Proper strength training will make you faster, less vulnerable to injury, and a more efficient runner. Portland, Oregon has tens of thousands of runners, and thousands of running injuries to go along with them. Portland is also home to some of the best Personal Trainers to help these runners reduce the chances of injury. Being [...]
You Got Into Your Ultra Running Race, Now What? Getting into a popular ultra running race off the wait list is usually cause for excitement. But what if your training isn’t quite where you’d like it to be? Can you still have a good day? What are the chances you’ll actually ENJOY the race? I [...]
18 Years of Slop Over the weekend of February 17th and 18th, the 18th annual Hagg Mud Runs hosted by the Oregon Road Runners Club took place at Henry Hagg Lake outside of Gaston, Oregon. This race is actually a trail race, circling the lake twice on Saturday for the 50k and once on Sunday [...]
Ultra running 100 miles on a low mileage training plan! Written by Eric Lubell. Pre Game Patience. It’s a word that would come up over and over again as I prepared for and battled through the Mountain Lakes 100 ultra running course. I had planned to run this race in 2015, but life happened and [...]
