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Category: Imagine Train Do
Rugged Togetherism II
At mile 45 of the Mt. Hood 50 Ultramarathon, the single-track trail descends back to the road where my brother Drew and I began the race that morning. Shade kept us cool from the afternoon sun and the water from the aid station behind us kept us hydrated and fresh. Drew looked at me and…
Launch Week: The Event in Review
At Wallace Marine Park in West Salem, over 100 people gather to do something. Some show up to walk with their families and friends. Other arrive to ride their bikes through the clear and light air of a mid-summer’s evening. Others decide they want to define intensity and try Spartan in the Park. Still, others…
The Event
Imagine, train, do. Those are the words you have been seeing around the Courthouse for the last year or so. As we have shared this vision for our members, our staff, our community of fitness-seekers, we have found how fitting these words are. There is a rhythm to our fitness, our goals, our ambitions, our…
Launch Week
Fitness is the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Fitness is about moving, doing, living. Launch Week begins on Monday, July 23rd. For this Launch Week, we are celebrating this unique idea: that all the work we are doing working out is for a purpose, that fitness is worth the work, that…
Spartan: Lisa & Miriam
Everyone in Spartan is getting results. Right now, we are going to focus on two ladies who take Spartan at 9:30 every Monday and Wednesday and Friday morning at Lancaster. Their names are Miriam Castillo and Lisa Walker. They walk in with smiles five minutes before Spartan begins. But when the music starts and the…
Hiking With April
April and Ron Bezenah own a book of 100 hikes in the Central Willamette Valley. Near the front is the complete list of hikes. And to the right of some of these hikes, Ron and April have made a check-mark in black pen. This check-mark means they have completed the hike. It counts as a…
C2V 2.0 In Review
In review: it was awesome. After viewing all the photos and the GoPro video and the pictures I’ve seen from phones and cameras: it was awesome. After talking with Dino Venti and Matt Rudolph and Drew Baker and countless others who showed up: it was awesome. The C2V 2.o was awesome. Now, let’s talk about…
Out There: Walk For Hope
Last Saturday began with rain. It fell in clumps and the wind blew swiftly and to the South as over 150 people began taking the 4-mile walk from the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Salem to the Simonka House in Keizer. Families walked together. Children walked with parents. Cars honked and volunteers waved and helped lines…
Do: C2V 2.0
“Hey, when’s the next one?” The Next One is coming. That is correct. The C2V (Courthouse 2 Venti’s) is returning. And soon. The next C2V will take place on the 26th of June. The first heat starts at 5:30. The last heat will start at 7:00PM. You can sign up HERE. My favorite aspect of…