Culture Four tips for handling marathon week Crosscut By 2: Carbo-loading? Last-minute training? And what about Thanksgiving dinner? How to deal with the Seattle Marathon pre-race jitters. by Monte Enbysk / November 24, 2009
Culture A decade of slow running: My most memorable moments Crosscut By 2: As this year's Seattle Marathon training winds down, our columnist looks back on his 16 marathons and 10 years of serious running. by Monte Enbysk / November 19, 2009
Culture Crosscut By 2: Why slow runners are good for marathons Monte Enbysk after (his slow) 2008 Seattle Marathon by Monte Enbysk / November 17, 2009
Crosscut By 2: Peak Week for the Seattle Marathon My training regimen dictates that this week is the most intense before the big race. by Monte Enbysk / November 13, 2009
Crosscut By Two: 20 miles on a bad leg The 2009 Seattle Marathon gets underway. by Monte Enbysk / November 9, 2009
Culture Hitting the wall before the starting line Monte Enbysk runs the 2008 Seattle Marathon in the fog. by Monte Enbysk / November 5, 2009
Politics Painting or just paint? Portland continues its graffiti debate Dangerous to some, art to others. (City of Portland) by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / October 10, 2007
Politics For-profit prophesy: An Oregon library system reopens under new management Jackson County couldn't make up $7 million in lost federal funds, so book-lending and other tasks are being outsourced. by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / October 5, 2007
Culture A Portland blogger challenges an NYT writer's connections Kevin Allman wonders if wine writer Eric Asimov is too cozy with the owners of a restaurant he praised. His is among other provocative questions posed by Stumptown bloggers recently. by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / October 4, 2007
Culture Life after the demolition of a dam on Oregon's Sandy River Demolition of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River in Oregon began with a big blast mostly designed to weaken it. (PGE) by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / September 26, 2007