MEDIA AND AWARDS

#297: Bunk to 5K: Unique Running Program for Women Inmates

Sarah is joined in studio for a special conversation with Trisha Swanson, founder of Reason to Run, a training program designed to encourage and support both new and experienced runners who are incarcerated at the Oregon state women’s correctional prison, plus Mimi Clinton, a mother runner who was in the program in 2016. LISTEN HERE » (at roughly 26:18)

5 on the 4th – 5K Run & Walk with Kids' Run

For over a decade, we’ve hosted a free run to ORRC members on the 4th of July. Oregon Road Runners Club is excited to partner with the local charity, Reason to Run, in association with our July 4th 5K run/walk in Wilsonville, OR. READ MORE »

20 Women Who Are Changing the Sport of Running (and the World)

Trisha Swanson proved that running is an uplifting and effective method of rehabilitation when she created the Bunk to 5K training program for prison inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCC F) in Oregon. It started in 2011, when she partnered with Susan G. Komen to put on a single Race for the Cure 5K inside the prison. READ MORE »

A Reason to Run on Independence Day

Independence Day in Wilsonville with a 5 kilometer run. The “5 on the 4th,” which for more than a decade has taken place on and around the Mentor Graphics campus on Boeckman Road, is organized by the nonprofit Oregon Road Runners Club (ORRC). It’s an event that promises fun for runners of all ages and experience levels. This year, however, the run will also benefit a less visible segment of the population: inmates at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. READ MORE »

Bunk to 5K–The Program That Gets Prison Inmates Running

Trisha Swanson, a 45-year-old mother of two, has run eight ultramarathons and more than 10 marathons. Yet, she hasn’t forgotten the sense of accomplishment she felt 20 years ago when she finished her first 5K, which inspired her to become a running coach. READ MORE »

The Race of Their Lives

As he jogged for 24 miles and four hours on a February morning, Kellie Ike daydreamed about the Columbia River Gorge, a place not far from where he learned to fish and hunt growing up. He began training for his first marathon only last fall. But he's well-practiced in pretending he's somewhere else. READ MORE » (See side bar mention)

Details of Life Skills Program

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