / Sound to Narrows 12k and 5k / Tacoma, WA

June 9th / Adoption Run 10k and 5k / Snohomish, WA

June 9th / HandsOn Superhero Dash 5k / Salem, OR

June 9th / Sage-n-Sun Fun Run 5m / Ephrata, WA

June 9th / Marysville Strawberry Festival 5k / Marysville, WA

June 9th / Mountain Fun Run 5k / Wildcat Lake, WA

June 9th / Stomp Out Polio 10k and 5k / Richland, WA

June 9th / Run for Ohm 10k and 5k / Roseburg, OR

June 9th / Cancer Crushers 5k / Eugene, OR

June 10th / Furry 5k / Seattle, WA

June 10th / Run Like a Girl 5k / Vancouver, WA

June 10th / Shore Run 10k and 5k / Seattle, WA

June 10th / Run for the Love of Dove 5k / Portland, OR

June 10th / C'mon It's Summer! Fun Run 5k / Cannon Beach, OR

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Kara Goucher Running Rock 'n' Roll Portland

Hey, if you're running the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon this weekend, be on the lookout for the R's favorite Oregon runner, Kara Goucher. Goucher is using the Half as a little training run as she preps for the London Olympic marathon, so probably a 1:08 or 1:09.

On the boys' side, Oregon speedsters Ryan Bak and Sean Canaday will toe the line. Should be a good race between those two.

If you're not already in...sorry, it's sold out. But hey, head down and cheer on Oregon's fastest anyway.

Fantastic Kara photo by Dylan Coulter. Head over to his website and check out amazing shots of runners and other athletes.

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Running and Triathlon Links Monday!

Tons of great stuff this week - enjoy!

The Story of Alison Delgado - won her first marathon, then nearly killed in a bike/auto accident, then comes back to run again

Another look at Alison Delgado, with very moving video of her at finish of the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincy - her husband was the ER doc on duty when she came into the hospital...you can't make this stuff up

Adidas ad for their new shoe with Formotion - weird stuff...the heel moves - I don't know if that's a good thing

Men's Olympic Tri team is set - Hunter Kemper makes his fourth straight team...absolutely fricking amazing

And the Women's Olympic Tri team is set as well - some drama in this race

Photos of the Men's Tri race in San Diego to set the team - And then photos of the Women's race

Finally, photos of Lance Armstrong and Andy Potts at the 70.3 Ironman in St. Croix - and Facebook photos of my fav Angela Naeth, in St. Croix

Everything you wanted to know about Kinesio tape - I've wondered if it could help my heel bursitis, but I'm a little afraid it might make it worse somehow

Explaining Ultrarunner Micah True's autopsy results - the press loves to throw out "athlete with enlarged heart!!!", but this article explains it in better detail

For Mother Day, here are some amazing Mom Ultrarunners - when it comes to ultra, women are tougher, and moms are toughest

Will cross-training help your running? - well, that depends...

Here are a bunch of photos from last week's Wildflower race - including shots of both OSU Beavers and UO Ducks on the course

Get ready to do your first tri in six weeks - I'd say if you already know how to swim, you could do one tomorrow

Tri Bike Porn - unfortunately, the only kind I link to here...sorry

Nice article on America's number one hope in the Olympic Women's Marathon - yep, it's Oregon's own Shalane Flanagan

Photo of OSU's Blair Bronson by Aaron Hersh.

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Nineteen Days To Newport Marathon

And I had my third, and last, 20 miler today in the Fitz marathon program. As seems to be the theme for my long runs lately, it was hotter than Hades today in Corvallis - we almost hit 90 degrees this afternoon. However, after my horrid experience during my last hot long run, I took a two part strategy to try to improve my run today.

First, I made sure I was out the door and running before 7:30 - I actually tried to hit 7:00, but had to get the kids started on their Mother's Day scones that they were making. Yum!

Second, instead of wandering around the entire stinking town and hitting large shadeless swathes, I plotted out an approximately 6-mile loop, using MapMyRun.com of course, and hit it three times. This loop included the nice shady patches along the river for about half of the loop, which was very welcome toward the end of the three hours out on the roads.

Pay attention to the "Moving Pace" column, since there were a number of stoplights and stops at the water fountain to refill the water bottle. Wore down a little at the end, but still came in around 20 minutes faster than my first two 20 milers in the plan, so...

Yeah, so...

Can I hold pace for 26.2? I'm not sure. It shouldn't be as hot in Newport as it was here today for sure, but that's probably not my only issue.

Am I ready to run a 3:25:00 for a BQ at Newport? I really don't know. But I'm ready to give it a shot.

Nineteen days to go...

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Fastest Known Time at a Trail Near You

I love this site - Fastest Known Time.

Want to know the fastest running time for weird trails and routes like Rim 2 Rim at the Grand Canyon, or the Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainier, or the entire Pacific Coast Trail down the West Coast? Well, Fastest Known Time is the website for you.

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 MAY 29th TO JUNE 3rd

June 2nd / Timberline Trail Marathon and Half Marathon / Government Camp, OR

June 2nd / Silver Falls Challenge Trail 5k / Silverton, OR

June 2nd / Rainier to Ruston Trail 50m, 50k, Marathon and Half Marathon / Tacoma, WA

June 2nd / XTERRA Lord Hill Trail Half Marathon and 10k / Snohomish, WA

June 3rd / Red Devil Challenge Trail 20k / Cashmere, WA

June 3rd / Run for the Hills Trail 8k / Corvallis, OR

June 2nd / Sun Valley Half Marathon / Sun Valley, ID

June 2nd / Spirit of Magic Valley Half Marathon and 5k / Twin Falls, ID

June 2nd / Three Rivers Race Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / La Grande, OR

June 2nd / Newport Marathon / Newport, OR

June 3rd / North Olympic Discovery Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Port Angeles, WA

June 3rd / San Juan Island Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k / Friday Harbor, WA

June 2nd / Duel in the Desert Road and Mtn Bike Duathlon / Bend, OR

June 2nd / Issaquah Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon 10k and 5k / Issaquah, WA

June 3rd / Pine Hollow Olympic and Sprint Triathlon / Wamic, OR

June 3rd / Hagg Lake Open Water Swim 4000m, 2000m and 800m / Forest Grove, OR

June 2nd / Linear Trail Brave Run 10k and 5k / Banks, OR

June 2nd / Soles2Souls 10k and 5k / Portland, OR

June 2nd / Starlight Run 5k / Portland, OR

June 2nd / Santiam Fun Run 8k and 5k / Stayton, OR

June 2nd / Moonlight Five 5m / Springfield, OR

June 2nd / Run for Kyron 10k and 5k / Tigard, OR

June 2nd / Run for the Son 5k / Liberty Lake, WA

June 2nd / Woodburn Run 10k and 5k / Woodburn, OR

June 2nd / Ironheart Classic 8m, 4m and 1m / Redmond, WA

June 2nd / Lebanon Strawberry Festival Run 5k / Lebanon, OR

June 3rd / Hockinson 5k / Brush Prairie, WA

June 3rd / Duvall 10k and 5k / Duvall, WA

June 3rd / Push America 5k / Eugene, OR

June 3rd / Chum Run 5k / Langley, WA

June 3rd / Fallen Trooper Memorial Run 33k, 10k and 5k / St. Paul, OR

June 3rd / Cougar Prowl 5k / Silverdale, WA

June 3rd / Stoller Vineyards 5k / Dayton, OR

June 3rd / Komen Race for the Cure 5k / Seattle, WA

June 3rd / Heaven Can Wait 5k / Bend, OR

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Best Running Song for May - Tiesto vs. Diplo - C'mon!

I'm not usually big into dance music, but let me tell you, this song right here was the song from my iPod playlist that got me going during the Corvallis Half. There's just amazing energy in this song. It's "C'Mon" by Tiesto vs. Diplo (featuring Busta Rhymes). I know, right?

Good dance moves in this video, although the whole snake thing at the end is just...odd.

I think my favorite thing about this song, besides the fact that Diplo takes his DJ name from a dinosaur (Diplodocus), is that Busta Rhymes is still out there, well...busting rhymes. I mean, this guy has got to be up there in years. I remember him from my UW days with Tribe Called Quest and "Scenario." Another great song to run to, by the way. Man, that was way back in 1991. Damn, me and Busta are old...

Anyway, old school coming at you!



Plus, check out Spike Lee at the 1:18 mark. It's gotta be the shoes, Mike!

Rock that Run!

Past Best Running Songs:
April: Grouplove / "Tongue Tied"
March: Foxy Shazam / "I Like It"
February: Foster the People / "Don't Stop"
January: Hot Hot Heat / "Bandages"
December: Camp Lo / "Luchini aka This Is It"
November: Wolfmother / "Joker and the Thief"
October: Phoenix / "1901"
September: Matt and Kim / "Daylight"
August: Collie Buddz / "Holiday"
July: Pretenders / "Tattooed Love Boys"
June: The Wombats / "Moving to New York"
May: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / "40 Day Dream"
April: Foxy Shazam / "Unstoppable"
March: Pharrell / "Fun Fun Fun"
February: Puff Daddy / "Come With Me"
January: We Are Scientists / "The Great Escape"
December: Cee Lo Green / "F**k You"
November: Tokyo Police Club / "Breakneck Speed"
October: Two Door Cinema Club / "Something Good Can Work"
September: Stone Temple Pilots / "Cinnamon"
August: Louis XIV / "Guilt by Association"
July: Devo / "Fresh"
June: Saliva / "Your Disease"
May: Metric / "Gold Guns Girls"
April: OK Go / "This Too Shall Pass"
March: The Hours / "Ali In The Jungle"
February: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs / "El Matador"
January: White Rabbits / "Percussion Gun"
December: Deftones / "Knife Prty"
November: The Kooks / "Always Where I Need To Be"
October: At the Drive In / "One Armed Scissor"
September: Silversun Pickups / "Lazy Eye"
August: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros / "Johnny Appleseed"
July: Deathray / "I Wanna Lose Control (Uh Oh)"
June: Raconteurs / "Salute Your Solution"
May: Tea Party / "Save Me"
April: Bloc Party / "Like Eating Glass"
Ever: The English Beat / "I Confess"

Running and Triathlon Links Monday!

As usual, lots and lots of good stuff here. Get reading and by next Monday, you'll be setting PR's like nobody's business!

Lance Armstrong takes third at Ironman 70.3 St. Croix - Losing to Andy Potts is not something to be ashamed of

How to be a lifelong runner - hey, I'm halfway there and still running

Runners and what they eat - should you be a vegan...or a pescatarian? Go pescatarians!

Jesse Thomas and tatted-up Heather Jackson win Wildflower - Oregon represent!

A little photo album from Wildflower - And another one

How to race strong through your "go zone" - that zone is usually the third quarter of races...where most runners fall apart

Megan Goethals turns her life, and her running, around - the UW cross country star was "near self-destruction"

Study shows jogging can extend lifespan by six years - yes, jogging, not necessarily full-out running/racing training

Favorite local races of seven triathlon pros - including Linsey Corbin and Oregon homeboy and Wildflower winner, Jesse Thomas

"Float" workouts to build strength for midrace attacks - personally, I'm only attacking my so-called "love of running" midrace

Inspiring article on Liberia's first marathon - trying to put a 14-year old civil war behind them

Do you have $1500 burning a hole in your pocket? - if you don't, you should get out of triathlon now

Off-season workout plans from superstar triathlete Miranda Carfrae - she's pretty damn fast...you should probably pay attention

Top three new running shoes for men and women - these seem like pretty random picks, but what do you expect from Yahoo?

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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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Memorial Day Races!

Yep, it's that time...at last! Our first official holiday since freaking January! Woot!

Those are always tough months - the dry desert known as the bleak 18-week span between the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and Memorial Day. It's a struggle to make it to the other side.

You're almost there! Keep fighting!

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 MAY 21st TO MAY 28th

May 26th / Ridgeline Ramble Trail Run 20k and 10k / Eugene, OR

May 26th / Jim Bridger Mountain Man Trail 5k / Portland, OR

May 26th / Soaring Eagle Trail 50k, Marathon, 10m and 5m / Sammamish, WA

May 28th / TrailFactor Trail Run 50k and Half Marathon / Portland, OR

May 26th / Happy Girls Run Half Marathon and 5k / Bend, OR

May 26th / Eastern Oregon Half Marathon / Spray, OR

May 27th / Coeur d'Alene Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k / Coeur d'Alene, ID

May 27th / Run for Water Marathon, Half Marathon, 10k and 5k / Abbotsford, BC

May 28th / Memorial Day Marathon, Half Marathon, 10m, 10k and 5k / Elma, WA

May 26th / YMCA Camels Back Sprint Duathlon / Boise, ID

May 27th / Onion Man Olympic Triathlon / Walla Walla, WA

May 28th / Spring Festival Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon / Moses Lake, WA

May 28th / Heart of the Valley Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon / Corvallis, OR

May 28th / Memorial Day Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon / Elma, WA

May 26th / Walking with Angels 5k / Albany, OR

May 26th / RiverFest 10k and 5k / Maupin, OR

May 26th / Life365 Run 10k and 5k / Salem, OR

May 26th / Run to the Village 5k / Battle Ground, WA

May 26th / Spring Festival 10k and 5k / Moses Lake, WA

May 26th / Terrain Mud Run 5m and 5k / Enumclaw, WA

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

May 27th / Good Karma 5k / Seattle, WA

May 27th / 10k Rum Run / Tualatin, OR

May 28th / ORRC Up the Lazy River 10k / West Linn, OR

May 28th / Camp Gilead River Run 5k / Carnation, WA

May 28th / Run 4 the Memorial 4m / Eugene, OR

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Komen Race for the Cure Takes a Hit

The saying "any press is good press" definitely isn't true in all cases. Komen and Race for the Cure have received loads of press over the past year, not much of it good, and apparently it's having an effect. Not a good effect.

The New York Times is reporting that registered attendance and donations at early 2012 Komen races is down by more than 25 percent.

And judging by the comments I've seen here and there on the web, somehow Komen has managed to offend both sides with their Planned Parenthood decision and backtracking. PP supporters are angry that Komen tried to take away funding from PP while PP opponents are upset with Komen for reversing course and reinstating the funding.

There's no one to blame for this but the Komen organization themselves, but they're really in a no-win situation now.

Personally, I say run the races you want to run. If the race happens to be tied to a cause you support, that's great. But even better would be to get out your checkbook and cut a check directly to your favorite charity. Then the whole amount goes to where it's needed.

And you can still pick and choose any race you want.

Crafty art by Lian Amaris.

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