Wyvern Running

The Helvetia half marathon was as usual a 1st class event from Paula Harkin (AKA www.runwith paula.com). This even begins at the Hillsboro stadium on a relatively flat course, then heads north of hwy 26 into the hills. The middle of this race is fairly hilly, before getting back down to the flats before the finish. The lovely scenery takes one’s mind off the aching quads. The weather promised to be dry and perfect. The weather lied a bit. It wasn’t long before runners were greeted with first a light sprinkle, then a heavier sprinkle. I didn’t find the rain terribly daunting, there weren’t big puddles, but eventually the shoes did get wet anyway. It didn’t dampen our spirits and we were all happy half marathon finishers, afterwards we were treated to the famous Helvetia Tavern hamburgers. At the end, the race was out of certain finisher shirt sizes, but true to the first class event, we were promised we would soon be able to swap our shirts for the correct size. Thank you again, Paula! Yup, pictures! LOTS of pictures of Portland Fit friends!

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Deadwood had very interesting weather this year. During the expo on Friday it had periods of very heavy rain. On Saturday and Sunday (race day) the weather cleared up for just about perfect marathon weather – clear skies and mild temperatures. We did not get to run Deadwood this year due to scheduling issues, but we’ve run it many times before. Nearly the whole race is on a linear cinder trail with mild elevation grade. It’s incredibly scenic. This is a highly recommended race, if you have not done it yet, put it on the list! Here are pictures from previous years.

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