Run Eugene with us in April!

A chance to get together and run Oregon's Eugene Half Marathon this spring

Quite a number of you have signed up for the newsletter since the last time I sent out anything about this, so I thought I’d bring everyone up to speed.

Just as we did at the Richmond Half Marathon last fall, I’m traveling to Oregon this April to run the Eugene Half Marathon along with as many subscribers who would like to run it with me — and I’d love you to join too!

There’s still time to sign up for the race — which takes place on Sunday, April 28 — and there’s still time to train; just over nine weeks, actually. If you’ve been running consistently over the past couple of months, there should be adequate time left.

And if you haven’t — like me, thanks to a bout of plantar fasciitis I’ve been experiencing — well, then you’ll have to take it a little slower, but there’s still time to get ready.

Below is the training plan I put together back in January, a 15-week plan that builds up toward a long run of 11 miles in early April, followed by a two-week taper and finishing with the half marathon on April 28th.

My plan is to scale this back a little — go with a little less mileage during the week, and long runs on the weekends that are a mile or two shorter than what I have laid out below — but I still feel like I can get there and run 13.1 with you in Eugene, since I ran the half in Richmond last November. (That’s the plan, anyway!)

The group of us that met up in Richmond had such a blast, I knew I wanted to do it again — I can’t wait to meet up with you and get the chance to run this historic course in “TrackTown U.S.A.”

Here’s the training plan, starting with the remainder of this week’s miles and proceeding each week — let me know if you have any questions!

Your friend,

— Terrell

The rest of this week (Feb. 23-25)

• Saturday — 7 miles

• Sunday — 3 miles

Week 7 (Feb. 26-March 3)

• Tuesday — 5-6 miles

• Thursday — 4 miles

• Saturday — 8 miles

• Sunday — 2-3 miles

Week 8 (March 4-10)

• Tuesday — 6 miles

• Thursday — 4-5 miles

• Saturday — 8 miles

• Sunday — 2-3 miles