Spring ... We got meets!

Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, March 30, 2025)

Welcome back! It’s just four weeks until the Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5km. There are a few spots left in the half marathon. The marathon and 5km are sold out!

We have a track meet most weekends through early May. It’s up to you to be sure you’re entered. You MUST meet the deadlines posted here.

We’ve reserved vans for some meets. You can help us all by becoming a certified van driver.

(The Oregon Relays, a huge two-day high school track meet, will be at Hayward Field next Friday and Saturday, April 4-5. Unlike past years, it only has high school events. )

FIRST TRACK MEET DEADLINE NOW

The two-day meet at Lane CC on April 4-5 has been cancelled.

We can enter you at the Jenn Boyman meet at Linfield up in McMinnville that Saturday, April 5, and we can pay your entry fee. But we will NOT be able to get vans, so you will have to provide your own transportation!

Your entry deadline to me for the Jenn Boyman meet at Linfield is Wednesday, April 2, at 10am.
Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263. Tentative schedule:

10:00am Men’s and Women’s Long Jump (Triple Jump to follow)
Track Events (rolling schedule after the 1500m
9:30am 10k Women
10:20am 10k Men
10:55am Alumni Mile
11:00am Steeplechase (Women)(1ht)
11:15am Steeplechase (Men)(1ht)
11:30am 400m Relay (Women)1ht
11:35am 400m Relay (Men)1ht
11:40am 1500m (Women)2hts
11:55pm 1500m (Men)2hts Estimated time
100m Hurdles (Women)2hts 12:15
110m Hurdles (Men)2hts 12:30
400m Dash (Women)2hts 12:45
400m Dash (Men)4hts 12:50
100m Dash (Women)4hts 1:00
100m Dash (Men)7hts 1:10
800m Run (Women)2hts 1:25
800m run (Men)3hts 1:35
Alumni Recognition
400m Hurdles (Women)2hts 2:05
400m Hurdles (Men)3hts 2:20
Kids Half Lapper
200m Dash (Women)5hts 2:45
200m Dash (Men)8hts 3:00
5000m Run (Women)1ht 3:15
5000m Run (Men)1ht 3:45
1600m Relay (Women)1ht 4:10
1600m Relay (Men)2ht 4:15

SECOND TRACK MEET DEADLINE…

Think ahead. Be sure you meet deadlines! The John Knight Invitational meet is a two-day meet at Western Oregon U in Monmouth on Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12.

Entries will NOT all get accepted. Our entry deadline to me is Monday, April 7, at 3pm. Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263.

We’ll drive back and forth each day. Will we have enough certified drivers? Time schedule:

Friday, April 11 —
6:00PM 400 H W (1 Section)
6:15PM 400 H M (2 Sections)
6:30PM 1,500 W (2 Section)
6:45PM 1,500 M (2 Sections)
7:00PM Steeple W (1 Section)
7:20PM Steeple M (1 Section)
7:40PM 5,000 W (1 Section)
8:00PM 5,000 M (1 Section)

Saturday, April 12 —
10:00AM Long Jump (1 Flight) Men - Men’s Triple (1 Flight) to follow
12:30PM 4x100 W – (8)
12:35PM 4x100 M – (8)
12:45PM 100 H W (2 Sections)
1:00PM 110 H M (2 Sections)
1:15PM 400 W (3 Sections)
1:25PM 400 M (3 Sections)
1:35PM 100 W (4 Sections)
1:45PM 100 M (6 Sections)
1:55PM 800 W (1 Section)
2:05PM 800 M (3 Sections)
2:20PM 200 W (4 Sections)
2:40PM 200 M (4 Sections)
3:00PM 4x400 W – (8)
3:05PM 4x400 M – (8)

WILLAMETTE RESULTS

At the Willamette Invitational yesterday Iris Duxbury got tenth in the 1500m in a season-best 5:12.28. Zoey Hock got second in the 5000m in a PR 18:49.04. Well done!

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!

EUGENE HALF-MARATHON, MARATHON, 5KM

The marathon and 5km are both SOLD OUT! There might still room in the half-marathon.

https://www.eugenemarathon.com/

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

SPRING TERM WORKOUTS: WEEK #1

Monday, March 31 — 3pm at IM field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.

Tuesday, April 1 — 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.

**Bring lighter shoes or spikes**

Distance runners:
1200m (5000m date pace) with 400m jog-walk
2 x 800m (negative split off 5000m DP) with 400m jog-walk
2 x 600m (float 200m, fast 200m, float 200m) with 400m jog-walk
Choice:
a) 2-3 x 400 (near 1500m DP...or tactical?) with 200m jog-walk
b) 1600m (relaxed)

Middle distance runners:
800m (3000m date pace) with 400m jog-walk
3 x 400m (near 1500m date pace…or tactical?) with 200m jog-walk
3-4 x 200m (800m date pace) with 200m jog-walk
800m (can you run as fast as your first one? Or maybe tactical?)

Sprinters: Michael Donawa’s workout, or:
3 x 150m with 150m walk-jog back to start...
--1st: float
--2nd: 50m float - 50m fast - 50m float
--3rd: 50m fast - 50m float - 50m fast
4 x 30m (explosive) from standing start, walk back
2 x 250m or 300m or 400m (strong) 5:00+ rest

Wednesday, April 2 — 3pm at IM field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks.

Thursday, April 3 — 3pm at IM field: easy run, optional strides, abs, planks… or lactate threshold run (12-20 minutes).

Friday, April 4 — 3pm at IM field: Easy end-of-the-week run …or pre-race warmup… or Thursday’s lactate threshold run.

Saturday, April 5 — Exploring run on your own…or race at Linfield.

Sunday, April 6 — Recovery run on own… or your longest run of the week. Three weeks ’til Eugene Half-Marathon, Marathon and 5km. Marathoners, time to shorten up your long run!

TRACK MEETS IN 2025.

TRACK MEETS ON YOUR OWN?

You can always enter a meet on your own “unattached”, pay your own entry fee, and provide your own transportation. Your first step is to create a free account at directathletics.com.

‘See you on the field,

Tom Heinonen

coach

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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