Yes, there is a town in Oregon called Boring and yes they call their race the Boring Marathon, the Half Boring Half Marathon and the Continuously Boring 8K. I was in Portland for a Conference and actually ran a half the day before, so this was half #2 of the weekend. Race is about 35 minutes from downtown PDX, so I woke up bright and early and drove in for the race. This year was an odd one because Vancouver USA and 2 other races cancelled so there was an influx of people trying to register. I registered latish, but there was still 2 spots in the half marathon. The marathon had a second chance option where you got a shirt/medal from a prior year since shirts/medals had already been ordered.

Packet Pick up was Friday and Saturday throughout the day and race morning as well. I stuck with race morning packet pick up and it was painless. I was stuck with a men'sXL shirt initially because that was the only option when I signed up, but after the race, there were left over shirts and the organizers were nice enough to let me switch to a women's small

Swag: glass, t shirt and other freebies from race sponsors

Race Start Times: 630 AM for the Full marathon, 7 AM for the half, 730 AM for the 8K

The course: relatively flat with some gentle, hardly noticeable incline for the half. The elevation map looked worse than it really was. Course was out and back along one of the running trails in town. Really didn't have to worry about cars on course, though there were a few intersections on the half course to worry about crossing with cars coming both directions, but traffic was minimal. Water stations with water, gatorade and snacks every 2 miles or so (give or take).

Post race: medals, water, snacks and some things do (apparently there were goats, I missed them). Food truck was also there with burgers, etc.

Overall: you could say the race lived up to it's name of 'boring', not a whole lot to see and plenty of time to get into your own head. However, it's a small race with the funds, etc benefiting the area HS and Middle school cross country and track teams, so that I'm all for. If you're in the area, definitely search out this race. the one thing that needs worked on is the website. The home page is a bit of a hot mess and needs a little bit of organization to it, but minor details