2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 10 of 17

The weather was relatively cool last night at the 10th Back Cove 5k, hovering in the mid-70s (which is nice compared to the past few weeks), but the humidity was much higher than I was expecting it to be. I went out right where I wanted to be with a 5:33, after which...

2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k » Week 8 of 17

Beautiful weather and a strong field led to 9 finishers under 18 minutes last night with Claton Conrad winning the race in 16:19 by over 40 seconds. Erin Lane was the only woman under 20 minutes as she finished with her husband and daughter in 19:53. There were 244...

2010 Weekly Back Cove 5k – Week 3 of 17

I think that I probably wasn’t alone while dreading the 5k last night. When I left work, it was 91 degrees out with no air movement. Thankfully, by the time that I drove to the race start, about 5 miles towards the ocean, the temperature had dropped about 20...

Weekly Back Cove 5k Kicks Off For 2010

Portland’s weekly Summer 5k race series kicked off this evening with temperatures about as great as you could ask for in any race and a nice tailwind for the first mile. Of course, that meant that there was a pretty stiff breeze in the last two miles but all in...

Weekly Back Cove Race Series » Week 10

It was a good night for a race. It was relatively warm, but nowhere near as humid as it has been. This led to the gravel path around the Back Cove being nice and dusty, leaving a fine layer of grit on everybody’s legs. Matt Lane won the race in an easy 17:12,...