Run Oregon - Virtual Challenge

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Run Oregon Unisex T-Shirt or Women's cut Tank Tops

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Cascadia Flag Running Buff!

Crater Lake Challenge - 33 Miles - Picture yourself at Rim Village Visitor Center, sitting within Crater Lake National Park, located in Southern Oregon. Your 33 mile adventure will begin as you start your loop around Crater Lake, only a small part of the national park the features Crater Lake, the nation’s deepest lake with a depth of 1,943 fed entirely by rain and snow. Once a volcano standing over 12,000 feet tall, Crater Lake was formed after a series of eruptions caused the volcano to collapse, forming the lake, islands and other fun features. As you continue around Rim Dr. you’ll pass many different peaks, old growth forests and beautiful landscape. Crater Lake National Park might just be one of the most beautiful runs in the United States, enjoy the views!

The Central Oregon Challenge starts at the Sisters Mountains on the Pacific Crest Trail. The Sisters Mountains are made up of three peaks, all part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. Your Central Oregon journey starts at the base of the North Sister. From here, you’ll continue south on the Pacific Crest Trail past each of the sisters you’ll also see Broken Top in the distance as you pass the South Sister. Continuing south on the Pacific Crest Trail, you’ll loop around Cultus Lake before connecting to Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway. Running north, through forest land, you’ll pass the Deschutes River and many lakes including Lava Lake and Elk Lake. Looping east on the byway you’ll pass Devils Lake before you start your climb up to Mt. Bachelor. Once you’ve ascended Mt. Bachelor, your run will take you through the Deschutes National Forest. Tree lined streets and trails will stay with you for the next 10 miles before running through the recreational town of Sunriver. Once reaching Sunriver you’ll follow the Deschutes River for the homestretch to Bend. The last 20 miles, you’ll follow the river, running on Deschutes River Trail and neighborhood streets passing outdoor enthusiasts enjoying the rapids and lazy portions via inner tube. Finally - After 105 miles, we’ve reached Bend. The last 5 miles continues to follow the river, moving from side to side of the river passing world class breweries, restaurants and outdoor activities. Finally, we finish at Bend’s Riverbend Park, a great place for outdoor concerts, celebrations and more. After 100 miles, we aren’t sure how you celebrate but we will definitely be celebrating with a beer from one of Bend’s world famous craft breweries!

Portland City Challenge - 50 Miles - The Portland City Challenge starts at the Oregon side of the I-5 Interstate Bridge. As you continue south, towards Portland proper, you’ll run through Portland International Raceway towards University of Portland along the Willamette River. After a campus tour, you’ll cross the Willamette via the famous St. John’s Bridge, the first of seven bridges you’ll cross. Next, you’ll run through Northwest Portland’s Forest Park before cruising past Pittock Mansion, through the Portland Japanese Garden and between the animals at the Oregon Zoo. Leaving the zoo via the southwest hills, you’ll pass OHSU Hospital and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital towards the Ross Island Bridge. From there, you’ll around Mt Tabor Park before a series of bridge crossings including the Hawthorne, Morrison and Burnside Bridges. Exiting on the west side of the Burnside Bridge you’ll pass the White Stag Portland Oregon sign, a great spot for a quick selfie! After that, you’ll run along the Portland Waterfront Trail to the Steel Bridge. After crossing to the east side, you’ll loop both the Moda Center and Memorial Coliseum. After this, the Broadway Bridge will be your final crossing, back to Portland’s West Side. From here, you’ll loop the city one last time, circumferencing Providence Park, home of the Timbers. Your final stretch will take you down Alder St, around Niketown before reaching the Portland Waterfront Trail again. From here, you’ll run north to the finish line. Your run finishes at SW 3rd Ave & SW Ankeny St where you’ll be treated to your favorite Voodoo Doughnut and a quick pic with the sign that created Portland’s unofficial motto, KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD!

Prefontaine Challenge - 115 Miles - The Prefontaine Challenge, in memory of Steve Prefontaine, America’s greatest long distance runner, helping to inspire America’s running boom in the 1970s starts in Coos Bay, Oregon at his childhood home. From here, you’ll run along the Oregon Coast Hwy (Hwy 101) to Eugene, where PRE made his name. As you run north along Hwy 101, you’ll pass through many coastal towns, numerous lakes, parks and more, all while running along the Pacific Ocean. 50 miles into your journey you’ll leave the coast and start running east along the Siuslaw River towards Eugene. Once in Eugene, you’ll explore the University of Oregon where Pre became famous. In Eugene, you’ll loop around Autzen Stadium, home of the Oregon Ducks football team before linking up to “Pre’s Trail” leading you across the Willamette River. Once across, your last miles will be exploring University of Oregon campus before ultimately finishing your journey with a lap around Hayward Field, home of the premier track meet in the world, the Prefontaine Classic. GO PRE!

By taking on the Run Oregon Challenge you are essentially signing up to run the equivalent of the State of Oregon in just about 90 days. Why 308 miles? Aside from it being the combined distances of the four previous challenges, it is also the distance from the Washington border to California border along the I-5 corridor. By registering for the Run Oregon Challenge, you will automatically be registered for the other four challenges, meaning you will not only earn medals for all four challenges you complete, you'll also earn the Run Oregon Medal, only attainable by completing the full Run Oregon Virtual Challenge! 

RUN OREGON
Running / Walking  FAQs:

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL RUN / WALK?

A Virtual Run is an event you can complete Anytime/Anywhere! There isn't a set time or place since virtual runs are meant for you to complete at your convenience and at your own pace. Run Oregon Challenges can be completed at any time between June 20 - December 31, 2020
You can run or walk any event in the series. You can add up your miles over several days, weeks or months. Challenge yourself to complete all 4 events for the entire Run Oregon Challenge throughout the entire summer. You can WALK OR RUN all of these events. 

WHERE DO I COMPLETE MY RUNS?

Anywhere you'd like! Because its virtual, you can run outside, inside, on a treadmill, on your favorite trail, throughout your neighborhood or in your empty pool. Just do us a favor and DO NOT actually run on I-5 when completing the Run Oregon Challenge - it will be extremely hard for your to explain to the police officer that stops you.

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE AS A TEAM? 

Easy, choose the team registration option for any of the challenges you'd like to participate in, create a team and invite your friends to participate! A team consists of 2+ people. You'll each run, walk or bike your miles and then record individually. The system will combine your miles and move your team closer to your challenge goals! Each team member will also receive their own swag packet including an event shirt, race bib, medal(s) and extra swag depending on the completed challenge.

WHAT ACTIVITY MILES CAN I LOG?

This is a challenge to help keep you stay healthy and active while completing your fitness goals. You can log miles from your 🏃 🏃‍♀️  runs, walks and bike 🚴 🚴‍♀️  rides!

CAN I DOUBLE UP MY MILEAGE WITH OTHER EVENTS?

Of Course! You can double up your miles or even triple up. We know people are participating in multiple virtual events and challenges. Our goal is to help provide you a reason to stay healthy and active. If you'd like to use your miles for other challenges in this series or other events, go for it! Just keep running!

DO I NEED TO BE A RESIDENT OF OREGON STATE TO COMPLETE THIS RUN CHALLENGE?
Nope! You don't need to be from Oregon, live in Oregon or ever even visited Oregon. So, if you're participating, challenge your friends and family to participate "virtually" with you!

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DISTANCES I CAN CHOOSE FROM?

Crater Lake Challenge | 33 Miles | Run/Walk around the famous Crater Lake

Portland City Challenge | 50 Miles | Run/Walk throughout the city, passing Portland's famous landmarks along the way

Central Oregon | 110 Miles | Run/Walk from the Sisters Mountains, through Mt. Bachelor to Bend 

Prefontaine Challenge | 115 Miles | Run / Walk the Prefontaine Challenge, in memory of Steve Prefontaine, America’s greatest long distance runner. Start in Coos Bay, Oregon at his childhood home. From here, you’ll run along the Oregon Coast Hwy (Hwy 101) to Eugene, where PRE made his name.

Run Oregon | 308 Miles | Run/Walk the equivalent distance of Oregon State. This challenge is a combination of all 4 other events. This challenge conquers the entire state.

HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO COMPLETE MY DISTANCE?

You have 95 days to complete the event. The event starts on June 20 and goes through December 31, 2020
You can do all your miles on one day or break it up over several days, weeks or months

HOW DO I LOG & TRACK MY MILES? (PDF Instructions at bottom of page)

You can Easily track your miles online! We have an interactive map that shows how far along the challenges you are. Tracking your mileage is super easy thanks to the awesome software from RunSignup. Once you do it a few times you'll get into the hang of it!

1. Login to RunSignup. We recommend letting it remember your username/password as you'll be here often!

2. Navigate to the Results page. We recommend bookmarking this page so you can find it quickly everyday.

3. Click "Submit Virtual Results"

4. You will be shown a calendar, select the current day or the day for which you are entering the miles.

5. A second box says "Distance in Miles", add the miles you ran that day.

6. Click "Submit your time"

Done!

RunSignup will automatically update your total distance and show you your total progression to date along the actual marathon course!

Tips and Tricks

1. It's best to enter your distance daily. Obviously life happens and you will perhaps not be able to every day, but staying consistent will make it easy so you're not having to enter a ton of data at once. Plus seeing that progression is very motivating!

2. For those of you who "double" (that is, run/walk twice or perhaps more in a day), simply total the mileage that day and submit one entry. E.g.,You run 3 miles in the morning and then another 4 that night. You should make one entry for 7 miles that day.

Once you have completed your run, wear your medal and celebrate! Share your successes with others. Send us your pics along your journey and tag us at @RunTheWestCoast #RunCali #RunOR #RunWA #RunTheWestCoast

IS THERE A SPECIFIC APP WE NEED TO USE TO TRACK OUR TIME? 

You can track your run with any app, watch, or fitness device that you would like.

CAN I COMPLETE MY VIRTUAL RUN BEFORE I HAVE RECEIVED MY GEAR? 

Your race bibs, shirt/tank top, medal(s) (and extra swag if doing Run Oregon) will be mailed out to you by mid August. Keep logging those miles, your swag will arrive soon!

WHEN CAN I GET MY PACKET/SWAG  (bib, medal and swag)?

Your event packet will be mailed to you full of SWAG!

WHAT DOES MY REGISTRATION FREE GOES TOWARDS?

A portion of the proceeds will go to 3 different charities in Oregon State. Participants will have the option to choose which they'd like to donate to including Feeding Oregon, Dorenbecher Children's Hospital and Campaign Zero.

REGISTRATION: 

HOW CAN I RECEIVE ANOTHER COPY OF MY CONFIRMATION EMAIL? 

You can re-send yourself a copy of your confirmation email from your RunSignUp profile. Here is a tutorial with the steps to complete this on your end. 

HOW CAN I RESET MY RUNSIGNUP PASSWORD? 

If you need to reset your RunSignUp password, watch this tutorial to learn how.

IF I DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, CAN I REQUEST A REFUND?

As is normal with running events, refunds will not be given for this event.

PDF LINK FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LOG & TRACK CHALLENGE MILES

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