First week, online sign-up, Willamette entry
Hello, UO Running Club — (Sunday, September 28, 2025)
We start tomorrow, Monday, September 29, at 3pm on the intramural field next to the rec center. It’ll just be a relaxed introductory run. Everyone’s welcome! ‘Come and run any day that fits your schedule.
Our first chance to race cross country is next Saturday at Willamette. I must have entries by tomorrow, Monday at 3pm. Details below.
We have our traditional day-trip up the McKenzie on Sunday, October 19. We’ll provide two vans.
And we have two women’s volleyball matches for our ball crew next weekend!
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.
IN THE BEGINNING
‘Show up when you can! Everything we do is optional. You race if you wish. And the races are really varied!
We have a race opportunity every weekend for the first month of school. You choose which (if any) you want to do. Some are very low-key; some are more competitive. No races at all? Fine!
McKenzie!
$50! HOW TO PAY…
We charge $50 to be in the Running Club for the whole 2025-26 school year. Your first week of Club attendance will be free. After that it’s $50 for the rest of the school year. What a bargain!
Cash is always good, but you can pay online at:
https://ecommerce.uoregon.edu/order_form/emucs-club-sports-member-dues
If you pay online, be sure to tell me at a 3pm workout!
ENTRY DEADLINE FOR WILLAMETTE XC MEET IS MONDAY AT 3 PM!
We will go to the Willamette Invitational on Saturday, October 4.
Your entry deadline for Willamette is tomorrow, MONDAY, September 29, at 3:00pm. Contact me at heino@uoregon.edu or text me at 541-954-0263 to enter.
Or let me know promptly at Monday’s 3pm run.
We will provide two vans for transportation. That’s 24 people. Men’s 8km race is at 9:30am, women’s 5km race is at 10:20am. That’s early! It means a 7am departure from campus.
Races include intercollegiate teams in all NCAA divisions, plus NAIA and community college teams and clubs and us. Big fields with teams who have been training together for a month.
Course is hilly with lots of pavement. Last 200m is on the track.
Your entry fee for the meet is $10 cash, due when you get into the van.
These are pretty high-powered races and it would be the first 8km race for freshman guys. There is a very low-key 5km triangular meet with the OSU Club the following weekend here in Eugene, a good place to start your season.
**You must have signed up for Club online and paid the $50 yearly fee to travel and compete.**
These 12 Club members are entered so far:
Zoey Hock, Avery Hackenberg, Dylan Williams, Josh Gordon, Renee Gordon, Henry Domnarski, Alex Kennedy, Justice Gaines, Ben Blonigen, Jacob Long, Ashton Curl, Zenon Reese.
THIS YEAR’S STUDENT LEADERS
We’re in good hands with our student leadership!
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
VOLLEYBALL CREW AND YOU
There are two volleyball matches next weekend!
We are the ball crew for the women’s intercollegiate team. We roll balls along the sideline and toss one to the server before each point. It’s exciting and fun. We teach you how to do it. Ask anyone; it’s fun!
We can have two newcomers and four veterans for each match. Matches are at Matt Knight Arena!
The matches:
Friday, Oct. 3, 6:00pm (your arrival time is 5:15pm) vs Iowa
Saturday, Oct. 4, 6:00pm (your arrival time is 5:15pm) vs Ohio State
‘Get a spot on our crew by contacting me at heino@uoregon.edu or texting me at 541-954-0263.
It’s a good fundraiser for our Club!
’25 FALL TERM WORKOUTS: WEEK #1a
Monday, September 29, 3pm — meet on intramural field next to the side of the rec center. Most days are relaxed, aerobic runs. You decide where to go, how far to run. Afterward: Strides? Planks? Abs? Frisbee?
Tuesday, Sept 30, 3pm — Relaxed run or “hard day”:
10 minute warmup run to the center of the Pioneer cemetery next to campus.
1-2 x 1200m (lactate threshold) 3:00 rest
1-2 x 800m (cross country race pace) 3:00 rest
1-2 x 600m (cross country race pace or faster) 3:00 rest
‘Wanna do more? Ask!
Jog back to intramural field
2-4 x 100m barefoot strides
optional: planks, abs
Wednesday, Oct 1, 3pm — Relaxed run
Thursday, Oct 2, 3pm — Relaxed run or short hill workout in Washburn Park.
Friday, Oct 3, 3pm — your choice:
a) Relaxed end-of-week run, or
b) Pre-race warmup if you are racing at Willamette, or
c) Tempo run -- 14:00-20:00 at lactate threshold. This is slower than your XC race tempo, but faster than your steady run. Physiologically, it is the fastest pace at which you produce lactate in your working muscles and clear it at the same rate. It starts off feeling brisk and easy, then is more difficult to sustain, but doesn’t feel like a race effort.
Saturday, Oct 4 —
a) Race cross country at Willamette, or
b) Exploring run on your own
Sunday, October 5 — On your own: recovery run or long exploring run or trip to the library.
SPRINT WORKOUTS: NOT YET
Michael Donawa will conduct sprint training again this fall. Times yet to be determined. No sprint workouts this week.
Ana Khanna will continue to gather info and will lead the group. You can reach her at:
Ananya Khanna | 650-426-8455 | anagetsmail@gmail.com
Thank you to Michael, Ana, and all the sprinters who have reached out to organize for fall term!
RACES THIS FALL
Sat Oct 4 | Willamette Invitational | Bush Park, Salem, men 8km 9:30am, women 5km 10:20am
ENTRY INFO ABOVE.
Sat Oct 11 | Platypus Dual | UO Running Club vs OSU Running Club | 5km Amazon Trail in Eugene 10am
Sat Oct 18 | George Oja Invitational | Oak Knoll GC (Linfield host)
women 6km 10am, men 8km 11am
Fri Oct 24 | Bushnell Invitational | Pine Ridge GC 4:45pm
Fri Oct 24 | Run with the Duck | 5km road race (usually short) next to campus. Noon.
Sun Nov 23 | Run to Stay Warm | Eugene | half-marathon, 10km, 5km
BIG FINISH FOR FALL TERM
‘Need a culminating event for your fall term running? How about the Run to Stay Warm on November 24? It’s in Eugene, just two miles from campus! There is half-marathon, also a 10K and a 5K. Details at: https://runtostaywarm.com/
‘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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