Ashland Oregon is home to Southern Oregon University and the internationally renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival. This isn't too surprising to anyone, however what you may not know is that Ashland is becoming the mecca for ultra-running. Ashland is a town with approximately 20,000 people. Some of the most accomplished ultra-runners call it home. On July 8th I am going to take part in the annual Siskiyou Out and Back; one of the premiere events on the Southern Oregon Trail Running calendar.
The Siskiyou Trail stretches from California's Central Valley to Oregon's Willamette Valley; modern-day Interstate 5. The Siskiyou Trail provided the shortest travel path between early settlements in California and Oregon. In California during the gold rush, the people who traveled on this path were called Forty-niners.
Shout out to my favorite forty-niner Michael Singletary!
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