Start the new year with a scenic run or walk in this unique Eugene First Run event. You can choose to participate on New Year’s Eve or on New Year’s Day or BOTH! Post event celebration, refreshments & special bar pricing hosted by McGrath’s Fish House on NYD this year! …
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Start the new year with a scenic run or walk in this unique Eugene First Run event. You can choose to participate on New Year’s Eve or on New Year’s Day or BOTH! Post event celebration, refreshments & special bar pricing hosted by McGrath’s Fish House on NYD this year!
The 10K and 5K run/walk for both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day start and finish adjacent to Valley River Inn, in the cul de sac next to McGrath’s Fish House. All courses will follow the bike paths along the Willamette River once completing a short section through the VRC parking lot. The courses are flat, fast and scenic. The 5K is an “out and back” into Skinner Butte Park and the 10K course is different this year! The 10K remains on the Valley River Center side of the bridge the entire time, with two out and back sections that take runners over the Delta Hwy bike bridge first, then to the Owosso Bike Bridge past Marist High School second. Water station to be located on both courses.
Event Challenge: Participants completing both events will be eligible for extra awards, based upon the cumulative time from each event. These awards will likely not be presented on race day. There are three combinations of event doubles: 1) Run both 5K events (10K total), 2) Run one 5K event and one 10K event (15K total), and 3) Run both 10K events (20K total).
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Cool Midnight Run Very Cold
This was so cool. We ran just before Midnight and did a 5K while the Fireworks were going off in the sky but if was cold and that was just … MORE
This was so cool. We ran just before Midnight and did a 5K while the Fireworks were going off in the sky but if was cold and that was just fine with me.
I had 2 of my very good friends to run with and we had a blast.
The Race Director did such a good job.
We stayed the night in a hotel and then ran again in the morning on January 1st, 2019 and it was the same course but in the light and I ran faster and took 2nd Place!
Timing was perfect and the set up was nice.