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The USATF Oregon mountain, ultra & trail news webpage is your source for the latest stories, press releases, shoe reviews and first hand accounts of MUT runs, races and general happenings.

March 6, 2008 - USATF 100 Kilometer U.S. Championship Running Race - Registration is now open!  Yuba City, CA. Sunsweet Growers Inc., the Willamette Pass Ski Resort, the City of Oakridge, and Team Sunsweet Ultrarunning are pleased to announce the U.S.A Track and Field selection of the Where's Waldo 100K at Willamette Pass, Oregon as the 2008 Open and Masters National 100K Trailrunning Championship............to read the full article click here.

February 26, 2008 - Hagg Lake 50K Race Report from Neil Olsen - February in the Willamette Valley predictably means rain, so I was mentally preparing myself for a long cold soggy windy mud-fest like last year. The weather report even the day before predicted rain at least into the morning............to read the full article click here.

January 6, 2008 - Shoe Review: New La Sportiva Crosslite tested in rainy Portland, Oregon. As is typical this time of year in the Pacific Northwest, we had a lot of rain and even a bit of snow making the trails very wet and muddy - perfect conditions for the burly outsole of the Crosslite.  I had to hose down the shoes (and myself) after nearly every run............to read the full article click here.

January 15, 2007 - Shoe Review: The Inov-8 F-Lite 300 - England's premier off-road shoemaker takes on an Oregon winter.  The F-Lite 300 has the fantastic, no-frills fit of other Inov-8 shoes with a trim mid-sole and medium tread for mixed on and off road use.  Once again Inov-8 has given us a lightweight training shoe with the durability of a hiking boot............to read the full article click here.