Lane Open, Ore Preview, more!
Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, March 9, 2025)
Did you turn your clocks forward? Daylight Savings Time!
And it’s time for your entries for the Lane Open and nominations for the Oregon Preview. Read below!
There’s a local road race this Thursday evening too.
Info on races the rest of winter term is below.
— Seven weeks now until Eugene Marathon weekend!
— We’ll meet every weekday at 3pm through the end of exam week.
CLUB RESULTS IN PORTLAND, FORT WORTH
Yesterday in the Electric Forest meet at Lewis & Clark, Patrik Balazs and Cam’Ron McDonald competed unattached. Patrik got second in the 800m in 1:54.06. It’s a PR and 7th on our Club all-time marks list. He PR’ed in the 200m too (23.47, wind legal, +0.2mps).
Cam’Ron got 6th in the 400m in 51.74 and 8th in 200m in 22.93 (wind +1.1mps).
Club member Lynell Cuddy ran the Cowtown Half Marathon in Ft. Worth, Texas, on February 23. She ran a PR 1:38:57. Yay, Lynell, Cam’Ron and Patrik!
ENTRIES FOR LANE CC OPEN ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15
— A 3000m run (flat, not steeplechase) has been added at the beginning of the running events. It might be the only 3000 of the season. There is still a 5000 at the end of the meet. Rolling time schedule makes warmup for the 5000 difficult.
—You provide your own transportation.
—There is a city bus, LTD’s #81 bus leaves the UO Station next to the Duck Store on Kincaid at 36 minutes past the hour. It’s a 17-minute ride. Fare info is here:
https://www.ltd.org/fare-pass-pricing/
—Lane CC is just three miles from UO.
—No seats, no roof. Good weather; good meet. Bad weather; rough meet. ‘Looks now like it will rain.
Club will cover your entry fee.
**Entry deadline is Wednesday, March 12, at 9am! Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263.
Lane CC Open time schedule
10:30am Women’s 3000m run
10:45am Men’s 3000m run
11:00am Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
11:15am Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
11:30am Women’s 4x100m Relay
11:40am Men’s 4x100m Relay
*ROLLING schedule after 4 x 100m Relay*
11:50 Women’s 1500m Run
12:10 Men’s 1500m Run
12:30 Women’s 100m Hurdles
12:45 Men’s 110m Hurdles
1:00 Women’s 400m Dash
1:10 Men’s 400m Dash
1:25 Women’s 100m Dash
1:45 Men’s 100m Dash
2:05 Women’s 800m Run
2:20 Men’s 800m Run
2:40 Women’s 400m Hurdles
2:55 Men’s 400m Hurdles
3:10 Women’s 200m Dash
3:30 Men’s 200m Dash
4:00 Women’s 5,000m Run
4:25 Men’s 5,000m Run
Note:
9:00am Men’s Long Jump,
women’s Long Jump to follow,
men’s Triple Jump to follow.
You MUST pay the $50 Club fee before you compete in your first meet.
Here are our entries so far:
Toby Brewster 5000
Carson Houchen 5000
Zoey Hock 5000
Ben Blonigen 5000
Riley Fox 1500
Izzy Pope steeplechase
Connor Hacker 5000
Erik Barr-Zeilon 1500
Jacob Long 1500
Rosie Baquie steeplechase, 800m
Iris Duxbury 1500
Erika Danzer 3000
Ashton Curl 1500, 800
JJ Rios 3000
Dylan Williams 1500
Juan Dante Muñoz Martinez 1500, 800
OREGON PREVIEW, FRI-SAT, MARCH 21-22
We will only nominate our fastest runners for this meet at Hayward Field. The meet is on the last day of final exams (Friday, March 21) and the first day of spring break (Saturday, March 22).
Each entry costs the Club $45 whether you get accepted or not. No refunds. Not every nominee will be accepted by the meet director.
Nominations are due to me by 12 noon next Friday, March 14. That’s the day before the Lane meet. Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text 541-954-0263.
Tentative time schedule:
Friday, March 21 —
5:13pm W “B” 5000m
5:33pm M “B” 5000m
5:54pm W 1500m (4 sections)
6:22pm M 1500m (4)
6:30pm M Long Jump (16 entrants)
6:50pm W “A” 5000m
7:10pm M “A” 5000m
7:31pm W Steeplechase (distance TBD)
7:45pm M Steeplechase (distance TBD)
Saturday, March 22 —
1:30pm M Triple Jump (16 entrants)
2:50pm W 100m hurdles (2 sections)
3:02pm M 110m hurdles (2 sections)
3:14pm W 400m (3)
3:32pm M 400m (3)
3:53pm W 100m (3)
4:08pm M 100m (3)
4:23pm W 400m hurdles (1)
4:29pm M 400m hurdles (1)
4:38pm W 200m (3)
4:53pm M 200m (3)
5:08pm W 800m (3)
5:23pm M 800m (3)
5:38pm W 4x400m relay (1)
5:46pm M 4x400m relay (1)
WILLAMETTE INVITATIONAL END OF SPRING BREAK
This meet is on Saturday, March 29, at Willamette U in Salem, where we competed on March 1.
We will not send a group to this meet, so you must enter the meet on your own, unattached, pay your own entry fee and provide your own transportation. And there are entry standards. Start here:
https://www.wubearcats.com/sports/mtrack/meetinfo/index
OREGON TRACK CLUB MONTHLY ROAD RUN THIS THURSDAY!
Thursday evening, March 13, 6pm. $15 entry fee. 5km and one mile. Alton Baker Park near the two big shelters along the river path. Very low-key, Enter at:
https://secure.getmeregistered.com/register.php?event_id=140862&c=100006&mask=100007_100008_100009_100010_100011_100012
WINTER TERM WORKOUTS — DEAD WEEK
Mon, March 10 — 3pm: relaxed run from IM field.
Tue, Mar 11 — 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.
This is a repeat of the Feb 20 workout —
Middle distance runners:
Drills, relaxed strides
2 x 800m (first: negative split off 3000m date pace, second: slower/faster 200s) 400 j-w
2 x 600m (first: 3000m date pace, second: each 200 faster) 400m j-w
2 x 400m (first: 1500m date pace, second: negative split) 200m j-w [extra 200m after set]
2 x 200m (fast and relaxed) 200m j-w [extra 200m after set]
1 x choice
Distance runners:
Drills, relaxed strides
1200m (5000m date pace) with 400m jog-walk
800m (3000m date pace) with 400m jog-walk
400m (1500m date pace) with 200m jog-walk
Repeat 1200m, 800m, 400m
1 x choice
Sprinters: Michael Donawa’s workout, or:
Drills, relaxed strides
1 x 300m (serious!) 6:00+ rest
3 x 150m (float 50, fast 50, float 50) walk back
3 x 30m (buildup, high speed 30, ease out) walk back...or 3 x 30m from standing start
1 x 300m (serious again!)
Wed, Mar 12 — 3pm: relaxed run from IM field.
Thur, Mar 13 — 3pm: easy run from IM field.
Fri, Mar 14 — 3pm IM Field … end-of-the-week survival run, or pre-race warm-up for Lane.
Sat, March 15 — Race at Lane CC Open … or exploring run on your own.
Sun, March 16 — longish run on your own. Six weeks ’til marathon and half.
‘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).
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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