Club Founders: Shawn & Jessi

We moved to Portland in July of 2007 from Austin, TX with no real plan. All we knew was that we wanted to explore a new part of the country that had an abundance of outdoor opportunities. Austin is great, but hot.....REALLY hot.

So....upon that decision, we packed up our two cats and most of our belongings and road-tripped to Oregon.

Back in Austin we were members of an AMAZING Trail and Ultra Running Club:

Texas Hill Country Trail Runners

We were surprised to find no clubs solely dedicated to Trailruning and Ultramarathon racing in the Portland Metro area, so was born....TRAIL FACTOR! Our intention is to make TRAIL FACTOR an amazing trail running and ultramarathoning resource and encourage those new to trail running to get out there and hit the dirt. Happy Trail running.