For our November run we will be teaming up with Forest Park Conservancy for the start of the Nasty Challenge! What is the Nasty Challenge you ask? This is a fundraising challenge to help Forest Park Conservancy raise money to maintain the trails we all know and love. For more information, to register, and to donate please go here: The Forest Park Nasty Challenge.
Distance: 18 miles
Pace: 12-13 min pace
Reward: s'mores (and glory)
Arc'teryx Portland will be hosting the first community run of this 6 month challenge and we are taking on the Alphabet Nasty. The Alphabet Nasty is a route in Forest Park cleverly designed to help runners find distance and vert in the winter months while there is snow on the mountain. We're talking 14 miles.... 2500ft of vert... right in our backyard. We're adding our own spice by starting and ending at our brand new renovated store at 605 NW 23rd Avenue. Making the total for this run 18 miles... and 3000ft of vert..
Our Race Team will be pacing this at an 12-13min/mile pace. This is an opportunity to dig into type 2 fun with your fellow runners on a route that will challenge even the most experienced of us. This will be our longest and most difficult run we have hosted to date. Please expect to be gone for multiple hours, bring a hydration vest, layers, and plenty of fuel. The route goes through familiar run club routes so you can bail at anytime you would like.
There will be an optional hiking route that will be led by friends of the brand if you're looking for something a little more chill.
Check out the route on Strava:
What to bring:
-Running Shoes
-Appropriate Clothing
-Water
-Fuel/Food
-Your Run Club punch card, if you do not already have one
Run Club punch card: We will have punch cards available for all attendees. Get a stamp for each run club you join us at and visit Arc'teryx Portland to redeem punches for earned gear.
The Norvan Nivalis shoe will be available to demo and we will have light bites, Athletic Brewing, and S'mores afterwards.
We can't wait to see you!
Meeting Time - 9:00am - 9:20am
Briefing - 9:20am
Start Group Run - 9:30am
The run will start at Arc'teryx Portland and will head down NW 24th Ave, turning right onto NW Thurman and head to Lower Macleay. From Lower Macleay Park and head up the babbling creek of Macleay. Work your way along the creek, dodge past the “Witches House” and then ascend up the steepest section of Wildwood this side of Pittock mansion. Cross-over Cornell on Wildwood and immediately turn away from Wildwood onto Upper Macleay trail. This crosses over Wildwood and then becomes Macleay Blvd. Keep to the right and blend into Monte Vista then Pittock Drive. Turn right onto Wildwood from Pittock Drive and stay on it across Cornell and up past the Stone House. Turn left up to Holman Lane to 53rd Ave, of course go uphill to Birch Trail, our first alphabet trail. The trailhead is to the right at the first parking lot you come across.
Proceed down Birch, hard right onto Wildwood and descend further to our second alphabet trail, Aspen Tr. Down the trail to Aspen Road, turn right until the steps down to the left that go to Thurman Street. Turn left on Thurman, stay right on Gordon, and continue to Mayfair. Towards the end of Mayfair is a trail to the left known as Water Tank trail, go up it past the water tank to Leif. Right on Leif a short jaunt until our third alphabet trail, Wild Cherry. Bound up Wild Cherry, cross-over Wildwood ascending almost to 53rd but turn right on the fourth alphabet trail, Dogwood. Stay right on Dogwood past Keil trail (we’ll get to that one later) all the way down to Leif. Jog along Leif until going up Alder Trail. At the top of Alder head left, just where Wildwood meets 53rd Ave there is Keil Trail between them, ascend Keil for the last climb of the day, roll over the top and connect with Wild Cherry to Leif, right on Leif all the way to the gate, then proceed down Thurman to the bridge over Macleay Park. Drop down the stairs and return to the beginning.
This week, we will be running the Alphabet Nasty
We will be offering a demo of Norvan Nivalis Shoe on a first come first serve basis.
