For the past several years, Team Red Lizard has partnered with USATF-Oregon to have some of the races included in the Stumptown Cross be USATF championship events. This year is no different. We have already had one event (Lents Park) that served as the Oregon 5k championships, and as we head into the final races [...]
Fall is in the air, and that means it is time for some cross country! The Stumptown Cross series officially kicked off on September 21 with some fantastic racing action at Lents Park. But this was just the beginning, as we have 5 races in this year’s series, including the USATF state and regional championship [...]
It’s hard to believe that the Stumptown Cross season is more than half-way over. But before I make you all sad that the glass is half empty, perhaps it’s time to focus on the fact that the best is yet to come. Two of my favorite races of the season are still on their way [...]
Is it just me, or does cross country season fly by far too quickly? It seems like Stumptown Cross just started, and now we are about to wrap the 2016 series up on November 19. Before I get carried away with my glass 4/5th empty view, let’s focus on the positive – there is one [...]
Is it just me, or does fall zoom by far too quickly? November is just around the corner, and we are already done with 3 of the 5 races in this year’s Stumptown Cross series… where does the time go? Stumptown Cross race #4 is coming up on November 5. Pier Park is the venue [...]
Just over a week of rest between the kickoff race of the 2016 Stumptown Cross series and race #2. Note that our second race will be a little unconventional in that 1) it will be on a Sunday, and 2) it will be at a park we will race at again at the end of [...]
Brace yourselves cross country fans… Stumptown Cross kicks off this weekend. We will once again be starting the series with a fast 5k on the grass at Portland Meadows. OK, I guess it is mostly grass, with a little dirt and some “loop de loops” thrown in to keep you on your toes. If you [...]
Brace yourselves, boy and girls… that time of year we all look forward to will be here before you know it. Yes, I am talking about cross country season. TRL will once again be putting together the Stumptown Cross series. Five action-packed races on most of the standard courses we use each year. This year [...]
By Kristen Dedeaux ‘Twas the night before XC, thus begins our story Not a runner was resting, not even Sir Torrey. The singlets were hung from the clotheslines with care, In hopes that by morning they’d be ready to wear. The harriers were wide awake in their nests, While visions of hay bales had them [...]
The 2015 Stumptown Cross series is “off to the races” with 2 events done and 3 to go. And based on the weather forecast, it looks like fall will definitely be in the air this weekend. Perhaps I should re-phrase that… rain will be falling, and bits of mud and grass will be flying in [...]