Run Hub Northwest

Community Group Run
2024-08-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us every Wednesday for a laid-back, fun run. We meet in front of Run Hub at 515 High Street. Runners and walkers can choose to go 3 or 5 miles at a range of speeds (seriously). Anyone and everyone is welcome, including small persons in strollers and our four legged-friends.
Winter 3-mile routeWinter 5-mile route

Cooper Creek Destination Trail Run & Paddle
2024-09-01 09:00 - 14:00
This month we will be traveling south to Cooper Creek Reservoir in Sutherlin for our destination trail run. Head to Run Hub on Sun, Sept. 1 at 9-9:15am to carpool or meet the group at the Cooper Creek trailhead at 10:15am.

We’ll run a picturesque 6 mile loop traversing around Cooper Creek Reservoir. After the run, we’ll cool off by paddling around in the reservoir. BYOFD (Bring your own flotation device). The water temperature is very mild and great for swimming, kayaking or stand up paddle boarding.

Details:
Sun, Sept. 19:00 AM-9:15 AM: Meet at Run Hub to carpool to the trailhead.10:15 AM: Meet at the main Cooper Creek Reservoir parking lot (491 Edgewater Dr, Sutherlin, OR 97479). Will go over the run, and take a group photo.10:20 AM: Start the run! We will run around the creek counterclockwise. It is a fun loop with mild rolling hills. The 6 miles has around 800 feet of vert.After the loop, grab a snack and we will float around the reservoir.After the float you are welcome to eat at Huele A Tacos food truck in Sutherlin. It is amazing!Address: 1358 W Central Ave, Sutherlin, OR 97479

All running levels are welcome. We can’t wait to share this great trail with you!

If you are a runner that always gets lost on trails this is a great trail for you to run, as there is only one trail. The trail hugs the reservoir the entire way. You will always see the reservoir on your left.

Gear Grants Jackpot Jog 2024
2024-09-07 11:00 - 14:00
Get your ticket before the price increases on September 1!
Join us on Saturday, September 7, for the 2024 Gear Grants Jackpot Jog, a poker run and catered lunch to fundraise for Run Hub Gear Grants!

Run Hub Gear Grants provides free running shoes and other gear to school-aged runners in need. Our fall 2024 Gear Grants application opens on August 11, and grants will be issued to cross country athletes in September.

Tickets

Pre-registration is required for the event. Your $30 Gear Grants Jackpot Jog ticket includes

access to the poker run and post-run raffle

a catered lunch from Yabai Nikkei (chicken or tofu teriyaki, rice, salad and onigiri)

a drink from ColdFire Brewing (beer, wine and non-alcoholic options)

We encourage you to buy your ticket before Sept 1, so that we have an accurate count of participants for the caterer. The ticket price will increase to $40 on Sept 1.

About the event

The event will start at 11 AM at Run Hub Northwest, 515 High Street in Eugene, and participants will have one hour to check out Brooks demo shoes and other products from our sponsors. The run will start at 12 PM at Run Hub. Runners will run to five checkpoints throughout downtown Eugene and will draw a playing card at each one. The run will end at ColdFire Brewing Company, 263 Mill St.

The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run! The winner of the game will receive a $100 gift card to Run Hub!

Thanks to our sponsors, Brooks, Balega, UltrAspire, Skratch and Craft, 100% of ticket sales will go to Run Hub Gear Grants!

And thank you to the local businesses who are participating as poker card stops: High Street Tonics, PLAY Eugene, Meraki Coffee Co., New Day Bakery and Staszak Physical Therapy.

Event schedule

11 AM: Meet at Run Hub to check out Brooks demo shoes and other products from our sponsors.

12 PM: Poker run begins at Run Hub and finishes at ColdFire.

1 PM: Food, drinks and raffle at ColdFire.

More about Run Hub Gear Grants

Run Hub has issued more than 130 $200 Gear Grants to local student athletes since the program’s inception in fall 2022.

Run Hub Gear Grants can be used by middle and high school students to purchase running shoes and other gear from Run Hub. Students must be enrolled in a track or cross country program at a Eugene/Springfield school or a sanctioned youth running program within Eugene/Springfield. Grants are given in the spring and fall of each year.

Gear grants are created with funds donated by Run Hub customers and community members and through fundraising runs such as the Jackpot Jog.

Kings Castle Destination Trail Run
2024-09-29 09:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
For the September trail run, we’ll head east along the McKenzie River to explore Kings Castle and Castle Rock trails. Join us on Sunday, Sept. 29 for 5, 9 or 11-miles on this scenic vert run. Enjoy dense forest, smooth soft trails and a view of the Sisters mountains at the top.
This is a preview run for Elevated Trail Racing’s ‘Storm the Castle‘ race on Dec. 7. After the run, we’ll head to Takodas for food and drink.
Schedule:
9am: Meet at Run Hub
9:15am: Leave for Kings Castle Trailhead (54754 King Rd E, Blue River)
10am: Arrive at Trailhead, take group photo, run!
12:30ish: Meet at Takodas (91806 Mill Creek Rd, Blue River)

Community Run and Brooks Glycerin Max demo
2024-10-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us for our regularly scheduled community run/walk and demo the all new Glycerin Max from Brooks.
The run/walk will start at 6 PM at Run Hub, 515 High Street. Come a little early to check out a pair of demo shoes, then choose to do 3 or 5 miles on Pre’s Trail and the Willamette River path.
All paces and abilities are welcome! We will have two run leaders and one walking leader.
The Brooks Glycerin Max is a maximum cushion road shoe for runners and walkers. The shoe features a softer cushion in the heel for plush landings and a firmer cushion under the forefoot for propulsive toe-offs. It also has a “GlideRoll” rocker for effortless heel-to-toe transitions.

Community Group Run/Walk
2024-10-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 and 1 more date | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us every Wednesday for a laid-back, fun run or walk. We meet in front of Run Hub at 515 High Street. Runners and walkers can choose to go 3 or 5 miles at a range of speeds (seriously). Anyone and everyone is welcome, including small persons in strollers and our four legged-friends. We have 2-3 staff members lead the run and one walk leader.
Winter 3-mile routeWinter 5-mile route

2024 Halloween RunVenture
2024-10-25 17:30 - 20:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us for this Halloween-themed running scavenger hunt around downtown Eugene! You’ll have one hour to make it to as many stops as you can. This event is free for participants and all paces and abilities are welcome!
Schedule:
5:30 PM: Demos at the store
6 PM: Run begins
7 PM: Run finishes at Beergarden for drinks and a prize raffle
The run will be about ~3-4 miles total.
More details:
Meet at the shop at 5:30 p.m. to demo On shoes, Oofos recovery footwear and Shokz bone conduction headphones (and get extra raffle tickets for the post-run raffle)!
The run will begin at 6 p.m. and you’ll have one hour to make it to as many stops as possible. The more stops you make it to, the more raffle tickets you get! We’ll end the run at 7 p.m. at Beergarden and enjoy some drinks and raffle off prizes from our participating vendors and businesses!
Don’t forget to wear your Halloween costume! We’ll award prizes for spookiest, best duo/group and most creative.

Destination Trail Run - Hendricks to Moon
2024-10-27 08:00 - 12:00 | Hendricks Park
Meet at Hendrick’s Park parking lot (corner of Floral Hill Dr. & Fairmount Blvd) at 8am on Sun, Oct. 27 for a 6.5-mile no-drop trail run. We’ll talk about the route, take a group photo and get going around 8:10am.
This is a backyard destination trail run from Hendricks Park to Moon Mountain, with 1,050′ elevation gain and warm fall vibes. You’ll climb Ribbon Trail and dash over to Black Oak Basin. Then you’ll head up, down and around to Coryell Ridge, and get a fall morning view of Moon before looping back, down and around to Hendricks. After the run, we’ll head to Hideaway Bakery (3377 E Amazon Dr) for food and drink.
Our new trail run leader, James Wellington will be leading this month’s trail run. Welcome, James!
A no-drop run means we’ll be stopping as a group a few times along the way for everyone to regroup. If you’re planning to hike the route, feel free to bring a friend or save the route.

Highlights of the run:

Muddy in parts in the wet season
Local wildflower in the growing season
Various terrain types (bonus)
Hideaway Bakery after
Become a friend?

For more local Eugene and Lane County group trial runs, see destination trail runs.

UltrAspire Demo
2024-11-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Try out a variety of lights and hydration vests or belts from UltrAspire during our community run on Wed, Nov. 6 at 6pm.
Our UltrAspire rep will have the Lumen 200, 400, 600 and 850 waist lights to test out. In addition, you can try hydration options including the Speedgoat 3.0 or Synaptic 2.0 waist packs and the Bronco race vest. These products can be purchased or ordered through Run Hub.
All paces are welcome to join us for our community run/walk. We’ll do our 3- and 5-mile routes from the shop and along the river path. Please bring a headlamp if you don’t plan to demo a waist light. Afterward, we’ll head to Oakshire Brewing for food and drink.

Hoka Skyflow and Mach X 2 Demo
2024-11-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us for our community run/walk on Wed, Nov. 20 at 6pm to demo the HOKA Skyflow or Mach X 2.
The Skyflow is a cushioned everyday trainer while the Mach X 2 has a Pebax plate and propulsive rocker and is made for speed work and race day. Our Hoka rep will bring pumpkin pie as a post-run treat!
We’ll do our 3- and 5-mile routes from the shop and along the river path. Please bring your lights and reflective gear! Afterward, everyone is invited to head to Oakshire Brewing for food and drink.
*Every Wed we have a physical therapist at the shop from 5:30-6pm for free injury consults. Feel free to come a little early to chat with a PT.

Running on Stuffing
2024-11-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us for a fun run/walk of 3-5 miles from Run Hub to Pre’s Trail and back on Fri, Nov. 29 at 11am! Afterward, we’ll have complimentary coffee, hot cocoa and pastries from Palace Bakery. All attendees will receive $10 in Run Hub bucks to use on a future purchase. All paces are welcome to run or walk with us.
Additionally, we’ll have a number of sales going on Nov. 29-Dec.1. On Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30, spend $150+ on regularly priced merchandise and get a $20 gift card free!
Deals include:

Buy 3 pair, get 1 pair free on all Socks
Buy 1, get 1 half off Apparel (lowest priced item discounted)
Discounts on Shokz headphones
$50-$100 OFF Garmin watches
and more!

Run Hub Holiday Sale
2024-11-29 11:00 - 2024-12-01 17:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Celebrate Black Friday all weekend long with great deals at Run Hub! Plus, a fun run on Friday at 11am and treats Fri and Sat.
Friday, Nov. 29 at 11am: Running on Stuffing, 3 or 5 miles from Run Hub
Saturday: Spend $150+ on regularly priced merchandise and get a $20 gift card free!
Sales happening all weekend (Nov. 29-Dec. 1):

Buy 3 pair, get 1 pair free on all socks (Balega, Features, Darn Tough, Injinji, Run Hub)
Buy 1, get 1 half off on all apparel (lowest priced item is discounted)
$50-$100 off Garmin GPS watches
Discounts on Shokz bone conduction headphones
More sales in-store!

Plus, we’ll have complimentary coffee and pastries from Palace Bakery on Friday and Saturday to say thank you for shopping local.
*Frequent buyer rewards cannot be combined with other discounts.

McKenzie River Run and Soak with Brooks
2024-12-01 08:00 - 15:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us and experience the annual charm of the McKenzie River Trail. All paces welcome.
Choose your adventure with shuttle options ($10 per/ person) for 5, 9, 13, or 17 mile point-to-point route!
This Destination trail run features Brooks shoe demos, shoe raffle, shirts, hats, and 1-hour Belknap soak courtesy of Brooks!

RESERVE SHUTTLE
Limited to first 50,
Fully reserved. No spots remaining.
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Schedule

8 am – Carpool meet-up 🕗
Arrive at Run Hub Northwest at 8 am for a carpool shuttle up to Belknap Hot Spring upper parking area. Limited parking available.
9:15 – Shoe demo, raffle, and group photo 📸
Sign-in on the clipboard, try on a pair of Brooks (Caldera and Cascadia), e-raffle shoe winner(s), and huddle up for a group photo at the large Belknap sign. Meet at Pin 📍
9:30 – Shuttle van departure 🚌
Depart on shuttles for the various route options listed below. This is a one-way trail ticket.
Post-run Belknap soak on Brooks 🚿
The groups should return between 11:00 and 1pm to Belknap. Brooks has covered our 1-hour soak fee! Please shower, be courteous of the staff, other visitors, and be sure to thank the Tech Rep. Remember to bring a towel, swim suit, and change of clothes. Limited locker space is available at Belknap.

Shuttle registration required ($10 per person)
Horse Creek Lodge will be providing shuttle service for four different route options to those participating in the point-to-point routes. The group discount cost per person is $10. Please be sure to thank your drivers.​ Registration is required through Horse Creek Lodge for logistic purposes.

Why wait?!

REGISTER FOR THE SHUTTLE

Get this wonderful event on your calendar!
Limited 50, reserve by 11/24 or sooner.
Fully reserved. No spots remaining.
Get Notified

Thank you so much for this run! I’ve been trying to get out to these events for a year now and with races and family commitments I’ve not been able to make one till now. Today was a fun run in the woods. 😊- Kelly

Shuttle Reservation
Check your inbox after registering for the shuttle. Click on Manage Shuttle Reservation and select if you’ll be attending the soak and what drop off location you are planning to attend.

Route options 🗺️

Pick from these amazing route options.
Belknap Resort 0.5 (no shuttle walk)
MRT Deer Cr to Belknap 5
MRT Trail Bridge 9
MRT Trail Bridge Blue Pool to Belknap 13
MRT Sahalie to Belknap 17
🗒️A .gpx file can be downloaded from the desktop web browser and loaded on watches with navigation features.

Cost
The total cost should be $10 per person. Please remember to bring a towel.

$10 – 1-hour soak (covered by Brooks)
$10 – Horse Creek Lodge Shuttle (group rate)
$2 – Forgot your own towel fee

More info
For more group trail run events, see Destination Trail Runs. Invite a friend, share the McKenzie River & Soak Flyer.

Previous event
Thank you to all who showed up for the October edition from Hendricks to Moon, what a treat. If you missed the photos, take a look.

Holiday RunVenture 2024
2024-12-07 13:30 - 16:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Join us for a fun holiday-themed running scavenger hunt through Eugene and help give back to the community!
Meet at the shop at 1:30 p.m. to check out a pair of Brooks demo shoes. The run will start at 2 p.m. and you’ll have one hour to make it to as many stops as you can. The route will be 3-4 miles. We’ll end the run at 3 p.m. at Gratitude Brewing, where we’ll raffle off prizes from our vendors and participating businesses.
We’ll also have a costume contest with prizes for the three best-dressed participants!
As your entry into the RunVenture, we ask that you bring a monetary donation in the form of cash or check for St. Vincent de Paul’s Season of Joy program. This campaign is raising funds to provide totes filled with essentials, such as household cleaning supplies and personal-care products, to seniors living at St. Vincent de Paul affordable-housing properties this holiday season.
If you’re unable to make it to the RunVenture but still want to donate, please bring your donation to the shop by 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. Thank you all in advance for helping make the holiday special for these seniors.

Altra FWD VIA Demo & Community Run/Walk
2024-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Try out the high cushioned Altra FWD VIA during our community run/walk on Wed, Dec. 11 at 6pm! With a new lightweight and responsive midsole foam, rocker shape and a roomy toe box, the all-new FWD VIA is designed to deliver an efficient and smooth stride. Come a little early to try on your size to demo.
All paces are welcome for our 3- and 5-mile routes. Please bring a headlamp and reflective gear as it will be dark during the run/walk. Afterward, everyone is invited to head to Oakshire Brewing for food and drink.
