Runners: Carolyn, Jessica and Jim

Weather: Mid 30's and heavy rain

Comments: Jessica is now part of the elite group of runners who go out in any conditions. We ran along the Wildwood and took a detour through Hoyt Arboretum. We connected back with the Wildwood above the Oregon Zoo and ran back towards Burnside. We took another detour down through the Rose Garden (the one with roses - not basketball players.) Finally connected back up with Wildwood and back for about 5 miles. Good job Jess!

Runner: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and cloudy

Comments: We parked at Terwilliger and Barbur. We ran along Terwilliger to a trail head and went up to Faimont loop. We took Fairmont loop south to the tower and took Mitchell down toward Termilliger. We came out at the top of Terwilliger and ran back to Barbur. It was a nice 7 mile run and one that we can put into other loops.

Runners: Jim

Weather: Low 40's and fog

Comments: Carolyn and Stacey ran in Sherwood. I parked at Marquam Shelter and ran up to Council Crest. I then ran across the top of Council Crest to the tower at the other end. I followed Fairmont loop back and down to Terwilliger.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:30 AM. Park by the Hawthorne Bridge.

Runners: Russ and Jim in Portland and Carolyn and Stacey in Sherwood.

Weather: Low 30's and cloudy

Comments: We ran Broadway hill in 29 minutes - Russ lead the charge. More of a slow march but the hill is very steep.

The next run will be Saturday morning. Meet at Hawthorne Bridge at 7:30. We will run in snow but not in freezing rain.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacey, Russ and Jim.

Weather: 30 degrees and sunny

Comments: We ran along the Wildwood and took the shortcut back where? From Council Crest. Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins took on a while new meaning today.

The next run will be tomorrow morning at 7:30. Park off Burnside.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacey, Russ and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and Sunny

Comments: Went to Eugene and ran the EWEB Run to Stay Warm for the third year in a row. Very nice event. Russ burned up the course in well under two hours, I came just over 2 hours and Carolyn and Stacey finished a bit after that. We had a nice lunch with Corey and Matt and Holly.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacey, and Jim

Weather: Perfect - Mid-30's and partly cloudy

Comments: Nice to go up Broadway. We went for 10 miles on a combination of road and trail. Kettleman's Bagels near 11th and Division serves Stumptown coffee - 'Nuf said.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacey, Russ and Jim

Weather: Mid 50's and rain

Comments: We ran to Council Crest and back for 10 miles. Stacey took a tumble and was not happy with the condition of the trail. We'll have to get someone to remove all the leaves. Maybe the Ivy Removers can work on it.

The next run will be 7:30 AM. Park off Burnside.

Runner: Russ amd Jim amd Carolyn and Brian

Weather: Perfect (like last week but better.)

Comments: Russ and I had a good run down into Portland and up the Marquam Trail. We took the shortcut for a total of 9 miles.

Our next run will be at 7:00 AM on the Wildwood Trai. Park off Burnside and bring your headlamp.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Perfect - 60 and cloudy

Comments - Great to be back on the trail. We ran to Council Crest and took the shortcut back.

Our next run will Saturday at 7:00 AM. Park off Burnside and we will run along the Wildwood.

Our next run will be one week from today unless I break a rib or get the flu.

Our next run will be one week from tomorrow.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ, and Jim

Weather: Upper 50's and sunny

Comments: We ran Wildwood to Council Crest and then went around Fairmont Loop taking the shortcut back for 11+ miles. Fairmont Loop is good mental training for those us who are weak in the art of road running.

The next run will be Saturday mroning at 7:00 AM. Park off Burnside.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 60 degrees and misty

Comments: Ran the Wildwood, downtown, Marquam Trail loop taking the shortcut back for 9 miles. I'll take a little bit of rain rather than heat any day. No babies to report on.

Our next run will be along the Wildwood. Park off Burnside at 7:00 AM.

Runners: Caroly, Stacey, Russ, and Jim

Weather: 60 and Sunny

Comments: We went to Council Crest and back for a nice 10 mile trail run. Lots of runners and hikers today. The plan for next week is to run 12 miles without feeling like we added 2 to today's 10. And just for the record this week the previously ugly baby was cute.

Our next run will be on the Wildwood starting at 7:30. Park off Burnside.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn, Stacey and Jim

Weather: 60 degrees and moderate / heavy rain

Comments: Rainiest run in a long time. Not a fan but we better get use to it.

The next run will be along the Wildwwod Saturday morning. Park off Burnside at 7:30.

Took a break today.

Our next run will Saturday at 7:30. Park at the Hawthorne Bridge - I think all the HTCsters will be gone by then.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn, Stacey, Jessica and Jim

Weather: 60 and Sunny

Comments: Good run today but after hiking, lifting, biking, tennis, racquetball and swimming this week Marquam hill seemed a bit steeper than usual.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:00 AM. Park off Burnside.

Runners: Stacey, Carolyn, Jim

Weather: Upper 50's and clear

Comments: Nice run along the Wildwood to Council Crest and back.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:30 AM. Park off Burnside.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn, Jessica, Sarah, Danny and Jim

Weather: Upper 50's Cloudy

Comments: We started on the Wildwood and headed down through Washington Park. We went up the Stairs and past the Castle. We split off into two groups at Broadway and met back up at Peet's Coffee. Everybody ran about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Great job college students!

Runners: Danny and Jim

Weather: Low 50's and sunny

Comments: Danny ran his first 1/2 in 1:35:45! He was second in his age category and top 10 overall. Unfortunately they only awarded the winner in each age category ( Danny did beat everybody from 25-34.) That's okay they recognized all the runners 18 and younger... sorry Dan, you 19 year-old running wonder. I was happy with my run at 1:57:56. Call me Mr 9:00. In terms of steady splits that was my best race by a mile. The first mile was 8:40 and the last mile was 9:20 and all the rest were 9:00. Some day I'll get that negative split.

The next run will be Thursday morning at 7:00 at the Hawthonre Bridge.

Runner: Carolyn, Stacey, Russ and Jim.

Weather: 50's and Cloudy

Comments: Had little mix up on the time this morning (sorry sis.) We all ran around 2 hours.

Our next run is today at 7:00. Park off Burnside.

Runners / Hikers: Dave, Stacey Carolyn, Brian and Jim

Weather: 60's and sunny

Comments: We hiked up past Multnomah Falls, up to Devils Rest Lookout for the the top of the hike / run at 2400 feet elevation. We had to backtrack 1.6 miles and then made a loop by going down the Wahkeena Falls trail and then back the bottom. I had a little slip by one of the waterfalls to make life interesting. I know that you are always suppose to keep three points in contact but I don't think face, shoulder and hip count. The hike was 9.5 miles and it took us a little over 3 hours.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Low 50's and sunny

Comments: Parked at Marquam Shelter and went up to Council Crest. Over to the zoo and down Wildwood. We went down through Washington Park and back over to Marquam Shelter.

Our next run will be from the Marquam Shelter at 6:30 Friday morning.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Upper 50's and cloudy

Comments: Parked at Marquam Shelter and ran towards PSU. Connected with Vista bridge and into Washington Park. Connected with Wildwood trail and over to Council Crest and then down the Marquam trail.

Meet at Marquam Shelter at 7:00 AM.

Runners: Russ and Jim

Weather: 50's and cloudy

Comments: We ran a new route today. We went flat and then up. We continued to go up and then flat and then up again. (Notice we have not gone down yet.) Then we went down to the car. The run was about 9 miles and took 1:40.

The next run will be on the marquam trail. Park the at the Marquam shelter at 7:00 AM.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacy, Russ and Jim

Weather: 50's and sunny

Comment: Great trail running on the wildwood trail. Welcome back Stacy.

The next run will be on the Wildwood starting 7:00 AM. Park on the road to Pittock.

Runners: Carolyn, Brian, and Jim

Weather: 50 and partly cloudy

Comments: We ran from Wildwood down into Portland and over to Marquam trail. We took the shortcut back for an 11 miler. I can really tell that I have been off for awhile.

Run is cancelled for tommorrow, May 16th.

Runners: Carolyn, Stephen, and Jim

Weather: Upper 40's and clear

Comments: Stephen T joined us today and we were able to slow him down bit from his regular pace ( and I think he sped us up a bit.) We ran the same course as two weeks ago but did not take the short cut back. It took a little over 2 hours. Next week, shorter faster.

The next run will be on the Wildwood Trail at 7:00 AM Saturday morning. Park on the road towards Pittock Mansion.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Low 50's and misty

Comments: We ran from the Hawthorne Bridge to Terwilliger going nearly to Barbur (about 5 miles) and back. On the way back we took a detour down to track and Dunaway. We clocked one lap to find our pace 1.5 hours into the run. I ran a bit fast at 8:10 and Carolyn ran a more reasonable (for 1/2 marathon) pace of 8:20. We should be able to manage 8:23 for Helvetia. On the way back through downtown we had an encounter with a homeless guy that was startling. Lots of yelling and screaming. Then there was Coopers. Was it my discomfort with his revealing spandex that made that man sit so close to me? Deep Thoughts.

Our next run will be Saturday morning at 7:00 AM. Park at Hawthorne bridge for a run up Terwilliger.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 45 and cloudy

Comments: We ran from Wildwood down through Washington Park over to Marquam Shelter and back using the shortcut. We kept a very comfortable pace. Next week the plan is to run Terwilliger at a faster pace.

Our next run will be at 7:00 AM. Park on the road to Pittock.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn and Jim plus about 15 other runners at the Tiicum 10K.

Weather: Perfect - 50 and sunny

Comments: Nice flat run at Champeog Park. We should organize our own 10k there sometime and see if we can get more runners. All we need is a cause. Better yet we could have an anti-theme 10k. Russ - let's play a little game called 'where did I leave my running shoes?" You go first.

We will meet at Carolyn;s house at 9:00 AM and drive over to Champoeg Park for the Tilicum 10k. Russ - I can meet you in the Joes parking lot in Sherwood at 8:50. Another option is for me to pick you up at about 8:30 at your house ( 13th? between which streets?) Leave a message or call me.

Runners: Russ, Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Upper 40's to start and lower 40's to finish

Comments: Ran Wildwood to Council Crest, along the top to the tower, took a right on Fairmont loop and then the short cut back. I was shooting for a 2 hour run and we came in at 1:59:00. Carolyn put her foot down and made us go slower at the beginning which made for a good finish.

The next run will be Saturday morning at 7:30 AM. Park on the road to Pittock Mansion.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Mid 30's and Sunny

Comments: Nice weather after a long cold winter. Although it was muddy it was great to hit the trail. The plan for Helvetia Half training is to alternate long hilly trail runs (good) with shorter faster flat runs (bad.) I was going to skip the next 10k (Tilicum 10k) on the list but now I am thinking that would be perfect for a fast run in two weeks.

Runners: Carolyn, Brian, Jessica, Russ and Jim - We all ran the Shamrock Run.

Weather: Low 40's, rainy and windy (miserable)

Comments: It was fun to run a shorter run (sorry Russ) and not feel totally exhausted afterwards. Bridges Cafe hit the spot too (again, sorry Russ.)

Runners: Carolyn, Brian, Jim

Weather: Upper 30's, windy, light rain

Comments: The run started out very windy and cold across the Hawthorne bridge. We ran up Marquam trail to Council Crest. Took Fairmont back to Marquam and back for 9 miles. The conditions seemed much nicer the second time across the bridge.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Low 40's and windy

Comments: We ran the same course as three weeks ago - 3 minutes faster. The next step will be add two miles by running the Wildwood trail all the way back.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:30 AM. Park off Burnside towards Pittock Mansion.

Runners: Russ and Jim (downtown) Carolyn and Brian (Sherwood)

Weather: upper 30's and mostly sunny

Comments: Russ and I did the same run Carolyn and I did last Saturday.. Carolyn and Brian ran an equivalent hill in Sherwood.

The next run will be Saturday morning at 7:30 AM. Park by Coopers next to the Hawthorne Bridge.

Runner: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and snow flurries

Comments: We ran from Hawthorne Bridge to Marquam Shelter and then up to Council Crest. On the way down we took Fairmont Loop and ended up on Marquam Trail. It was a nice 9 miles run at a slow pace. Russ - what route did you end up running?

The next run will start at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge. Park by Coopers Coffee at 7:30 AM.

Runners: Carolyn, Brian, Russ and Jim

Weather: Low 40's and clear

Comments: We started on the Wildwood trail and then went down through Washington Park managing to stay west of 405 and went under 26 on 18th st putting us at the base of Broadway hill (Russ was begging to run up it - patience Russ, we will run up that hill.) We did run up Marquam Shelter hill to the top of Council Crest and then took the shorcut back for 11 miles. Hats off to Brian for hanging in there on a challenging run.

UPDATE - WE ARE GOING TO START AT 7:30 - Russ, I hope you get this!


Our next run will be Saturday, February 7th at 7:00 AM. We will park off Burnside.

Runner: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and foggy

Comments: Good 10 miler. Next week we will change route.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:30. Park on the street past Wildwood trail off Burnside.

Runner: Carolyn, Russ, and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and cloudy

Comments: We ran Wildwood to Council Crest and back. It has been 2 months since we ran 10 miles. We will have to get a few more 10 milers in before increasing.

Our next run will be Saturday at 7:30. Same parking at last week.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ, and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and clear

Comments: It was nice to get back on the Wildwood trail. The ground was frozen on much of the trail. At the top of Council Crest is was a bit warmer ...okay it was freezing with 30-40 mph winds making the windchill in the teens.

The next run will be Saturday at 7:30. Park near the Pittock Mansion entrance road.

Runners: Carolyn, Stacy, Russ, and Jim

Weather: Low 30's and foggy

Comments: We ran from Marquam Shelter to Council Crest and then down to Terwilliger and back. It was nice to have Russ and Stacy back on the trails. Now we need to get back to Peets...

The next run will be Saturday morning at 7:30 AM. Park at the Marquam shelter.

Run canceled due to poor driving conditions. We will run early next week to test our my new headlight.

The next run will be Sunday at 6:45. Park at Marquam Shelter.