Marathon, Half! More track deadlines
Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, April 20, 2025)
It’s here! Eugene Marathon weekend! 5Km on Saturday, Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday!
In the 5km, beat Flapjack (men) or Flapjill (women), and you win a year’s supply of Krusteaz pancake mix…
The following weekend, May 2-3, we have two track meets and ONE deadline. Read below. It’s complicated! Think ahead…
This weekend we had eleven athletes compete in the Oregon Open. We got three lifetime bests, a Club record for Elise Smith and all-time #2 marks by Fredrick Ford and Patrik Balazs.
And we had runners at Lewis & Clark too.
TWO TRACK MEETS ON MAY 2-3
Two meets, early deadline…
The OSU High Performance meet is in Corvallis on Friday-Saturday, May 2-3.
The Linfield Open is in McMinnville on that Saturday.
At OSU the 200m and long jump are on FRIDAY afternoon. Distance events (1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, steeple) are Friday evening. The rest of the running events, plus triple jump, are all on Saturday.
Linfield is a one-day meet on Saturday. It has a rolling time schedule.
The plan, as of now:
— Distance runners, if they qualify, go to OSU on Friday night.
— No sprinters or jumpers go to OSU.
— Everyone in events 800m and shorter goes to Linfield on Saturday.
— Distance runners who don’t qualify at OSU go to Linfield.
I think we have enough vans and drivers to do this.
**Entry deadline for BOTH meets is early: 10am on Monday, April 28.**
Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263.
OSU qualifying standards:
Men —
800m 2:02.50
1500m 4:20.00
5000m 16:00.00
Steeple 2 races
10,000m 1 race
Women —
800m 2:28.00
1500m 5:08.00
5000m 19:00.00
Steeple 2 races
10,000m 1 race
This plan might change…
OREGON OPEN RESULTS
W 1500m
19. Avery Hackenberg 4:39.85 3rd in section 1
M 1500m
16. Juan Dante Muñoz Martinez 4:00.49 PR
21. George Hervey 4:07.58 PR
M 400m
12. Dominique Valrey 51.92
W 100m
7. Elise Smith 12.50 wind -0.5mps =#2 on all-time Club list
M 100m
6. Fredrick Ford 10.96 wind +1.7mps #2 on all-time Club list
M 800m
11. Patrik Balazs 1:52.96 PR, #2 on all-time Club list
16. Carter Phillips 1:56.49, 3rd in section 1
W 200m
12. Elise Smith 25.59 wind +0.1mps Club record
M 200m
11. Fredrick Ford 21.93 wind 0.0mps #2 on all-time Club list, 4th in section 1
W 5000m
12. Zoey Hock 19:00.24
M 5000m
5. Erik Barr-Zeilon 15:04.64
6. Henry Axon 15:05.75
M Long jump
5. Fredrick Ford 6.63m (21-9) wind +1.0mps
7. A’Lante Owens-Player 6.50m (21-4) wind +0.2mps
M Triple Jump
4. A’Lante Owens-Player 14.27m (46-10) wind -0.3mps
Complete results including split times: https://live.athletictiming.net/meets/49131/events
LARRY BYERLY RESULTS, LEWIS & CLARK
M 1500m
46. Carter Phillips 4:17.18
67. JJ Rios 4:39.82 PR
72. Ben Blonigen 4:47.19
M 400m
4. Carter Phillips 49.87 PR, #4 on all-time Club list
M 100m
75. Colton Sheperd 12.47 wind +0.6mps
M 200m
68. Colton Sheperd 26.12 wind +1.4mps
M 5000m
23. Henry Domnarski 15:43.88
43. JJ Rios 17:19.96
SPRING TERM WORKOUTS: WEEK #4
Monday, April 21 — 3pm at IM field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.
Tuesday, April 22 — 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.
It’s time for the “All 300’s All the Time” workout…
**Bring lighter shoes or spikes**
Everyone gets to run at least 3x300m and no one can run more than 12x300m. You figure out how many, how many sets, and how much rest.
Distance and middle-distance runners, I suggest that you start with shorter recoveries and slower reps, then work toward longer rest and faster reps.
If you don’t know what to do, do this:
3-4 x 300m (relaxed) with just 100m jog back to the start line. Jog 500m after set.
3-4 x 300m (faster) with 300m jog. Jog 500m after set.
3-4 x 300m (yup, faster) with as much rest as you want.
Marathoners, have some fun with this but don’t get too crazy. Maybe do just the first set, then 2-3 laps of lactate threshold up on the concourse.
Sprinters, do Michael Donawa’s workout, or just attack the 300s and get it done! Or try parts of this workout:
4 x 50m (relaxed stride...jog into it) walk back
1 x 200m (high quality) 5:00+ rest
Choice:
relay hand offs for 4 x 100m, or pick one --
a) 6 x 100m on the minute...start one every minute, or
b) 2 x 300m (high quality) with 5:00 rest, or
c) 4 x 40m thru the speed zone...(30m buildup, 40m high quality, 30m ease out) walk back
Wednesday, April 23 — 3pm at IM field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.
Thursday, April 24 — 3pm at IM field: Rest, or easy run, optional strides, abs, planks… or 12-20 minutes at lactate threshold [“tempo” run or cruise intervals].
Friday, April 25 — 3pm at IM field: Rest, or pr-race warmup for 5km, or easy end-of-the-week run, or Thursday’s lactate threshold session.
Saturday, April 26 — 5km! Beat Flapjack or Flapjill if you can… or rest or pre-race warmup.
Sunday, April 27 — Eugene Half-Marathon, Eugene Marathon!
OTHER TRACK MEETS
You can always enter a meet on your own “unattached”, pay your own entry fee, and provide your own transportation. You might need to create a free account at directathletics.com or athletic.net.
SPRINT WORKOUT TIMES
Spring term, the sprint group led by Michael Donawa and Ananya Khanna, will typically have these workouts:
Tuesdays — 6pm at Hayward Field
Thursdays — 5:15pm at the square track on campus
some Saturdays — 9:15am at South Eugene High School track
BE A VAN DRIVER?
You can help our Club get to meets this spring by becoming at certified van driver!
Contact Avery Hackenberg ahacken3@uoregon.edu or Iris Duxbury
iduxbury@uoregon.edu.
Help!
TRACK MEETS IN 2025.
—These are meets which at least some of our athletes might have access to.
—We will NOT attend all of them.
(Sat-Sun | April 26-27 | Eugene Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5km) | SOLD OUT
Fri-Sat, May 2-3 | OSU High Performance | Corvallis
[our fastest runners might qualify]
Sat, May 3 | Linfield Open | McMinnville
Fri, May 9 | Oregon Twilight | Hayward Field
[maybe open to our fastest runners]
Sat, May 10 | Portland Twilight | Lewis & Clark
**Sat, May 10 | OSU Pac-12 Open | Corvallis **No Sunday Meet**
[our fastest runners might qualify]
Thur, May 15 | George Fox Last Chance | Newberg
[enter yourself, pay your fee, own transportation]
‘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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