Seattle roster. Track coming!
Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, February 8, 2026)
We had 83 people at our third Tuesday evening track session at Hayward. Most ever!
The travel roster for the Club Mile indoors in Seattle is full and entries are closed.
—We’re up to 76 paid Club members. You MUST pay the $50 Club fee before you travel to your first meet. First meet is in Roseburg on February 28.
—Eleven weeks now until Eugene Marathon weekend!
—We always need certified van drivers. You? Read below.
—The Oregon Open has been added to the UO intercollegiate home schedule this spring.
ERICK NJUE
Today’s Sunday Register-Guard has a long, front-page story about Erick Njue. He was so much more than the joyful grad student who ran with us occasionally. Erick was such a valued member of the international student community on campus and there’s no telling what he might have achieved back home in Kenya with a PhD in special education.
There’s also an accompanying story about pedestrian/bicycle safety on Hilyard and Patterson.
WINTER TERM WORKOUTS — WEEK #6
Mon, Feb 9 — 3pm: relaxed run from IM field.
Tue, Feb 10 — 6pm (You must be ON TIME. The gate opens and closes at 6pm.) Do your warmup run before arrival at southeast corner of Hayward Field across from the fire station on Agate at 17th.
Middle-distance runners and distance runners:
Drills, relaxed strides
1 x 1200m or 1600m (5000m date pace) 400m jog-walk
4 x 400m (1500-3000m date pace or tactical) 200m jog-walk [extra 200m after set]
Pick one:
—1 x 1200m or 1600m (how fast can you still go?)
—3-4 x 200m (each one faster than previous) 200m Jog-walk
—3-lap lactate threshold run on the concourse.
Super-distance runners:
Drills, relaxed strides
5 laps, 4 laps, 3 laps, 2 laps, 1 lap…all with 1 lap jog. Do it if you dare!
Sprinters:
Drills
Do Michael Donawa’s workout or pick from these sets: (Same choices as first week.)
3 x 50m (easy, relaxed stride) walk back…this is part of your warmup
2 x 150m (mix 50m segments of float and fast) with 150m walk-jog back to start
3-4 x 30m (quick) “standing falling” start from posture reset…walk back
1 x 300m (strong…get out quickly, hold it for 150m, then float a few meters, then attack to finish)
Wed, Feb 11 — 3pm: relaxed run from IM field.
Thur, Feb 12 — 3pm: easy run, or pre-race warmup earlier on IM Field (before departure).
Fri, Feb 13 — 3pm IM Field ... or 12 noon Seattle indoor Club mile at UW.
Sat, Feb 14 — exploring run in Eugene …or Seattle+drive.
Sun, Feb 15 — longish run on your own. 10 weeks ’til marathon and half.
CLUB MILE IN SEATTLE
We’ll take two vans to Seattle on Thursday, February 14 (leaving separately in afternoon), to race an indoor mile at noon on Friday with the club from UW, and maybe OSU and Boise State. Race on the Dempsey Indoor track (307 meters per lap). Return on Saturday.
Four people per room, two in a bed. Sightseeing including Pike Place Market.
You pay for your own food. There is no entry fee or trip fee but you must have paid your $50 yearly Club fee if you travel.
If you are unwell on Thursday, you must not go.
Our entries: JJ Rios, Nate Kelley, Rylan Eftekhar, Hana Mazur, Avery Hackenberg, Trevor Roberson, Cameron Reynolds, Carter Phillips, Carter Broadhead, Henry Domnarski, Connor Hacker, Miles Freightman, Rosie Baquie, Ivan Farias, Aden Marines, Zoey Hock, Carson Houchen, Edgar Canchola, Shayn Carmichael-Kohn, Aonghas Houston, Alisson Galvez, Emerson Voshell, Sophie Biegel, + Ben Blonigen.
This isn’t the most important meet of the season. It’s just the first.
ROAD RESULT
On Saturday, Club member Henry Domnarski finished 3rd in 5km Cupid’s chocolate Chase in 16:49. Well done!
FIRST FULL TRACK MEET OUTDOORS
We’ll go to the Umpqua Opener at UCC in Roseburg on Saturday, February 28. It’s a day trip down I-5. 65 miles.
Tentatively, the meet starts a 10am and includes 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m steeplechase, and 4x400m relay, 100/110m hurdles, all field events except triple jump. No 200m, 3000m or 5000m. no 4x100 relay, no 400m hurdles.
Entries are not open yet. It’s a small meet so far including Umpqua CC, Southwestern Oregon CC, Willamette and us.
TRACK MEETS IN STATE 2026
It looks like the Oregon Open is back for this season after all. Maybe some of our top athletes can get in, like last year.
Fri, Feb 13 Club Mile at Husky Classic indoor 12 noon Seattle
Sat, Feb 28 Umpqua Opener UCC, Roseburg
Sat, Mar 14 Lane Classic LCC, Eugene
Fri-Sat, Mar 20-21 OSU PNW Invit OSU (beginning of spring break)
Sat, Mar 28 Willamette Invit Willamette (end of spring break)
Sat, Apr 4 Jen Boyman Memorial Linfield
Fri-Sat, Apr 10-11 John Knight Twi WOU
NEW Fri, April 17 Oregon Open Hayward Field
Fri-Sat, Apr 17-18 Larry Byerly Invit L&C
Fri-Sat, May 1-2 OSU High Perf OSU
Sat, May 2 Linfield Open Linfield
Fri, May 8 Oregon Twi Hayward Field
Sat, May 9 Portland Twi L&C
Thur, May 14 George Fox final qualifier GFU (on own)
$50 TO BE IN CLUB: 76 PEOPLE HAVE PAID. YOU? TRACK?
If you’ve paid the fee, your name should be on the list below.
You absolutely MUST pay the $50 fee before we enter you in a track meet.
If you’ve paid online and you’re NOT on my list below, let me know at heino@uoregon.edu.
76 people have paid the Running Club yearly fee:
Erick Njue, Dylan Williams, Henry Domnarski, Alex Kennedy, Justice Gaines, Gabe Simmons,
Olivia Tranby, Grady Kemp, Emma Bahr, Jonah Campbell, Jacob Long, Kalon Ponraj, Evan Totten, Olivia Reid, Carson Houchen, Cameron Reynolds, Henry Axon, Gabe Wasserman,
Natalia Crass, Zoey Hock, Brooke Dorsey, Zenon Reese, Josh Gordon, Renee Gordon, Felix Shotton, Addie Fuller, Lena Cox, Blake Kalar, Melia Prenton, Ella Huettl, Tate Moore, Charlie Wennerstrom, Alisson Galvez, Emerson Voshell, Chelsea Deeb, Carter Phillips,
Ella Milanovich, Aiden Marines,Trevor Roberson, Ashton Curl, Elise Smith, Rocco Whited, Edgar Canchola, Nate Kelley, Lynell Cuddy, Hana Mazur, Miles Freightman, Sophie Gordon,
Keawe Middleton, Thatcher Burkhart, Bryan Harter, Sophia Seufert, Victor Meszaros,
Rylan Eftekhar, Carter Broadhead, Lauren Bohringer, Gavin Shaver, Shannon Hugard, Ben Blonigen, Rosie Baquie, Erika Danzer, Dania Sather, Vincent Sadighi, Jacob Weiner,
Ivan Farias, Annabelle Higgins, Kyle Rambo, Vincent Trinh, Yujin Hong, Aubri Sadler, Kanuux Chaudhuri, Benjamin Gobel, Garner Van Landingham, Alan Kolesnikof, Steven Veenker, Aonghas Houston.
Your first week of Club attendance is free. After that it’s $50 for the rest of the school year. What a bargain!
Here’s how you pay:
— Bring $50 cash to any workout, or a check for $50 made out to “UO Running Club”, or
— Online, go to:
https://ecommerce.uoregon.edu/order_form/emucs-club-sports-member-dues.
If you donate online, please let me know.
LOCAL ROAD RACES IN JANUARY / FEBRUARY
Sat, Feb 7 Cupids Chocolate Chase 10km, 5km Campbell Community Center
including two-person teams
Sat, Feb 14 Couples Classic 5km River Road Park and Rec Center
pairs age-groups, combined times
All entry info: https://eclecticedgeracing.com/event-calendar
THIS YEAR’S STUDENT LEADERS
Avery Hackenberg, coordinator, ahacken3@uoregon.edu
Carter Phillips, coordinator, cphill16@uoregon.edu
Ananya Khanna, sprint leader, anagetsmail@gmail.com
Kelsey Eiesland, webmaster, keieslan@uoregon.edu
Rosie Baquie, coordinator-in-training, rbaquie@uoregon.edu
Jacob Long, coordinator-in-training, jalo@uoregon.edu
ONLINE SIGN-UP FOR CLUB SPORTS
Before you run with us, please do the online sign-up for Club Sports at:
https://uoregon.campuslabs.com/engage/submitter/form/start/690883
When you submit your sign-up, you’ll be shown as “pending”. That’s all you need.
DRIVER? HELP US!
We always need more certified drivers. To get yourself van certified, go to:
https://transportation.uoregon.edu/Requirements
‘See you on the field!
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). We have a sprint group now too.
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 and has been directing the Club as a volunteer ever since.
In the Fall, we compete in collegiate cross country races throughout Oregon, then sometimes finish our season at the NIRCA Pacific Regional, 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 a $50 fee to join the club each school year.
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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