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25 May 2019 - Oregon Spring Half Marathon

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Oregon is one of those US states I probably would not have visited without my goal of running a half marathon in all 50 states.  Not that I have anything against Oregon, it's just that it's up in the left corner of the US and until recently I  didn't know anyone that lived in Oregon.  Anyhow, last Friday, Julie and I flew into Portland and then drove our rental car to the Fairfield Inn in Lake Oswego.  I learned the proper way to pronounce it is Os-we-go.  For some reason I want to pronounce it Os-way-go.  This hotel was comfortable and convenient since packet pickup was held there. Around 4pm, we headed down to packet pickup.  Packet pickup was small but they gave me my bib, running shirt and answered all my questions about the race.  One other cool thing is they were giving away race shirts from previous years.  I grabbed one and Julie found a couple as well.  They didn't care that she wasn't running this race as their only goal seemed to be finding someo