News

Our popular Vernonia Marathon (Vernonia to Banks) and Half Marathon (Stub Stewart State Park to Banks) are coming up soon on April 15. Click here for information and registration.

Tuesday night workouts are experiencing some great changes with the 2018 New Year:

On January 2nd, a 40-person crowd turned out in the blistering cold and wind last Tuesday night at Catlin Gabel track, followed by beer and pizza on ORRC afterwards!

And, starting next Tuesday (1/9/18), this group will be joined by Laura Coyle, ORRC member and personal trainer, for five minutes of stretches and warm-up before hitting the track.

We are excited to have Laura join our Tuesday night family! Just one more way ORRC members volunteer their time and talents to help others best enjoy their ORRC experience.

Dear ORRC Members, please register for the ORRC Annual Members Banquet and Celebration on Sunday, January 28th, 2018. Join your friends (and make new friends) as ORRC celebrates your activities through 2017 including 10K series, age group awards, and those for club volunteers. This dinner and libation event, held at Lagunitas Brewing Company Community Room (237 NE Broadway, Portland) between 3 and 6 p.m., sold out last year. So don’t wait. You must be 21 years old or older to attend due to venue restrictions.

Our featured speaker will be Olympic athlete, Don Kardong. Don Kardong’s speech will be: “An Olympic Experience: What Do You Get for Fourth?” Runners World wrote, “Don Kardong’s multi-faceted career in the running community is unparalleled. He has been a collegiate athlete, Olympic marathoner, Bloomsday Lilac 12K race founder and current race director, writer, commentator, and a former president of the RRCA.”

ORRC members register for free but can bring others (over 21) for $12. Register now.

Hi, everyone – the collective Tuesday training group decided to cancel the scheduled December 26th, 2017 workout. Enjoy your holidays and back to it on January 2.

Recreational and competitive ultra-marathoners from all over the West enjoy this unique running experience. Red and yellow maples dominate the fall colors along the Willamette River course and neighboring Champoeg Park campsites (including Yurts) are popular with runners pre- and post-race. Runners are fed well during this endurance event.

Registration for our 2017 event is open now – click here.

Photos have been completed for the Greenway Trail Trial.  These event pictures are free for personal use only as a benefit to members and participants.

These photos are also available on Greenway Trail Trial Results and Photo pages.

Thank you to everyone that participated in these two events.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@OregonRoadRunnersClub.org

Due to severe heat expected on August 2nd, ORRC has chosen to postpone our 45th Annual Dual Duel and ORRC Mile events to Thursday August 10th. All other details of the event remain the same. Online registration is open through midnight August 8th – click here.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING DUAL DUEL:
In light of record high temperatures forecasted and in the interest of public safety, the ORRC Dual Duel will be postponed until Thursday, August 10th, 2017. ORRC has consulted with medical professionals, and despite any amount of cooling preparations we have arranged, it will simply be unsafe to hold this event in the excessive heat forecasted for race day.
The event will now take place at the same time and venue, on Thursday, August 10th, at Catlin Gabel School, With the ORRC Mile heats beginning at 6:00 pm and the Dual Duel +10k at 7:00. We will still finish under the lights around 9:30.
We will also have cool towels and misting stations available for all participants, in addition to lots of water and shade.
While we would love to see every participant on the new date, we know that will not be possible for everyone; therefore, ORRC would like to offer you one of the following three options:
> Participants may run as planned on the new date.
> Participants may choose to have their registration deferred to another ORRC race of their choice up to a 10k and before August 31, 2018.
> Participants may request a refund.
If you have already registered for the event, you will receive an email from the race director very soon with more details on the event’s new date. We will, therefore, keep online race registration open through Tuesday, August 8th.
We appreciate your patience and understanding. I look forward to seeing you at your next ORRC event.
– Daniel Brewer, Race Director
(dualduel@oregonroadrunnersclub.com)

The National Weather Service is forecasting excessive temperatures for next Wednesday’s Dual Duel. ORRC is considering postponing the event and rescheduling to a date in the immediate future. A final decision will be posted on Monday, July 31. Thanks for your understanding.