5-11-2008 |
Well, we had one day in a row of great weather. Saturday was cool and too windy in Monmouth but we were able to put this spring's largest group on the track for our last meet of the season.
We will not go to the Willamette Last Chance meet on Thursday, so now it's time for a rest stage for many of our track runners... and it's a chance to run in some odd and fun races here in town for anyone who still has some fuel left in the tank.
And the Club barbeque is just NINE days away!
Our annual Club barbeque at my house is on the schedule for Tuesday, May 20, at 6:00pm. Everyone is welcome!
Janet and I will provide hamburgers, veggieburgers and hot dogs. Dorm residents bring drinks and chips. Off-campus people bring salads and sidedishes. Terzenbach brings ice cream... not mint chocolate chip (Liisa already has that).
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Western Oregon Twilight results
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| Event | Name | # | Time |
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| 1500m | Calvin Brawner
Jon Terzenbach
Colin Corrigan
Dan Dickinson
Chris Smith
Jonathan Weiland | 8
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16 | 4:10.50 - almost won heat
4:14.50
4:17.16
4:23.27 - first Club race
4:26.87
4:27.55 | | 5000m | David Reid
Conor O'Brien
Kyle Leibovitch | 7
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18 | 15:41.64
15:42.32 - seasonal best
16:33.66 | | 5000m | Lauren Fox | 7 | 20:16.05 - first college track race | | Steeple | Laura Bocko | 4 | 12:49.65 - last college track race | | 100m HH | Julie DeCourcey | 6 | 18.59 - seasonal best |
Keith ran another lonely track race at Hayward Field in the Oregon Twilight meet, 15:24.63 for 5000m, his second fastest of the season.
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Training, resting... this means you!
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If you've had a full season of track racing and you don't want to run some road races for fun in the last month of spring term, now is a chance to rest. It's a great time to take a couple of weeks off running completely or to do only a little light running.
Several of you are pretty banged up right now, so it's time for rest and recovery. Since we have so little medical help, now you can take the family doctor's advice... "If it hurts, don't do it!"
Somewhere down the road, whether you're resting or hurting, you'll get itchy to run again. That's the time for recreational running unless something still hurts. If you've been hurt, it's better to give it a few extra days of rest than to risk a recurrence of a nagging injury.
If you're uninjured and not ready to rest right now, you should plan for a rest stage sometime in the next few weeks. You can keep running for fun now and even do some of the local road races. Keep in mind, though, that you need a down time before you think about a buildup for cross country.
David will have information before school's end about our cross country intentions for next fall. NIRCA cross country nationals are a week later than last season... at Penn State. It's going to be expensive, so we ought to think about our expectations as defending national champions!
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Jog for Jim 5km on campus
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There's a good road race on campus next Saturday, May 17 at 8am...the 5km Jog for Jim. It starts and finishes in front of the Business School on 13th Avenue. Entry fee is just $10 for students though Friday. Enter online at goodrace.com. Entry forms are probably available in Lillis Hall too.
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Seventh week training - Ultimate football?
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Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 16: 3:00pm at the waterfall -- 20-60 minutes easy run, abs and pushups.
No more track workouts this spring. Kristin wants to play ultimate football some day...
I'll see you at the waterfall,
Tom Heinonen, coach
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UO Running Club provides the opportunity for students to get together to run, train and race. Most of our sessions are steady runs. A couple of days each week we offer harder training sessions (intervals, repetitions, hills, tempo runs, cruise intervals).
The club is coached by Tom Heinonen, a member of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame who coached the University of Oregon women for nearly three decades. In his time coaching the women, he transformed the team from a brand new program into a NCAA powerhouse. He retired in 2003 to start the club and has been coaching it since.
All running sessions are optional and the setting is relaxed. It's a chance to meet UO students for comfortably-paced steady runs, and also to train harder if you wish.
We offer cross country races during autumn, track in the spring, and road races all year. We have a wide range of talent and commitment levels, from recreational runners to All-Americans.
There is a run or workout every weekday afternoon, as well as Saturday morning if there is no race.
Club members receive an e-mailed workout schedule for the following week every Sunday. There is no fee to join the club.
To join, just show up to one of the practices or contact one of us.
The Running Club is a great way to get together with students and to enjoy running!
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