This weekend’s run is on one of my favorite routes in the Portland Metro area. Westside runners will have a quick drive to the start/finish in SW Portland, very close to Beaverton. Where: Lamb’s Thriftway at 7410 SW Oleson Road What time: The run will start at 8a, so be there by 7:45 to use the potty and find your pace group Distance: 13 miles Fanno Creek Route: This run starts at the Garden Home…
This week’s run will start and finish at lululemon’s Bridgeport Location, providing a group run for 12 miles as part of your spring marathon training. When: Saturday, November 15, 2014 What time: The run starts at 8a Where: Lululemon Bridgeport at 7381 SW Bridgeport Rd in Tigard Distance: 10 miles
This week’s run is a tour of North Portland, starting from the Grand Central Bakery on N. Fremont up to the University of Portland and back. Where: Grand Central Bakery at 714 N. Fremont When: 8a on Saturday, November 8, 2014 … be there by 7:45a to use the bathroom and get organized. Mileage: 10 miles
This week’s 10-mile run is along a lovely route with views of Portland’s riverfront, along the Eastbank Esplanade to the Springwater, turning around near Powell Blvd. Where: Lululemon Pearl District at 1231 NW Couch in Portland What time: The run will start at 8a, so be there by 7:45 to use the potty and find your pace group Distance: 10 miles
Well, the Portland Marathon Clinic is over for the year (until April!) so it is time for Coach Jim’s free training runs to start up again. The pace-group-led runs won’t kick off until November 1 – many of his pacers ran the Portland Marathon – but here is Coach Jim’s mileage recommendation for you to stay on track for the next few weeks. 10/11/14: 8 miles 10/18/14: 9 miles 10/25/14: 10 miles
This weekend is the last run – only 8 miles – in the 2014 PMC. Resist the urge to run faster; sticking to the plan is always the best strategy at this point in marathon training. Hopefully you have met some other wonderful people during the Clinic and maybe you will even meet up with them on race day to work together towards your goals! But if not, be sure to exchange email addresses or…
Just twelve days ago I celebrated the one-year anniversary of my arrival in Portland, Oregon. I’d traveled 2,700 miles diagonally across a good portion of the United States and arrived exhausted late on a Tuesday to an empty apartment in Northwest: that night, it was air mattresses and internet connections– tomorrow, the world (I thought). At first, there were so few hours in the day and so many fresh things to experience in my new state,…
Grand Central Bakery is the start location for this weekend’s free marathon (or not) training run with Coach Jim. This is also the last scheduled Coach Jim run for the season, so come for what will be sure to be a great run! When: Saturday, March 29 What time: 8a Where: Grand Central Bakery at 714 N. Fremont Street The route is an out-and-back towards the University of Portland with beautiful views from the bluff.…
Join up for the next-to-last Coach Jim run of the season this Saturday, March 22, at Pizza Roma in SE Portland. The run is made up of two 8.5 mile loops for 17 miles, and then a 1.5 mile out and 1.5 mile back to make it an even 20. You can see the routes here: Loop #1 Loop #2 The out-and-back is on Springwater. Here are the details:
Usually in this time slot, we post the route for Saturday’s free marathon training run for Coach Jim’s awesome running group. But this weekend is the Portland classic – the Shamrock Run – so Coach Jim’s crew will be hitting the Terwilliger hills with thousands of other runners on Sunday and there is no Saturday run. Check back next Tuesday around 10a to find out where they’ll be on Saturday, June 22!
