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The Portland Marathon Clinic offers programs leading to the successful completion of the Portland Marathon or other fall marathon. Established in 1984 the Clinic has helped thousands of runners and walkers to sucessfully complete their first marathon. 100's of others have achieved their personal bests. It provides proven, safe and supported programs. It is the sanctioned official training program for the Portland Marathon.

Half Marathon training will lead to finishing either the Portland Half marathon or other summer/fall half marathon.

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REGULAR Clinic - Seminars start April 16, FREE runs start April 6

Our REGULAR Clinic is intended for those with little or no previous marathon experience. We have 5 levels of training programs for those running as little as 10 miles/week to those running as much as 50 miles/week. All training is individualized based on the runners experience and ability.

The clinic consists of 5 evening seminar sessions and FREE group training runs with groups for all paces. Our runs are open to anyone.

Seminar Package Participants receive:

  • 5 Tuesday evening 2 1/2 hour seminars
  • a 183 page book
  • handouts
  • a personalized online training schedule and log
  • a microfiber Portland Marathon Training Clinic shirt

Online Training Schedule/Log

The seminar package is $120, individual seminars are $30.

Our coaches are certified by the Road Runners Club of America.

Seminar topics include the following:

  • BASICS OF TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE (Apr 16)
  • TRAINING TECHNIQUES (May 7)
  • MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE (Jun 11)
  • FINAL PREPARATION (Jul 9)
  • RACE WEEK GUIDE (Sep 24)

Seminars are 7:00 - 9:30PM, Room 104 Health Information Center, Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, 19300 SW 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062.

FREE Runs

For the Marathon trainee, we provide FREE group training runs every Saturday beginning in April. You do NOT have to be a seminar participant to do our runs, everyone is welcome. Aid is provided on the course for runs longer than 10 miles. Bring along your dry clothes, snack and favorite replacement drink for afterwards.

FREE weekend long run schedule. All runs start at 8AM.

Apr 6 4-6-8 miles Mountain Hardwear
Apr 13 5-7-9 miles Road Runner Sports
Apr 20 6-8-10 miles George Rogers Park
Apr 27 7-9-10 miles Lululemon
May 4 8-10 miles Lululemon Bridgeport
May 11 9-10-12 miles Road Runner Sports
May 18 10-12 miles Duniway Park
May 25 10-12-13 miles Lululemon
Jun 1 10-12-14 miles Springwater Corridor
Jun 8 12-13-15 miles Road Runner Sports
Jun 15 12-14-16 miles Mountain Hardware
Jun 22 13-15-16 miles Lululemon
Jun 29 14-16 miles Duniway Park
Jul 6 15-16-18 miles Road Runner Sports
Jul 13 16-18 miles Lululemon
Jul 20 16-19 miles Mountain Hardware
Jul 27 16-18-20 miles Vancouver Lake
Aug 3 16-20 miles Road Runner Sports
Aug 10 20 miles Marathon Course/SW 4th & Main
Aug 17 16 miles Lululemon
Aug 24 20 miles Mountain Hardware
Aug 31 16 miles Road Runner Sports
Sep 7 20 miles Brunch Run*
Sep 14 16-20 miles Lululemon
Sep 21 16 miles Road Runner Sports
Sep 28 8 miles Lululemon Bridgeport

4 Hour pace group, (one of 12 groups), heads out
on the years first clinic training run.

Run group leaders meet before training run

All runs start promptly at 8:00AM. Up to 12 pace groups are provided.
For advanced notification and directions to the runs join our email list.

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For details on our free training runs Click Here.

ADVANCED Marathon Clinic Starts June 20th

Achieve a faster, better marathon by participating in the Advanced Marathon Training Program. This 16 week program is for experienced marathoners running either the Portland Marathon or other October, November marathons. The coaches are RRCA certified running coaches with over 25 years of experience coaching marathoners. They will guide the runners to set and achieve their marathon goals while training in a fun and social group environment.

The ultimate goal is to get each runner to the marathon start line prepared, rested, and healthy to run a better, faster marathon. Runners will be given a complete individualized online schedule and log with daily runs, distance and paces. The program will focus on the two major components of marathon training, the long run and marathon specific speedwork. Participants use the Portland Marathon Training Clinic free Saturday runs as their long runs for the week, (see free run info on this page). Speedwork sessions will be done as a group Thursday evenings at 6 pm at the Duniway track. The plan is to build strength and endurance, gradually add some speed, then finish with marathon specific speedwork.

Prerequisites:

  • Marathon Experience - need to have run at least one prior marathon
  • Pace - all paces and goals welcome from under 3 hours to over 5 hours.
  • Current training level - a minimum mileage base of 30 miles a week, recent long run of 13 -14 miles.

Features:

  • Thursday Group Runs - meet Thursday evenings at 6 pm at Duniway park from June 20 through Oct 3. The runs start with an easy group warm up and end with an easy cool down. Workouts include plyometrics, fartlek or speedplay, hill runs, intervals and pace runs. Paces will be individual and range from 5K race pace to specific marathon pace runs in the final peaking phase.
  • Saturday Group Runs - long runs will be Saturdays at 8 am from various locations with the Portland Marathon Training Clinic. These runs feature pace group run leaders and aid stations on marked courses. (see free run info on this page)
  • Online Schedule and Log - individualized based on ability and current fitness level.
  • Online Features after log in - virtual marathon clinic seminars, core strength workout, stretch and strengthen library, maps of training routes, shoe log and training and injury FAQ's.
  • A microfiber team racing shirt

The cost of the program will be $90 and includes the online features plus the Thursday workout with the coaches. The registration is limited and online only. Refunds will not be available after June 20 and will require a $10 handling fee.

The coaches will need a working email address to be able to contact you with messages. Participants are encouraged to communicate directly with the coaches either in person at the Duniway workouts or via email

ADVANCED Half Marathon Clinic Starts June 20

Achieve a faster, better half marathon by participating in the Advanced Half Marathon Training Program. This 16 week program is for experienced half marathoners running either the Portland Half Marathon or other October, November half marathons. The coaches are RRCA certified running coaches with over 25 years of experience coaching runners. They will guide the runners to set and achieve their half marathon goals while training in a fun and social group environment.

The ultimate goal is to get each runner to the race start line prepared, rested, and healthy to run a better, faster half marathon. Runners will be given a complete individualized online schedule and log with daily runs, distance and paces. The program will focus on the two major components of half marathon training, the long run and half marathon specific speedwork. Speedwork sessions will be done as a group Thursday evenings at 6 pm at the Duniway track. The plan is to build strength and endurance, gradually add some speed, then finish with half marathon specific speedwork.

Prerequisites:

  • Half Marathon Experience - need to have run at least one prior half marathon
  • Pace - all paces and goals welcome from under 1:20:00 to over 2:30:00.
  • Current training level - a minimum mileage base of 25 miles a week, recent long run of 10 -12 miles.

Features:

  • Thursday Group Runs - meet Thursday evenings at 6 pm at Duniway park from June 20 through Oct 3. The runs start with an easy group warm up and end with an easy cool down. Workouts include plyometrics, fartlek or speedplay, hill runs, intervals and pace runs. Paces will be individual and range from 5K race pace to specific half marathon pace runs in the final peaking phase.
  • Online Schedule and Log - individualized based on ability and current fitness level.
  • Online Features after log in - virtual marathon clinic seminars, core strength workout, stretch and strengthen library, maps of training routes, shoe log and training and injury FAQ's.
  • A microfiber team racing shirt

The cost of the program will be $90 and includes the online features plus the Thursday workout with the coaches. The registration is limited and online only. Refunds will not be available after June 20 and will require a $10 handling fee.

The coaches will need a working email address to be able to contact you with messages. Participants are encouraged to communicate directly with the coaches either in person at the Duniway workouts or via email

More Info:

Phone: (503)-319-8348
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