Thursday, December 4, 2014

Eugene Marathon & Half Training

Training for a long race goes better if you run with a group that shares your goal and a coach who has helped hundreds runners reach theirs before. You set the goal, and we provide the group support and coaching advice for carrying out our proven training plan.

The Eugene Marathon and Half’s return to a spring date (May 10th) will again make this our target race for the season. This round of training will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Joe’s Team.

The Eugene Running Company has sponsored this training group since its launch. More than 500 runners have joined us, and their finish rate in marathons and halves is better than 99 percent.

The team usually meets at the Running Company on Sunday mornings at 8:00. The fee for marathon training is $100 and for the half-marathon, $50 (payable at the store).

We welcome runners of all abilities and experience levels. However, we strongly recommend that marathoners have run at least eight miles, and half-marathoners at least four miles before this training begins. Eugene Running Company group training on Sundays and Mondays can help you build toward our starting distance.

To reserve a spot on Joe’s Team, contact the coach: joesrunteam@gmail.com. The calendar for this winter and spring (with first month’s mileage starting higher usual because of Joe’s previously scheduled January travels):

February 1st -- 10 miles to start marathon training
February 8th -- 11 miles
February 15th -- 6 miles
February 22nd -- 13.1 miles

March 1st -- 7 miles (Joe is away)
March 8th -- 5 miles
March 15th -- 8 miles for marathon & 5 to start half-marathon training
March 22th -- 17 miles for marathon & 6 for half (at Row River Trail)
March 29th -- 9 miles for marathon & 7 for half

April 5th -- 19 miles for marathon & 8 for half
April 12th -- 10 miles for marathon & 9 for half
April 19th -- 21 miles for marathon & 10 for half
April 26th -- 10 miles for marathon & 11 for half

May 3rd -- one hour for marathon & half

May 10th -- Eugene Marathon and Half (on Sunday at 7:00)

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