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  • Come to a Reading by co-author of Run Like a Mother Saturday, Sept 4th at the Ground Floor of 5th Street Public Market 4:00-6:00 P.M. (reading at 4:00) at packet pick-up for the Eugene Women's Half. Not racing? Come and chat, get a book or a cute Run Like a Mother tee!
  • Get Yer Jitter-Giggles out FREE pre-race, easy 3-miler put on by Run Momma Run. Come get jazzed about the Eugene Women's Half, release nervous energy, have fun and have coffee after! 7:00 am South Eugene Track parking lot.
  • Former World and American Record Holder Mark Nenow speaking at the Eugene Running Company Saturday, October 2nd at 9am
  • Training Programs for 2010 Portland and Royal Victoria Marathon/Half Marathon
  • The first Friday of every month at Noon and the third Monday of every month at 5pm, Jeff Giulietti and Joe Uhan of Eugene Physical Therapy provide free consultation for running injuries.
  • Walking Groups at the Eugene Running Company
  • See the Baby Boot Camp page on Runnerspace.
  • Check Out RunnerSpace Website for Videos, chat and other relevant Information (Local, Trials, etc..). Track, Roads, Cross, interviews and Eugene..
  • View "Twilight Mile: The Story of Bill McChesney Jr."
  • Page for page- Historical Eugene Olympic Trial Media Guides
  • For travel assistance to Eugene for the Prefontaine Track Cassic, NCAA National Track and Field Championships and other Tracktown events


  • "“So I can eat gravy” was my stock response two and a half years ago when first asked what motivated me to start running. I’d done the rounds with diets and didn’t believe I would ever find one that I would stick to for more then a few days at a time. I decided that exercise was the answer and I thought that if I ran I wouldn’t have to worry so much about what I ate. I do love to eat. Months passed and the running became easier, I even trained for and finished my first marathon, but still my weight never did change substantially and to add salt to that wound I found that my pace had slowed as well. But, the marathon was an experience that changed the way I had been looking at running. Within minutes of dragging my ass across that finish-line I was already thinking about what I could have, and should have, done differently and better. I decided immediately that I would be running another marathon but that I would do the next one right. This meant that I would have to take the steps to lose the extra weight and if it included giving up gravy then so be it. I’m twenty pounds lighter now and getting close to my self-imposed “maximum weight to start marathon training” goal and I’m feeling optimistic that this will be the year of my second marathon. I don’t often get asked why I run any more but when asked what has motivated me to loose weight, the answer is “So I can run.” Running works".

    Susan

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    Joe's Team Comes Home
    Joe's Team Comes Home

    Joe Henderson's Marathon Team had run five previous races. Many of those runners had re-enlisted, some repeatedly, but their latest experience was different from all others.

    "This was the first time we've stayed home for a race," says Henderson, who coaches the Team that the Eugene Running Company co- sponsors. "Before, we'd gone to Newport, Portland and Napa Valley. There we'd felt like special guests at someone else's party. Here, we were more like the hosts, inviting visitors to our home course."

    The JHMT trains on much of the Eugene Marathon route. Now the runners could avoid the costs and stresses of travel.

    This combination, plus the option of a half-marathon that previous target races hadn't offered, made the latest round of training extra- attractive. The Sunday group grew to 60-plus (from its previous limit of 40), and spun off a second Running Company Team of equal size that trained on Saturdays.

    Highlights from the latest JHMT:
    • Three runners represented us at the Boston Marathon. Sarah McCarthy, Stefanie Rimel and Doug Tucker ran there two weeks before the Eugene race, then helped pace our runners here.
    • Two runners qualified for Boston 2008 here. Lyda Schimmer ran 3:29 and Cadie Dornath, 3:34.
    • Tim Cole won his age group in 3:13. The UO student was our youngest runner at 19.
    • Nineteen of our 34 marathoners with previous experience at this distance set personal records. Michelle Martin improved the most, 56 minutes.
    • Sixty JHMT runners finished the Eugene Marathon or Half. "This is a record we won't try to break with our next Team," Henderson says.
    "For Portland we'll return to the old 40-runner limit since this is a marathon-only event."







      

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