Gary ran track back in his high school days but didn't enjoy it.  He and his family  had been involved with Motocross Racing for several years. It wasn't until we met and he went on his first trail run...well, actually his first scramble that he became a running junkie.  I had already been pretty serious about running for several years and got Gary to go running with me here and there during my weekly training runs.  Usually a pretty easy 2-3 mile run in my neighborhood.  When I told him I was going toward Mt. Hood to do the XDog Events' McCubbins Gulch Scramble he decided to join me.  Funny thing is that we went on a rafting trip the day before and MAN, DID HE HAVE A LOT TO DRINK...so much that he passed out 

So I had to drive us that night to McCubbins Gulch.  I just laughed to myself thinking about how much he'd be hurting the next day.  Crazy thing is that he actually pulled me along on the scramble the next morning..."come on babe" he'd say to me.  We finished our first scramble hand-in-hand..."aahhh so cute"!  I couldn't believe how well he'd done considering he had only been running with me on ocassion for a few months and considering how much Jack Daniels he had drank the day before.  I guess that's why he refers to himself as an alcoholic with a running problem.  He defnitely fit right in with the XDog Events group :-)  After the McCubbins Gulch Scramble, we both became addicted to scrambles and trail running.  They are definitely more of an adventure!

We soon realized that the trail running events in the Salem area are limited and although the running community in Salem is pretty large, we noticed the trail running events we attend do not have a large number of Salem and surrounding area participants.  We've created this website to share our running adventures with our friends and family and local community.  We hope to spread our trail running addiction to others.  We also hope to create more trail running opportunities for other local runners in the area...so stay tuned!