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Nutrition for your Heart + Training – LubDub ep 10
In the 10th episode of the LubDub Show, we are joined by Niki Strealy, a registered dietitian specializing in digestive health as part of Providence Sports Medicine, along with her own nutrition consulting business, Strategic Nutrition, LLC. Niki and Nathan talk about proper nutrition for optimal health in general and share helpful advice about nutritional needs before, during, and after any workout or race. Enjoy!
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Rolling Burritos and Making Memories with Laughing Planet Café
Today on the Oregon Brewery Running Series podcast, we’re talking about one of my favorite places to eat in the whole world, Laughing Planet. If you’re not from the Portland area, Laughing Planet is a small chain of local, quick service restaurants in the Portland...
The Kindness Boomerang with Orly Wahba, Life Vest Inside (Podcast)
Today on the Oregon Brewery Running Series Podcast, I sit down with Orly Wahba, the founder and CEO of Life Vest Inside a non-profit organization focused on empowering and uniting the world through kindness. We talk about what it means to live a life of kindness, and...
Learning to live Lives of Kindness with Jason Hattrick, Life Vest Inside (Podcast)
You may not know this, but The Oregon Brewery Running Series is about three things: Getting Active, Having Fun, and Giving Back. Our name may lead you to believe it’s all about beer and running, but that’s just how we accomplish it. We get people active by hosting 5K...
Hop Driven Beer with Jeff Edgerton, BridgePort Brewing (Podcast)
In 1984, BridgePort Brewing (called initially Columbia River Brewery) opened in an old rope factory in what is now the Pearl district of Portland, Oregon. Back then, they produced a whopping 600 barrels (these day’s they have a capacity around 100,000). This was...
Doing Good for People and Planet: Christian Ettinger, Hopworks (Podcast)
On this episode of the Oregon Brewery Running Series Podcast, we sat down with the founder, co-owner, and brewmaster of Hopworks Urban Brewery, Christian Ettinger (listen below or subscribe here). Hopworks, based in Portland, Oregon, is all about creating world-class...
Strength Training for Runners with Tips from Amy Brown (Podcast)
Strength training for runners is one of those things that seems easy, but most of us ignore. Running takes a toll on the body, and runners are notorious for not taking care of the inevitable aches and pains that come from training. Too often, we push ourselves too far...
How to Run in the Dark without Getting Killed
With available daylight hours quickly dwindling, running in the dark is inevitable for most of us wanting to remain active during the darkness of fall, winter, and early spring. Unless your schedule is remarkably flexible, running this time of year is usually done...
Running and Beer. Jeff Seibel, Ghost Runners Brewery
Beer and running seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly, Mario and Luigi or long lines and brunch in Portland. If you’ve been a runner for any length of time, you may have noticed that many runs end with beer in some form. Subscribe to our podcast...
Welcome to Oktoberfest in Oregon!
Did you know it’s already time for Oktoberfest in Oregon?! Surprisingly, Oktoberfest doesn’t actually start in October. Traditionally, it begins in the middle of September, and runs roughly through the first Sunday in October. I am 25% German, and until recently, had...
We Launched a Podcast!
The Oregon Brewery Running Series is proud to announce the launch of our NEW Podcast! You can find it on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. For the past nine months, we've been interviewing all of our participating breweries, nonprofit and business partners, as well as...
How to Experience the Joy of a 5K Fun Run
A 5k fun run is supposed to be fun! It's the culmination of your training, and a way to reward yourself for all that hard work and discipline. That said, we understand the experience of showing up to a "race" with a bunch of strangers can be a little intimidating to...
The 2017 Oregon Brewery Running Series Fall Preview!
We just finished our summer running season, and what a blast! Averaging just over a hundred runners per event, we continue to add to our beer running family. Nearly 40% of participants were new to our events. We met people from all over the world; from Japan,...
Old School Portland with Collin McFadyen, Byways Café
People really like to support someone who is doing something they love. ~Collin McFadyen, Byways Café Since 1999, Collin McFadyen has been the co-owner and executive chef at one of Portland's best brunch spots. Byways Café is a timelessly classic destination for both...
Catch the Laurelwood Brewing 5K Fun Run Recap!
Another great season of beer run fun is in the book! What an AWESOME way to close out the summer, with an incredible 5K run / walk at Laurelwood Brewing in Northeast Portland. The 112 runners who participated ran fast on a (mostly) flat course. The weather was...
Drinking Deeply with Lisa Morrison of Belmont Station
"Life is too short not to drink deeply!" ~ Lisa Morrison, owner Belmont Station Lisa Morrison has been a craft beer fan for years and has been writing about this passion for over 20 years in various publications, even having her own column and radio show ("Beer...
Faster Than You with Masters Champ, Greg Mitchell
Greg Mitchell has been a running coach almost as long as he has been a runner. He started coaching while he was a student teaching in 1995. Since then he has coached at both the high school and collegiate levels, as well as many post-collegiate and sub-elite...
Six Tips for Running in the Heat
We are well into the summer running season here in Portland. According to the local weather, it's going to be absurdly hot in the next week. If you're training for a big fall race, you're probably putting in some good miles right now. Even if you're just enjoying our...
Augmenting your Beer Experience with Rik Hall from Baerlic Brewing
Rik Hall, co-founder, and co-brewer at Baerlic Brewing is somewhat of an unlikely brewer. Before starting Baerlic with his partner Ben Parson, Rik was a bike mechanic and hobby brewer. Eventually, he wanted to open a brewery but, “I had more of a 10-year plan. Once we...
Sustainable Brewing with Christian Ettinger, Hopworks Urban Brewery
Christian Ettinger, owner and brewmaster at Hopworks Urban Brewery, has been thinking about beer since he was 13 years old. From stocking the shelves of his local grocery store, to buying homebrew kits, to hosting exchange students, or inventing a brewing internship...
Running Like a Mother: Interview with Sarah Bowen Shea
Sarah Bowen Shea is the co-founder of the popular website, Another Mother Runner. Along with Dimity McDowell, they have built an incredible online community that, in addition to a website, includes a podcast, active private Facebook group, three published books, daily...
Celebrating a Healthier Drink: Interview with Happy Mountain Kombucha
Ben Calkins wears a lot of hats for Happy Mountain Kombucha. His business card says he is the CEO, Co-owner, kombucha maker, delivery guy, graphic designer, sales, marketing and whatever else the day requires of him. We're a small company, so titles are kind of...
Five other 5K runs in Portland You Should Check Out this Summer
There are no shortage of 5K runs in Portland. A quick glance at any race calendar reveals 50+ of them in the metro area in July and August alone! Summer is a great time to race a 5K (or walk/jog is that's more your speed), and because we don't have another run until...
Nathan and Catalina at the Travel Portland offices.
Things to Do In Portland This Summer! Interview with Travel Portland
If you're looking for things to do in Portland this summer, Travel Portland is where you should look first. They consistently publish great content on their website, put out an annual visitors guide, and operate the visitor information center in Pioneer Courthouse...
Our Summer 2017 Brewery Running Preview!
The Oregon Brewery Running Series is excited to launch our summer series on July 22 at Migration Brewing! With four events this summer, we look forward to exploring new breweries in the hot Portland sun. Summer is such a beautiful time in Portland. From the fourth of...
The New Brewmaster: Ben Dobler of Laurelwood Brewing
Ben Dobler has been the Director of Brewery Operations and Brewmaster at Laurelwood Brewing Co. since late November of 2016. While he may be new to the Laurelwood family, he has been in the beer industry since 1993 when we started scrubbing kegs at BridgePort Brewing....