You pop into double-figure mileage this Sunday, for Eugene Marathon and Cottage Grove Half alike. Let's hope for a dry day, rare as that would be this winter, for this 10.1-mile run.
The route (with an eight o'clock start from the Eugene Running Company): Oakway and Coburg Roads to Ferry Street Bridge and don't cross. Turn right onto bike path, to Valley River footbridge and across. To Autzen footbridge (brick crosswalk) and turn AROUND. Back the same way: Valley River, Ferry and store. GPS distance is 10.15 miles.
Bring a drink for delivery at Skinner Butte playground (about 3.5 and 6.6 miles). Weather forecast: starting temperature about 40 with rain likely.
WEEK FOUR MARATHON LESSON: YOUR TEAMMATES
Question: Does everyone run together, at the same
pace? Or do you divide us into pace groups that stay together?
Answer: Neither.
Assigning you to run as a single big pack or several smaller ones would cause
most of you to go faster or slower than is right for you. I want you to find
your own best pace. With a team this size most runners fall into step with
others of their pace, but we let this happen naturally rather than by
assignment. You might end up running by yourself. But you’re never alone on
long runs. You still gain great support from your teammates even without
running beside them all the time. Also, feel free to bring along your own
supporters: for instance, someone to hand you drinks besides those supplied at the team’s stations… or
simply a familiar face and voice that you look forward to seeing as the miles
grow long.
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