So much new...
Hello, UO Running Club — (Friday, September 20, 2024)
Our first run together is next Monday, September 23, at 10am on the intramural field next to the rec center! Once you’ve settled in, come and run any days that fit your schedule. We know that most freshmen won’t show up until the first week of classes. You’re always welcome!
--Entries for the Mike Johnson Classic XC meet on Sept 27 are due to me by the morning of Monday, Sept 23. Read below.
--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
--Volleyball crews! Friday and Saturday evening, Sept 27, Sept 28. Illinois and Indiana! Info below.
--The Bowerman Sport Science Center here on campus is looking for women runners for a study. Read below!
SPRINT INFO
Michael Donawa will conduct sprint training this fall. Right now it looks like he’ll be available on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday afternoons and some Saturdays. Workouts will likely be on the square track on campus and on the South Eugene HS track. Times yet to be determined.
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
Thank you to Michael, Ana, and all the sprinters who have reached out to organize for fall term!
MIKE JOHNSON XC ENTRIES DUE NEXT WEEK
There’s a low-key cross country meet at Western Oregon U in Monmouth on Friday morning, Sept 27. We have van transportation.
NEW: Men run 8km (not 6km!) at 11am, women run 6km (not 5km!) at 11:45am.
Entries are due to me by 10am on Monday, Sept 23 (same time as our first run together). Email heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263.
Club will pay your entry fee.
You’ll have to complete the Club sign-up online (a release from liability) before you travel.
This is the first of FIVE consecutive weekends with a race opportunity. Doing them all probably is not reasonable. Think about it.
I’ll have our Club racing singlets available for $25 cash at every workout.
So far we have entered: Carter Phillips, Josh Gordon, Iris Duxbury, Ben Blonigen, Kellan Murakami, and Emmanuel Moes. You?
VOLLEYBALL CREW AND YOU
Here’s a chance for two newcomers and four veterans…
It’s a volleyball match at Matt Knight Arena on Sunday, Sept 22 at 1pm (your arrival time would be 12:15pm). It’s against OSU!
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 fun. We teach you how to do it. Ask anyone; it’s fun!
The matches:
– Friday, Sept. 27, 7:30pm (your arrival time is 6:45pm) vs Illinois
– Saturday, Sept 28, 6:00pm (your arrival time is 5:15pm) vs Indiana
Matches are at Matt Knight Arena.
Get a spot for the OSU match by contacting me at heino@uoregon.edu or texting me at 541-954-0263.
It’s a good fundraiser for our Club!
YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE IN YOUR STATE
This is important and it’s easy. Just go to vote.gov. There’s a link to every state!
WHEN DO WE START IN THE FALL...
The Running Club is a great way to get together with other students to enjoy running!
We’ll start meeting on Monday, September 23 (the week before classes start), at 10am on the intramural field next to the rec center.
When fall term classes begin, our runs will be weekdays at 3pm, meeting on the intramural field next to the rec center. ‘Show up when you can! ‘Want to run in races? Everything we do is optional! You race if you wish. And the races are really varied!
Sprinters might arrange other workout times but everyone is welcome at 3pm on school days! Together, we can create on-the-field fall conditioning.
Tuesdays will have a “hard day” option, a workout everyone can do. Thursdays (or Fridays) we will have another chance to do something more than a relaxed run, if you wish.
We have a race opportunity every weekend for the first month of school. You choose which (if any) you want to do. Some are very low-key; some are more competitive. No races at all? Fine!
There are some much longer races in November.
We’ll have our traditional day-trip up the McKenzie, probably on the first week of November…
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
$50!
We will charge $50 to be in the Running Club for the whole 2024-25 school year. 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 our Club about $100.
So, your first week of Club attendance will be free. After that it’s $50 for the rest of the school year. What a bargain!
Cash is always good, but we’ll have a couple of ways you’ll be able to go online too.
FALL TRAINING WEEK #1
Monday, Sept 23 — 10am at IM Field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.
Tuesday, Sept 24 — 10am at IM Field: ladder on the IM Field at XC race pace.
Wednesday, Sept 25 — 10am at IM Field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.
Thursday, Sept 26 — 10am at IM Field: pre-race warmup or easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.
Friday, Sept 27 — 10am at IM Field: 8-10 minute lactate threshold run or easy run, optional strides, abs, planks. OR race in Mike Johnson Classic at Western Oregon U in Monmouth.
Saturday, Sept 28 — on your own, an exploring run
Sunday, Sept 29 — on your own, your longest run of the week … or a nap!
XC RACE SCHEDULE
Our first team race will be the Mike Johnson Classic at Western Oregon U in Monmouth next Friday, Sept 27. Most newcomers will be doing Week of Welcome events that day.
Here are some cross country events in Oregon this fall:
Fri, Sept 27 Mike Johnson Monmouth
Sat, Oct 5 Willamette Inv Salem, Bush Park
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/
‘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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