bio, profile, and touchstone

Bryan Westby is a writer, editor, and publisher, and Director of the Timberline Trail Running Club. He developed portlandrunner.com, an electronic magazine featuring the first online running calendar listing every major running and multisport event in the region.

Editor of the Oregon Distance Runner for ten years, he served as Board Member and Race Director for the Oregon Road Runners Club, the organization responsible for such races as the Portland Marathon, the Cascade Runoff, and Hood to Coast.

He was also President of Team Red Lizard, Marketing Guru at Run With Paula Events, and Lieutenant of Operations at X-Dog Events. He currently manages the Pine Hollow Triathlon, Timberline Mt Run, and Multnomah Falls Trail Run.

He holds a blue belt in Aikido, red belt in Tae Kwon Do, black belt in Hapkido, and a gray belt in Strike Trap Throw. He also writes satire pertinent to the human condition, as well as metafiction, and soft-core porn. His latest project is Rockwood Publishing.