The Rivalry Clash Race Series Comes to Portland to Celebrate Oregon's Largest College Rivalry

    PORTLAND, OR, October 31, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Rivalry Clash Race Series, the nation's largest 5K and 10K rivalry run series, announced today their second-annual Rivalry Clash race for the state of Oregon taking place on Sunday November 9, in Portland, Oregon. Duck and Beaver fans and alumni will compete at the Portland International Raceway in celebration of Oregon's largest rivalry tradition in Oregon's largest metropolitan area- all while raising proceeds for Portland-based Team Challenge Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America and The Beat Goes on Marching Band.

The Rivalry Clash Race Series also unveils today its attractive lifetime registration program debuting for Oregon's Duck vs Beaver Rivalry Clash 5K & 10K. This move marks the first time the national race series will give participants who register for the 5K or 10K rivalry run free entry to all of its future races for that particular race and location. The lifetime registration perk is fully transferable to another family member or friend.

Duck vs Beaver Rivalry Clash 5K & 10K
Who: All fans and alumni are welcome
When: 8:30 a.m. - 10K run
9:00 a.m. - 5K run/walk
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - After party
Where: Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd, Portland, OR 97217
Prices: $40 - 5K (includes lifetime registration)
$45 - 10K (includes lifetime registration)
Registration: Please register here, or at www.rivalryclash.com. Packet pick up is located at the NW Portland and Tualatin Road Runner Sports stores over two days where you get your bibs, safety pins, shirts, and goodies. *10 percent discount - 20 percent if a Road Runner Sports VIP member - in store for any additional running items you may need for the Rivalry Clash races.

Throughout the event, there are opportunities to win awards and prizes:

- Individual awards include a free shoe certificate from sponsors at Road Runner Sports, for the top male and female runner in each race.
- Gift cards from Road Runner Sports will also be awarded to the second place male and female finisher in each race.
- The team of fans with the lowest overall score wins bragging rights.
- The post-race party features: giveaways, vendors, food, an emcee, and more rivalry games like corn hole and ladder ball.

Seattle-based Rivalry Events LLC, the producers of the Rivalry Clash Race Series , is partnering with a diverse group of sponsors in the Portland area for the event. Many of the sponsors will host vendor booths at the event. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Portland-based The Beat Goes On Marching Band, which is also set to perform at the event playing university fight songs as well as their own repertoire of songs, and to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America to help raise funds for awareness and research for cures of Crohn's and irritable bowel diseases.

"My goal from the beginning was to create one of the most charitable rivalry run series in the nation," said Jimmy Addison, an Oregon native and founder and event director of the Rivalry Clash Race Series . "It all started with my passion for competitive running while growing up and watching Oregon's largest football programs compete against each other in the annual Civil War game."

"I remember qualifying for the first ever Nike BorderClash race as a high schooler, held at the Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, OR beginning in 1999. I was so inspired by what John Truax and other Nike staff were doing by bringing together the fastest high school runners from Oregon and Washington for this annual rivalry race," said Addison. "Around the same time, I had also been building passion as a fan for the growing University of Oregon and Oregon State University football rivalry. I was poised to bring my two passions of rivalry runs and football together for a good cause. Now I have that opportunity to blend those passions and produce an event that celebrates multiple states' largest rivalries where fans are the centerpiece."

Join Oregon's largest rivalry in an epic battle of fun, fitness, and fan pride. Where school colors. A sea of orange and green runners and fans will start from opposing starting areas then merge and "clash" at the start line. You don't need to be a fan of either team. All fans are welcome to represent their favorite teams and schools. Also, watch for the race to head to Los Angeles on December 7, and for the Rivalry Clash Race Series to expand to Texas and Arizona markets in 2015.

About Rivalry Clash Race Series
Rivalry Clash Race Series is the nation's leading collegiate rivalry run series that provides an outlet for friendly competition among the largest college rivalries since 2013. The yearly 5K and 10K races take place from October to February, in cities that include: Portland, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The entire event is about fan pride, fun, friendly competition, and celebration of fans and college rivalry. Students, alumni, staff, and all fans are encouraged to participate and can run individually or form teams. At the finish, overall times/places of the first 20 finishers from each rival team in each race will be totaled to help determine the winner. The friendly competition continues with the post-race party complete with more rivalry tailgate and lawn games. For more information, please visit http://www.rivalryclash.com/about/.

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