2-08-2010 |
What a good week for the Club! You survived mid-terms, most of them anyway...and 26 of you showed up on Monday, 31 of you did reps on the track on Tuesday, and 32 of you ran with the group on Friday afternoon.
Our first attempt at track reps was pretty controlled in the morning at South Eugene. We had a dozen runners and another group was there too. Tuesday evening in the dark was chaotic with 19 of you, plus two other groups on the track at the same time.
Each week the sun sets ten minutes later, so it’ll get better...and we’ll be more organized.
There were 14 of us at the Truffle Shuffle today including four racers:
Julie DeCourcey, 2-mile, 13:50
Emily Anderson, 2-mile, 24:26
Sam Wotipka, 4-mile, 23:13
Maja Rodell, 4-mile, 28:23
Club alum Keith Laverty won the 4-mile in 21:08.
Yesterday at Scripps College in southern California, Taylor Smiley ran in an alumni 3200m race on the track. She finished fourth and ran under 11:45. The track meet was almost cancelled because of rain! She wore her UO Running Club singlet.
Couple’s Classic is just six days away.
The Couple’s Classic is next weekend across town in west Eugene, but it has the feel of a small town race. It’s a 5km on Saturday, February 13, at 9:30am. Entry fee stays at $10 through race day (no shirt). Info at goodrace.com.
The course is flat. They serve Mo’s clam chowder, muffins and juice after the race in a small gymnasium. Sign up with a partner, if you wish, for prize categories. Pairs (one female and one male) compete in age groups with their times added together (combined ages: under 30, 30-49, 50-69). Two males or two females compete in open divisions.
Pairs do not run together. Times are just added together. Runners can enter individually too. Sometimes people find other single entrants on race day. Find a fast 30-year old on race day and you can get up into the 50-69 age group!
Find your own ride to the race. Maybe we can organize some carpooling during the week.
Directions to the race:
Go west through Eugene to Chambers Street. It’s a mile past Willamette Street. Turn right. on Chambers. Drive over the railroad tracks on Chambers which becomes River Road. After about a mile, turn left on Horn Lane. At that stoplight the street on the left is Horn Lane. The same street on the right is Arbor Drive.
Go about .75 mile on Horn Lane then turn right on Lake Drive just before the street takes a sharp left turn. Race site is on the left (River Road Park).
For road races, you enter yourself and pay your own entry fee and provide your own transportation.
For track meets, I enter you. I’ll give you a deadline to let me know what distance you want to race. You pay the entry fee on race day, usually $10-15. We provide van transportation.
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Workout plan for sixth week of Winter term
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Monday, February 8 -- 3:00pm: meet at the “waterfall” in front of the rec center for a relaxed run, then strides and field conditioning...and if if’s dry, abs or planks. Commiserate about Super Bowl.
Tuesday, February 9 -- Two choices:
10:15am: meet at South Eugene High School track with your warmup rup run done, or
5:30pm: meet at Hayward Field with your warmup run done...
Drills, strides, 2 x 150m (relaxed)
Do some or all of the following workout...middle distance runners and sprinters will do parts of these reps at faster speeds:
2-3 x 800m (5000m date pace) 400m jog-walk
2 laps on Intramural fields at lactate threshold
3-4 x 400m (3000m date pace) 200m jog-walk
2 laps on Intramural fields at lactate threshold
4-5 x 200m (1500m date pace) 200m jog-walk
Wednesday, Febraury 10 -- 3:00pm: meet at the waterfall for a relaxed...and if if’s dry, abs or planks.
Thursday, February 11 -- 3:00pm: meet at the waterfall for a relaxed run...and if if’s dry, abs or planks. Option for short sprint workout!
Friday, February 12 -- 3:00pm: Pre-race warmup
Saturday, February 13 -- 9:30am: Couple’s Classic 5km road race
Sunday, February 14 -- On your own: rest, or alternate aerobic activity (AAA), or light run (3-5 miles), or medium run (6-8 miles) or long run (9-12 miles).
If it’s raining (or worse) when you get to the waterfall, we’ll meet down on the intramural field under the overhang of the rec center.
Kate Boss, soph from South Salem
Marysha Cihak, soph from Moraga CA
Conner Mellon, junior transfer from Santa Barbara CC
Welcome!
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2010 Track Schedule (same as last week)
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Sat March 6 Linfield Icebreaker McMinnville
Sat March 13 Pacific Preview Forest Grove
(probably no transportation to this meet)
Fri March 19 Bowles Classic Salem
Sat March 20 Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open Portland
(no transportation to this meet)
“ Oregon Preview Hayward Field
Fri-Sat April 2-3 Willamette Invitational Salem
Fri April 9 Pacific Northwest Relays Oregon City
“ John Knight Classic Monmouth
Thur April 15 Western Oregon vs Willamette mini Salem
Sat April 17 Lewis & Clark Invitational Portland
Fri-Sat April 30-May 1 Oregon Relays Hayward Field
Sat May 1 Pacific Twilight Forest Grove
Sat May 8 Oregon Twilight Hayward Field
Thur May 20 Willamette Last Chance Salem
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Local road races (same as last week)
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(check eclecticedgeracing.com or goodrace.com for information)
Sat Feb 13 Couple’s Classic 5km River Road Park
Sat Feb 27 Fall Creek Runaround 20-mile, 15km, 5km Lowell
Sat Mar 6 Rite of Spring 15km, 5km Alton Baker Park
Sat Mar 13 Run for Shamrock 10km, 5km Alton Baker Park
Sat Mar 20 Lucky Clover 10km, 5km Dorris Ranch
Sat Mar 27 Fern Ridge Rotary 5km Veneta
“ “ Shotgun Trail Blast 50km,, 25km, 10km Shotgun Creek
Sat April 3 Rippling River 15km, 8km EWEB
Sat April 10 Oregon Marathon Relay EWEB
Sun April 11 Bridgeway Run for Autism 8km, 5km Alton Baker Park
Sat May 1 Eugene marathon 5km EWEB
Sun May 2 Eugene Marathon and Half-Marathon Hayward Field
Sun May 9 Re-Run Run 5km, One-Mile Alton Baker Park
Sat May 15 Rhody Run 10km, 5km Florence
Sun May 16 Bark In the Park 5km Alton Baker Park
Sun May 23 Duck Bill Thrill Triathlon 1/42/10km Fall Creek Reservoir
Sat May 29 Ridgeline Ramble 20km, 10km, relay Ridgeline Trail
Mon May 31 Run 4 the Memorial 4-mile Masonic Cemetery
Sat June 12 Steep Hill Chase 5km Challenge Pre’s Trail
Sun June 13 Oregon Mile Autzen Stadium
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'See you,
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.
In the Fall, we compete in collegiate cross country races throughout Oregon, then finish our season at the NIRCA Championships, where we face other college clubs. In the Spring, we enter in collegiate track meets. Several of our runners earn the opportunity to race at Hayward Field throughout the year. There are road races throughout the year.
We have a wide range of talent and commitment levels, from recreational runners to All-Americans.
Club members receive an e-mailed workout schedule for the following week every Sunday. There is no fee to join the club.
All running sessions are optional. 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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