In this issue:
1) Facebook Run Video
2) Evening Seminar April 17
3) FREE Training Run April 21
4) Aid Station Volunteers
5) FREE Training Run April 28
6) Advanced PMC Coaching
7) Training Tips
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Run Video on Facebook -----------------------------------------------------------
See yourself or watch the Mountain Hardwear group run video by going to http://www.facebook.com/marathonclinic
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Portland Marathon Clinic Seminar April 17 -------------------------------------------------
The first evening seminar will be Tuesday April 17 7- 9:30 pm at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, 19300 SW 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062 . For map see http://www.teamoregon.com/maps/index.php?id=1542 New in 2012, PMC has added half marathon training for either the Portland Half or any summer/fall Half marathon. Marathon seminar package participants will receive 5 Tuesday evening 2 1/2 hour seminars, a book "Marathoning Start to Finish", handouts, a personalized online training schedule and log and a micro fiber Portland Marathon Training Clinic shirt. The package is $100. The first clinic will discuss the basics of training, how to get to the marathon/half marathon healthy and how to "finish and feel good!" You can register for a single session for $30. You can pre-register online by credit card at http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc or register by cash or check only at the door. Plan to arrive by 6:45 to either pick up all your goodies or to register.
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FREE Training Run April 21 ------------------------------------------------------------
This weekends' training run meets at George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego at 8 am and will feature a 6, 8 or 10 mile out and back to West Linn. The FREE training run is open to anyone wishing to run with the group. Please leave your headphones, dogs and baby joggers at home. You might want to bring your water bottle.
For more information about the runs, go to http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/runs/trainrun.htm. Pace groups are by marathon goal times, see the finding your pace group chart in the run information. If you have raced, go to http://www.teamoregon.com/publication/online/wizard.php and get your marathon goal based on your race times. Groups are led by volunteer experienced marathoners. Groups range from those able to run a marathon under 3 hours to those wanting to run 5+ hours.
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Aid Station Volunteers -----------------------------------------------------------
To keep with the Portland Marathon spirit of volunteering, we ask runners to volunteer to help with aid stations at the training runs. We ask you to volunteer one time during the six month training period. The marathon provides all the supplies, but runners sometimes bring treats like jelly beans and gummi bears. The training runs will have aid stations starting in May. To volunteer, look for the hot pink sign up sheets at the run or email
with your phone number and email address. You will be reminded early in the week before your turn.
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FREE Training Run April 28 ---------------------------------------------
The FREE Saturday run is 7, 9, or 10 miles at 8 am. Meet at lulemon 1231 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209. For driving directions see: http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/runs/lululemondir.htm Pay parking is available in the garage underneath lululemon. Whole Food validates for 2 hours with a 10 dollar purchase. Free parking is on street few blocks up on the other side of the freeway, the nearby meters are mostly 90 mintues. The run will go down Couch to the Waterfront, then across the Steel Bridge pedestrian pathway to the East Side Esplanade. We'll use the first 3.5 - 5 miles of the mapped run http://www.teamoregon.com/maps/index.php?id=759. You might want to bring your water bottle.
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Advanced PMC Coaching ---------------------------------------------
The Advanced PMC training program will begin in June. This 16 week program for experienced marathoners/half marathoners will offer midweek coached run or track session plus 16 week personalized online schedule and log and a microfiber race shirt in addition to the free Saturday runs. The midweek runs will meet at Duniway Park Thursday 6pm starting June 21. Runs will include fartlek, hill runs and track workouts to prepare runners to race the marathon. The cost will be $80. For more info see http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/
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Training Tips -------------------------------------------------------------
Want to know more about some of the rules of training . Check out http://www.teamoregon.com/publication/online/tencom.html