Runaway Pumpkin Half Marathon

Runaway Pumpkin Half Marathon

Runaway Pumpkin Half Marathon

( 4 reviews )
100% of reviewers recommend this race
  • Lebanon,
    Oregon,
    United States
  • October
  • 5 miles/8K, 13.1 miles/Half Marathon
  • Road Race
  • Event Website

Tom

Portland, Oregon, United States
5 3
2016
"The Runaway Pumpkin (aka Hezbollah Half)"
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Tom 's thoughts:

Great hometown charity race. My training partners and I needed a half marathon test in our marathon training cycle. A couple of the guys had done this race the previous year and really enjoyed it, so we piled into a couple cars and drove down from Portland the morning of the event. The forecast had rain and wind in it, so I was prepared for a somewhat miserable morning. Low expectations, ironically, are a beautiful thing. There was essentially no wind and only trace amounts of rain during the race. Stoke factor was high.

This is a 'real' hometown charity event and although the registration was a bit on the high side, after being at that event, I have no doubts the proceeds went to the right place. The expo was a reflection of local influence but darn good. The volunteers and course marshals were an eclectic mix of school kids and Biker gang looking dudes - all super cool and encouraging.

Being a Halloween race, you'd expect a lot of costumes and they were all there on course, in abundance. This and the fact that so many people were in the event really made it enjoyable. My guys and I took the top 5 spots in the race (of course I was 5th, :() and the organizers were effusive in their appreciation that we came down down for the event. Everyone was so darn nice.

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