October 6th Training (7.0 miles, etc.)

Our multi-phase weekend started quietly – and semi-normally – with a  seven-mile run on Saturday. Reports on our many races, seven of them involving about a dozen teammates, come separately on Sunday. Three more of our runners will race next weekend.

SATURDAY’S 7.0 MILES

(with per-mile pace, based on GPS average of 7.00; these are times from my watch, and yours might differ)

Chris – 1:15:29 (10:47 pace)

Ann – 1:12:37 (10:22s) tapering for Humboldt Half

Scott – 1:07:50 (9:41s) tapering for Humboldt Half

Kate – 55:11 (7:53s)

Leah – 1:07:50 (9:41s) tapering for Boise marathon

Becky – walked about 3 miles

Dean – 3.5 miles in 3:28 (9:16s)
Sally -- 1:18:11 (11:10s)

Nobuko – 1:27:38 (12:30s)

Russell – 8.0 miles in 1:13:13 (9:09s)

Rhonda – 1:14:05 (10:35s)

OTHER RECENT RESULT

David -- 10.0 miles on Sunday at 10:43s
Joe – 6.0-mile walk on Friday at 18:19s

September 30th Results (6 miles, etc.)

Great to greet so many of you, some 25, before runners scatter to a half-dozen different races – in three U.S. states and two countries – next weekend. Those locations, from farthest away to nearest: Chicago, San Jose, Victoria, Portland, Salem and Eugene. The following weekend we’ll have teammates in Boise and Humboldt.

Thanks to Lindsey for today’s store opening. And to Laurel for inviting us to her first Yoga for Athletes class this morning.

SUNDAY’S 6 MILES

(with per-mile pace, based on GPS average of 6.04; target was to taper for next week’s race, recover from last week’s, or continue early buildup for EWEB Half)

Neal – 1:09:25 (11:29 pace) after Florence half

Marcel – 47:59 (7:56s) after Florence half

Michele – 1:17:19 (12:48s)

Kristin – 1:08:15 (11:17s) before Victoria half

Stephanie – 1:08:15 (11:17s) before Victoria half

Chris – 1:08:15 (11:17s) after Florence half

Ann – 1:01:10 (10:07s)

Kathie H. – 1:04:07 (10:36s) before San Jose half

Kate – 47:57 (7:56s) after Florence half

Dean – 57:50 (9:34s) welcome back to team!

Sally – 1:07:43 (11:10s)

Sean – 57:50 (9:34s) before Salem half

Chantelle – 54:30 (9:01s) before Women’s half

Trina – 1:01:10 (10:07s)

Rachel – 1:01:10 (10:07s) welcome back to team!

Nobuko – 1:18:49 (13:02s)

Rhonda – 1:09:22 (11:29s) after Florence half

SUNDAY’S OTHER DISTANCES

(with the group)

Gabe – walked 8 miles in 1:54:37 (14:19s) before Chicago Marathon

Bill – 8.35 miles in 1:27:35 (10:29s) before Salem half

Jenna – 8.35 miles in 1:27:35 (10:29s)

Amy – 8.35 miles in 1:27:35 (10:29s) before Chicago Marathon

Scott – 12.5 miles in 1:52 (8:58s) before Humboldt half

Leah – 23 miles with Lindsey’s group in 3:20 (8:41s) before Boise Marathon

Laurel – 3.05 miles in 29:43 (9:44s)

Becky – unrecorded; welcome back to team!

Russell – 7.2 miles in 1:06:14 (9:11s)

OTHER RECENT RESULTS

(those reported to me)

David – 21 miles on Sunday at 11:29s

Chris – 19 miles at Silver Falls on Friday

Laurel – 9 trail miles on Saturday

Joe – walked 5.1 miles on Friday at 18:19s

September 23rd Results (5.3 miles & longer)

Here we go again, into this year’s final round of training. I know, some of you have unfinished business to take care of in the next few weeks. But the focus for the most of us now switches from the Florence Half (reported separately yesterday) to EWEB.

Thanks to Lindsey for opening the store today, this after winning the Florence women’s division on Saturday in course-record time. And thanks to Rhonda for today’s five-mile runners at their finish.

SUNDAY’S 5.3 MILES

(with per-mile pace; target was to recover from Florence or run at eventual half-marathon pace)

Neal – 1:00:14 (11:22 pace) after Saturday’s half

Marcel – 45:52 (8:39s) after Saturday’s half

Tim – 53:14 (10:02s) welcome back to the team!

Carrie – 1:00:14 (11:22s) after Saturday’s half

Ben (Carrie’s son) – 59:42 (11:16s)

Kate – 45:52 (8:39s) after Saturday’s half

Leah – 1:00:14 (11:22s)

Sally – 59:42 (11:16s)

Trina – 55:20 (10:26s)

Nobuko – 1:08:27 (12:54s) welcome back to the team!

SUNDAY’S LONGER DISTANCES

(mainly for October 7^th races)

Gabe – 13.1-mile walk in 3:36:36 (16:31s)

David – 8.0 miles in 1:22:15 (10:16s)

Jenna – 13.1 miles in 2:35 (11:35s)

Amy – 13.1 miles in 2:35 (11:35s)

Kathie H. – 12.35 miles in 2:19:22 (11:17s)

Sean – 11.3 miles in 1:34:19 (8:20s)

Chantelle – 11.3 miles in 1:39:30 (8:48s)

Russell – 8.9 miles in 1:21:21 (9:08s)

OTHER RECENT RESULTS

(those reported to me)

Laurel – 5 miles on Saturday at 10:08s

Joe – 4.1-mile walk on Saturday at 18:05s

Florence Half Results

Facts from Florence start with the “main dish” – 11 for 11 in finishers from the current team. Everything else is “dessert,” and we had plenty of that. Such as…

Three firsts in age groups: Kate in W35-39, Marcel in M35-39 and Leah in W45-49. Plus three second places: Carrie in W40-44, Neal in M70-74 and Chris in M60-64.

Neal improving the most from his last and longest training run, at minus-1:59 per mile. This came just five days after he underwent a medical procedure for kidney stones.

Kate, Marcel and Will racing for the first time with our team. For Will, it was his first half-marathon and longest run ever.

Big thank-yous to Gabe, Bill and Amy, along with Neal's wife Alyse, for handling on-course duties. Plus Everett, Jan and Keith for helping me out there on a near-perfect running day.

SATURDAY’S FLORENCE HALF-MARATHON RESULTS

(with our official times and paces for 13.1 miles; first target was to finish, second was to match or better the pace of your longest training run)

Neal – 2:18:33 (10:35 pace)

Marcel – 1:40:26 (7:41s)

Kyoko – 2:20:49 (10:45s)

Chris – 2:20:57 (10:46s)

Renee – 2:31:06 (11:33s)

Carrie – 2:14:14 (10:15s)

Kate – 1:39:24 (7:36s)

Leah – 1:41:10 (7:44s)

Everett – 5 miles of pacing Kim

Kim – 2:57:44 (13:35s)

Will – 2:44:21 (12:33s)

Rhonda – 2:28:46 (11:22s)

Team friends (including alums):

John Bowden – 2:42:06 (12:22s) recovering well from leg injuries

Chris Funch – 1:13:08 (5:36s) 1^st overall male, PR, course record!

Lindsey Funch – 1:29:26 (6:50s) 1^st overall female, course record!

Dan Kerrigan – 2:02:08 (9:20s) 1^st for age

Jeanine Miller – 2:41:06 (12:16s) first race since daughter’s birth

(Photo: Most of our team, minutes before the start. Missing is Renee; added is Jeanine, in pink, whose husband Keith took the picture.)