Treyton Lara, a 24-year-old youth pastor and avid runner, died from sudden cardiac arrest while participating in the Portland Marathon on Sunday. Around mile 19 of the race, Lara paused briefly to kiss his wife, Audrey Shin-Lara, before continuing. He collapsed shortly after at mile 20, despite appearing healthy and well-trained for the event. Lara’s death shocked those close to him as he had no known medical conditions and was an active member of his community who recently opened a youth camp called Camp Genesis.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
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A young and healthy youth pastor died from a sudden cardiac arrest while running in the Portland Marathon, his heartbroken wife has revealed.
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Treyton Lara, 24, was in the Rose City on Sunday after training for the marathon for months.
Lara was going strong and appeared to be in good shape around mile 19, where his wife, Audrey Shin-Lara, as well as family and friends, were waiting on the sidelines to cheer him on.
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'He ran over and was able to smile and give me a kiss, and then he ran off, and he looked good,' Shin-Lara told KPTV.
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But soon after at mile 20, Lara suddenly collapsed.
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He was taken to a hospital where staff did their best to save him, but the 24-year-old was pronounced dead, Shin-Lara said.
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Doctors told the grieving wife that Lara had gone into cardiac arrest.
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Lara had no underlying medical conditions and was an avid runner who was well-prepared for a marathon, according to Shin-Lara.
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Her husband's unexpected death has been difficult to process.
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'The grief is coming in waves where one moment it still doesn’t feel real, where like I’m just gonna wake up, and he’s gonna be over there,' Shin-Lara said.
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Youth pastor Treyton Lara, 24, died after suffering a sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest while running the Portland Marathon on Sunday
Lara's wife, Audrey Shin-Lara, said she was shocked because he had no underlying medical conditions and was an avid runner.
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The couple is pictured
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Shin-Lara said that her husband was beloved by friends and family, who knew him as Trey.
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The couple is pictured
Lara was ambitious and wanted to make a positive impact on the world through his work as a youth pastor, according to his wife.
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He had many goals, one of which he had recently achieved over the summer.
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At the age of just 24, Lara opened a youth camp called Camp Genesis with the help of his wife.
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The camp welcomed middle schoolers and high schoolers for the first time in June with the intention 'to create space for students to step away from the distractions of everyday life and encounter God in a meaningful way,' according to its website.
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Shin-Lara said that her husband was beloved by his family and friends, who called him Trey, and that he loved them right back.
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'Besides loving Jesus, he loved his friends and family.
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He was the best big brother, Tio to so many cousins, and some of our friends’ kids would call him Uncle Trey,' she said.
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And we’ll see him again.'
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The couple had been married for almost five years, according to Shin-Lara's social media.
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She told KGW that the two met at summer camp when she was 12.
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An online fundraiser has been organized to help the couple's family cover the cost of funeral expenses and medical bills while they are in mourning.
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Lara opened a youth camp called Camp Genesis over the summer with the help of his wife.
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The youth pastor, his wife and parents are pictured at the camp wearing T-shirts with its name
Lara 'loved film, kept an active Letterboxd account, [and] ate popcorn like it was a delicacy,' loved ones said.
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He is pictured with a bag of popcorn in a theatre
According to the fundraiser, Lara was just days away from his 25th birthday.
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The page also says that Lara was 'full of life and lived intentionally every day,' and that 'his faith was his defining feature.'
'He loved film, kept an active Letterboxd account, ate popcorn like it was a delicacy, collected clothes like works of art, and had a unique sense of style,' the fundraiser said.
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'He was a coffee purist, a foodie, an incredible chef, and had an eye for photography.
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He could make friends with anyone and had an unmatched sense of humor.'
As of Thursday afternoon, the fundraiser has garnered more than $80,000 in just two days.
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'We want to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has given, prayed, shared, and supported the Lara family during this incredibly difficult time,' read an update posted to the page on Thursday.
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'The family has been absolutely blown away by the outpouring of love and generosity.
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Your kindness has meant more than words can express.'
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