March 6th Results (8.0 miles)

Saturday’s inaugural Cottage Grove Half was a midway stop on the road to the Eugene for our marathoners. This training group alone accounted for eight percent of the finishers.

Thanks to Shivaun Black for opening the store on Sunday. And to Neal Benson and Rhonda Zimlich for taking over team support in my absence.

TODAY’S 8.0 MILES

(with per-mile pace, based on GPS average of 8.00, and comparison to your last long run here; target was either to match that pace for this shorter distance, for recovery, or to go faster, for speed training)

Bill – 1:09:00 (8:37 pace, -8 sec. per mile) day’s best pacer

Mike – 58:37 (7:19s, -39 sec.)

Jenna – 1:21:19 (10:10s, -9 sec.)

Leah – 1:15:30 (9:26s, +18 sec.) after 13.1 on Saturday

Sean – 1:03:05 (7:53s, -21 sec.)

Jeanette – 1:18:45 (9:48s, -30 sec.) after 13.1 on Saturday

Max – 1:06:00 (8:15s, -54 sec.) day’s most improved

OTHER WEEKEND RUNS

Tanya – 7.5 miles in Eugene on Saturday

Michele C. – Cottage Grove Half in 2:17:07 (10:28s, -50 sec.)

Gina – CG Half in 1:58:33 (9:02s, -1:59)

Amy – CG Half in 1:50:26 (8:25s, -1:43)

Leah – CG Half in 1:54:09 (8:42s, -26 sec.)

Laurel – 10 miles in Boston on Saturday

Elly – 8 miles in California

Sara – 16 miles in Napa, California, on Sunday

Jeanette – CG Half in 2:07:34 (9:42s, -36 sec.)

Russell – Napa Marathon on Sunday in 3:40 (8:23s)
Rhonda – CG Half in 2:31:54 (11:35s, -16 sec.)