Willamette, Platypus, volley, vote
Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, October 6, 2024)
We made it through the first week of fall term! 94 runners have signed up in person at one of our 3pm sessions. Wow!
You’ve seen how relaxed it is. Come back whenever if fits your schedule. You’re always welcome!
Skim:
a) You must do the online sign-up if you haven’t already. Link is below.
b) After your first week of Club, we ask that you pay $50 for the rest of the school year.
c) 5km cross country meet next Saturday here with the Oregon State club! Win a platypus.
d) “Run with the Duck” 5km road race is Friday, October 25. Free entry is now OPEN below!
e) ‘Want a racing jersey? I have them for $25 cash at every 3pm run.
f) Two volleyball matches this week. ‘Wanna be on our ball crew? Guaranteed fun!
g) Sprinters are working out this fall. Info below. Yay!
Everything we do is optional, except sign-up.
REQUIRED ONLINE SIGN-UP FOR RUNNING CLUB
You must sign up online for Running Club before you run with us. Here is the link:
https://uoregon.campuslabs.com/engage/submitter/form/start/644843
Once you complete the sign-up, you might get a “pending” email. That’s all you need.
OSU DUAL MEET ON SATURDAY HERE!
We have a fun, 5km cross country meet with the Oregon State Running Club next Saturday, October 12, at 10am on Amazon Trail here in Eugene. Everyone in our Club can run!
To enter, just tell Iris or me at one of our 3pm workouts. Deadline is Friday’s workout. Or you can email me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263. No entry fee.
Race individual winners get a platypus!
$50 TO BE IN CLUB: THREE WAYS TO PAY NOW
Your first week of Club attendance is free. After that it’s $50 for the rest of the school year. What a bargain!
(We have a fundraising requirement to be a Club Sport. And every van which we drive to a meet in Oregon or a weekend excursion costs us about $100.)
Here’s how you pay:
— Bring $50 cash to any workout, or a check for $50 made out to “UO Running Club”, or
— Two ways for electronic payment:
Go online to https://ecommerce.uoregon.edu/order_form/emucs-club-sports-member-dues, or
b) Go online to uorunning.com, our Running Club website. In the upper right corner click on “donate”, then “electronic donation”. We are the Club Sports Running Fund. You become a “donor” to the U of O Foundation.
If you donate online, please let me know.
SPRINT INFO
Our sprinters met twice last week with Coach Michael Donawa on the square track next to the tennis courts. Ana Khanna will continue to gather info and will lead the group. You can reach her at:
Ananya Khanna 650-426-8455 anagetsmail@gmail.com
VOTING REGISTRATION IS CLOSING
The single most important thing you can do this fall is vote in the national election. Registration to vote in some states is already closed, but many states are still open. Start by clicking on this link:
vote.gov. Pick your state. Get a ballot and vote!
WILLAMETTE XC RESULTS YESTERDAY
Ten Club men and five women ran at the Willamette Invitational yesterday in Salem. Our men were 19th of 25 teams. Our women were 16th of 21. We were one of just two club teams in the meet!
Men’s 8km (279 finishers) —
131. Mile Freightman 26:49
152. Henry Domnarski 26:56 (:15 faster than last year)
156. Kellan Murakami 27:03
172. Carter Phillips 27:20 (:27 faster than last year)
198. Ashton Curl 27:54
206. Patrik Balazs 28:17 (:39 faster than last year
227. Josh Gordon 28:54
250. Toby Brewster 29:58
253. JJ Riois 30:03
271. Ben Blonigen 31:36 (1:19 faster than last year)
Women’s 6m (216 finishers) —
34. Avery Hackenberg 18:33 (1:01 faster than last year)
116. Iris Duxbury 19:54 (:15 faster than last year)
119. Riley Fox 19:58
138. Daphne Vostral-Schauer 20:20
149. Rosie Baquie 20:51
Complete results at: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/249262/info
VOLLEYBALL CREW VOLUNTEERING THIS WEEK
There are two volleyball matches this week. It’s a chance to volunteer!
We can have two newcomers and four veterans for each match. Fun!
We are the ball crew for the women’s intercollegiate team. We roll balls along the sideline and toss one to the server before each point. It’s exciting and a joy. We teach you how to do it. Ask anyone; it’s fun!
The matches:
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:00pm (your arrival time is 6:15pm) vs USC
Sunday, Oct 13, 1:00pm (your arrival time is 12:15pm) vs Washington
Matches are at Matt Knight Arena.
‘Get a spot on our crew by contacting me at heino@uoregon.edu or texting me at 541-954-0263.
It’s a good fundraiser for our Club! We’ve been the ball crew since 2006!
RUN WITH THE DUCK: FREE ENTRY HERE
The 5km road race next to campus is “Run With the Duck”, on Friday, October 25, at 12noon. Enter for free here:
https://secure.getmeregistered.com/get_information.php?event_id=140172
FALL TERM WORKOUTS: WEEK #2
Monday through Friday, October 7-11, 3pm — meet on intramural field next to the side of the rec center. Most days are relaxed, aerobic runs. You decide where to go, how far to run. Afterward: Strides? Planks? Abs? Frisbee?
Tuesday, October 8, 3pm — Relaxed run or “hard day” workout:
— Warmup jog to the Autzen canal footbridge.
— 12-18 x 1:00 (cross country race pace) with just 30 seconds of jogging
Wednesday and Thursday, 3pm — Relaxed run
Friday, October 11, 3pm — your choice:
— a) Relaxed end-of-week run, or
— b) Pre-race warmup if you are racing the 5km XC meet on Saturday, or
— c) Cruise Intervals…4-5 x 4:00 (lactate threshold) with 1:00 jog This is the same pace as a tempo run, slower than your XC race tempo, but faster than your steady run. Physiologically, it is the fastest pace at which you produce lactate in your working muscles and clear it at the same rate. The reps start off feeling brisk and easy, then get more difficult to sustain, but they don’t feel like a race effort.
Saturday, October 12 —
— a) Race 5km cross country on Amazon Trail at 10am, or
— b) Exploring run on your own
Sunday, October 8 —
On your own: recovery run or long exploring run or trip to the library.
WOMEN RUNNERS FOR A STUDY
Rachel Robinson is a PhD student in Mike Hahn’s lab in the Bowerman Sports Science Center. She’s looking for female runners to participate in a study investigating the effects of resistance training on uphill running economy. Here is a summary of her study:
The Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon is currently recruiting runners for a study investigating the effects of resistance training on the oxygen cost and biomechanics of uphill running.
You may qualify if you are over 18 years old, run 20 miles per week on average, are able to run a 25:00 5k or faster, and are not currently strength training. Research activities include a maximal exercise test (VO2max and lactate threshold test which includes several finger prick blood draws), running economy and biomechanics tests, Biodex strength tests, and 2x per week resistance training program if you are assigned to a training group. You will be involved in the study for approximately 12 weeks.
Over this time, there will be 3 data collection visits totaling approximately 6 hours. Your time will be compensated with $90, a report of your VO2max and lactate threshold data, and an in-person or written resistance training program. All study visits will take place at the Bowerman Sports Science Center in Hayward Field.
Please let Rachel know if you have any follow up questions or want to be part of her study!
Her email is rrobins3@uoregon.edu. Text 541-346-4107.
THIS YEAR’S STUDENT LEADERS
We’re in good hands with our student leadership this year!
Iris Duxbury, coordinator, iduxbury@uoregon.edu
Avery Hackenberg, assistant coordinator, ahacken3@uoregon.edu
Carter Philips, assistant coordinator, cphill16@uoregon.edu
Ananya Khanna, sprint leader, anagetsmail@gmail.com
Kelsey Eiesland, webmaster, keieslan@uoregon.edu
XC RACE SCHEDULE
Here are some events in Oregon this fall:
Sat, Oct 12 “Platypus” dual vs OSU Club, 5km, Amazon Trail, Eugene
Sat, Oct 19 George Oja Inv Oak Knoll GC outside Salem
Fri Oct 25 Run with the Duck, 5km road race, next to campus, free
Sat, Oct 26 Bushnell Invit Pine Ridge GC Springfield
BIG FINISH FOR FALL TERM?
‘Need a culminating event for your fall term running? How about the Run
to Stay Warm on November 24? It’s in Eugene, just two miles from
campus! There is half-marathon, also a 10K and a 5K. Details at:
https://runtostaywarm.com/
RACING SHIRTS
We have Club singlets (racing shirts/jerseys) for sale for $25 cash. I’ll have them at every 3pm run.
‘See you,
Tom Heinonen
coach
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Who we are. What we do!
UO Running Club gives students the chance 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 Coaches 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 young program into an 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 each spring. 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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'Starting a Running Club?
'Building Your Club?
Read this, a document written by our Club leaders!
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