Campus Rec is a department of Portland State University. Located on campus, where urban meets the outdoors. Where they eat, sleep, and breathe all things recreation.
by Beth Royston Earlier in the year, I had the opportunity to try something I’d always been curious about — working with a personal trainer. I was fortunate enough to try purchasing sessions with a personal trainer from campus Rec, with the hopes that I could get assistance developing an at-home routine that would help me get a little more fit. Due to the pandemic, … Continue reading A New Fit Experience
by Beth Royston The fact that the city is filled with numerous food carts is one of my favorite things about Portland. Predictably, since starting at PSU, they’ve become slightly dangerous for my paycheck. The wealth of options for lunch and quick snacks around campus is really tempting. I find myself most often visiting the food cart pod on Fourth Avenue, hunting gyros or beef … Continue reading Roof With a View
by Beth Royston I used to play a lot of sports, but stopped playing in high school for various reasons before an injury put all sports on hold. I’ve played soccer, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyball, and really enjoyed all of them. I knew I wanted to get more active again, and hoped to find something that worked with my schedule and body. But I’m not … Continue reading Getting Active
By: Anna Sobczyk Exercise is my catharsis, and it takes something major to throw me off my routine. A year ago, that unexpected “something major” happened. I developed sesamoiditis, the inflammation around two tiny bones in the ball of the foot, and it caused severe pain when I ran. I stupidly kept running on it because I refused to accept the fact that pain resulting … Continue reading A Healing Hiatus
By Joshua McCarroll As a student I have found if you work on a single project for too long without breaks, you begin to dig yourself into a sort of mental ditch, attacking the problem with the same strategy and thoughts over and over. You lose perspective. I found myself in one of these mental holes of frustration at the PSU library recently and needed … Continue reading Hike to Council Crest from Campus
By Josh McCarroll For my second winter hike I wanted to make a day trip out of it and get out of the city. I also wanted a place that was easy to find, and safely accessible for PSU students in the case of snow. I tried out Angel’s rest. Angel’s Rest was one of the many previously closed Columbia River Gorge hikes that reopened … Continue reading Portland area winter hikes part 2: Angel’s Rest
By Josh McCarroll One of the many things that make hiking in the forest such a beautiful experience is the knowledge that it is far older than us and the perception that it will be around long after we die. This perceived permanence always allows us the space to appreciate Oregon’s forests some other day. However, any of them could burn away by next summer. … Continue reading Portland area winter hikes. Part 1
