Run more?
Hello, UO Running Club — (Saturday, June 28, 2025)
It’s almost July, so it’s time to start your volume buildup if you plan to race in the fall. Read below. It probably is hot where you are! Run in the morning if you can, wear light colored clothing, find a shady route, and maybe a friend to run with!
We will not meet for runs in Eugene until next fall but I’ll send weekend emails throughout the summer.
Butte-to-Butte is next Friday, July 4th. I’ll be holding a STOP sign for car traffic at 16th and High (“Just a mile to go!”).
‘GOTTA RACE?
If you feel the urge to race for fun and you’re in Eugene, how about these opportunities?
Night of Miles on Thursday, July 3. It’s free! It’s at Hayward. Read here. Register here!
https://www.preclassic.com/nightofmiles?mc_cid=f8df4ca8d3&mc_eid=6c7341febe
Oregon Track Club’s all comers meets at Hayward Field on Thursdays:
https://www.oregontrackclub.com/summer-all-comers-meets
Butte-to-Butte 10km and 5km on 4th of July! Register here:
https://www.oregontrackclub.com/summer-all-comers-meets
Scandia Run 10km and 5km, August 16, in Junction City. More here:
https://scandiarun.com/scandia-run
YOUR MILEAGE!
July is the time to start your training buildup if you plan to run cross country. There is lots of time, so there is no rush. Most of you already have been running recreationally for several weeks.
Do you know how many miles or minutes you’ve run this last week? Try to run five miles farther in the coming week…that's 6-9 minutes more most days. Or, you can do a week that feels about the same, but add one more run sometime during the week.
I’d like all of you to do gradual increases in volume during July and August. Each week doesn’t need to be more than the previous. You can increase for two or three weeks, then take a light week for recovery.
Don’t try to run faster. Just run a little farther, but not every day. Build your aerobic base. I’ll suggest some faster-paced running for you later this summer.
If you want to do relaxed strides on a soft surface occasionally after a run, that’s always fine. Not hard strides...relaxed strides...flowing, feeling good. If you have a good, grassy surface, run some of them barefooted. Synthetic fields are great for summertime barefoot strides! Five or six is just right for now.
If you have access to your high school team or any club, feel free to run with them. They might be trying to get ready for a season which starts several weeks before ours, though, so be thoughtful. Just tag along and enjoy their company. If you run with your high school team, maybe you can add wisdom as a returning alum.
It’s 13 weeks until fall term starts…a LONG TIME! So, start your buildup slowly.
More later.
HELP ME OFFICIATE THE LONG JUMP?
This week will be different! Because of the holiday weekend and the Prefontaine Classic, there’s a different schedule at the kids' all-comers meets at Hayward.
We’ll do an ages 1-6 long jump from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, then we’ll do ages 7-8 beginning at 6:30pm.
Come and help me! No experience needed!
Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text 541-954-0263.
It’s fun!
TOP ATTENDEES
Who was at Club the most during the 2024-25 school year? We had more than 150 people sign up. Here are our top attendees:
Women — (rows of dates on the attendance list)
Avery Hackenberg 6.0
Iris Duxbury 4.0
Hana Mazur 4.2
Erika Danzer 3.4
Rosie Baquie 3.2
Lynell Cuddy 3.0
Men —
Patrik Balazs 6.0
Ben Blonigen 5.3
Ashton Curl 5.1
Miles Freightman 5.0
Henry Domnarski 4.6
Carter Phillips 4.6
Jai Shah 4.4
Toby Brewster 4.2
Carson Houchen 4.0
Kellan Murakami 3.9
George Hervey 3.1
Jacob Long 3.0
Thank you all!
INCOMING!
Newcomers for 2025-26:
John Cutler
Menlo-Atherton HS, Menlo CA
johnkcutler@gmail.com
Edgar Canchola
WHS, Woodburn OR
ecanchola0750@gmail.com
Ace Garcia
WHS, Whittier CA
qbacedanger07@gmail.com
Sophia Pursley
UO Soph
sophiapursley@gmail.com
Sophie Rasmussen
UO Soph
sophierasmussen2005@icloud.com
Stewart Lawson
Frosh, Grant HS, Portland
stewartoutside@gmail.com
‘Summertime!
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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