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Greg Hickman

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May Training: My Legs Are Hungover

"I like it long, hard and dirty.... Trail running." Climb every mountain... every damned one! I have a buddy who works for REI. His job, essentially, is to teach people how to hike, backpack and...

September Training Stats

"If you still look cute at the end of a workout, you're doing it wrong!" 23 Activities12 Runs With One Race7 Strength Training Sessions4 HIIT Circuit Workouts25 Hours14 Hours Running11 Hours Str...

August Training Stats

"What do I think about when I workout? Sometimes I fantasize about a world where I’m the ruler, chocolate makes you lose weight and everything is 95% off!" 22 Activities10 Runs9 Strength Trainin...

Rite of Passage: End to End On the Wildwood Trail

"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree." - Joyce Kilmer Portland’s Wildwood trail winds 30.2 miles/48.6 kilometers through the trees and ferns of a Pacific Northwest rainforest. T...

April Training Stats

“If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want – Why? Because…(a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you’ll be injured ...

20 Mile Peterson Ridge Rumble

"The first mile is a liar... and so are the next nine!" View of Mount Washington from the Peterson Ridge Rumble course! Cost: $45.00 Type: Trail Length: 20 miles (32 kilometers) Elevation Gain: ~...

January Man!

"You don't get the ass you want by sitting on it!" - A gym t-shirt I stepped out of the shower the other day and happened to see my butt in the mirror. It looks pretty darned good! All those squat...

Curing Those Winter Doldrums With a 25K Mini-Training Plan!

I've lived in Portland five years. I moved here fully expecting that it would rain nine months out of the year. That's never really happened yet. This year, though, is off to a very soggy start. De...

You Rocked, 2015... But 2016 Is Going To Blow You Away!

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, c...

Blink and You Miss It: The Molalla River Trail 5K

The first - and shortest - race I ever ran was a 15K. Specifically, the Shamrock 15K on a rainy St Patty's Day weekend in Portland four years ago. Prior to that, almost all my running had been on a...