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Posts from the “trail running” Category

Halloween & post event(s)

Posted on November 3, 2024

Nora and I carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds. Halloween evening was a nice, calm evening with several trick-or-treaters stopping by . . . . on Saturday I took Jonah up to Corvallis so he could take the SAT exam and I walked through some lovely neighborhoods as well as found a great coffee shop where I read my books. Finally, today, I ran the Silver Falls Half Marathon, which I have done before (2018). It was a fun day today and I ran well I thought. I came in 5th in my new age group (60-64) out of 20. Which I know does not really mean anything other than who shows up, but showing up is half the battle, as I understand. It…

Gorge Waterfalls 50k

Posted on April 16, 2024

On Sunday the 14th, I ran my third 50k trail race. This was up along the Columbia River, just east of Portland about 40 miles or so. It was named the Gorge Waterfalls because you run past several waterfalls! I’d have to say that this race was by far the most challenging and perhaps the most beautiful. As with most races, I had a game plan going into it with my goals being simply to finish under the cut-off time as well as not “bonk” nor fall. All was accomplished this time. Bonus was getting to meet people from all over the country who came out for this race, especially Austin and Jenna from Chicago. They chose a tough way to see the natural…