It’s Back! 28 New Rules for Thanksgiving Family Touch Football

Ku Stevens, Nevada prep cross country champion, is the sole runner on his team. Read. …Wants to run for Oregon University.

Free high-fives

A TYPICAL FRIDAY IN OREGON, AS IMAGINED BY MY EAST COAST FRIENDS

The youngest and oldest to conquer the Appalachian Trail. …I suspect we’re all in that age group.

50 years later, Larry Trachtenberg…

Harvard Health: Showering daily — is it necessary?

Spare Us The Skintight Sonata

We had dinner last night at Mazzi’s, a favorite Italian restaurant in town. While waiting, we saw a crowd of young runners on the Amazon Trail, unusual at that hour. Later the same runners from Newberg High School (near Portland) with adults (coaches) are seated at tables nearby. The boys with coach at one table, the girls and coaches (with one brave boy) at another. The gang races today at Lane Community College in the state finals. The girls are already champians. Invariably, runners and swimmers are the smartest student athletes.

Meet Larry Trachtenberg. He ran in the first NYC Marathon. On Sunday he races in the 50th. Larry, a veteran OTC racer and volunteer, promises a Q&A in the January issue.

“Prefontaine” -a Eugene Symphony Tribute …Roughly five weeks before the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field. You are coming for that, right? If so, order tickets now.

Molly Seidel says opponents were shocked she finished the marathon because she was having ‘too much fun in the hotel’