Among my all-time favorite events was the Cascade Run Off.  Swank parties at the Pittock Mansion, Benji Durden slipping on volcanic ash, John Tesh almost decapitated by a low-hanging wire.  My best race, I clocked a five-kilometer personal record en route downhill.  Drafting off Miki Gorman.  From June 1990.   There will always be something to … Continue reading Joan Benoit The Barracuda