2008 Portland Marathon Clinic

The Portland Marathon Clinic offers programs leading to the successful completion of the Portland 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.

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REGULAR Clinic - Seminars start April 9, FREE runs start April 5

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 Wednesday 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 $100, individual seminars are $30.

• Secure Online Clinic Registration
• Adobe pdf Flyer

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

Seminar topics include the following:

• BASICS OF TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE (Apr 9)
• TRAINING TECHNIQUES (May 7)
• MAXIMIZING PERFORMANCE (Jun 4)
• FINAL PREPARATION (Jul 9)
• RACE WEEK GUIDE (Sep 17)

Seminars are Wednesday 7:00 - 9:30PM, Kaiser Permanente Town Hall, 3704 N. Interstate Avenue, Portland. Parking in Kaiser Garage.

ADVANCED Marathon Clinic Starts June 19th

This 16 week program is for experienced marathoners who preferably have previously attended our REGULAR Clinic. It will offer midweek coached run or track session plus 16 week personalized online schedule and log in addition to the free Saturday runs. The midweek runs will meet at Duniway Park Thursday 6pm starting June 19th. Runs will include fartlek, hill runs and track workouts to prepare runners to race the marathon. The cost will be $60. Prerequisites for the program are previous marathon experience, running a minimum of 30 miles a week and completion of a 14 mile long run in June.

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

FREE Runs

For the Marathon trainee, we provide FREE group training run opportunities. 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 5                  4-6-8 miles                   Marathon Course
• Apr 12                5-7-9 miles                   Fit Right NW
• Apr 19                6-8-10 miles                 Wildwood Trail
• Apr 26                7-9-10 miles                 Fit Right NW
• May 3                 8-10 miles                  George Rogers Park
• May 10               9-10-12 miles               Fit Right Vancouver
• May 17              10-12 miles                   Wildwood Trail
• May 24              10-12-13 miles              Fit Right NW
• May 31               10-14 miles                  Springwater Corridor
• Jun 7                  12-13-15 miles             Fit Right NW
• Jun 14                12-14-16 miles             Wildwood Trail
• Jun 21                13-15-16 miles             Fit Right NW
• Jun 28                14-16 miles                Duniway Park
• Jul 5                    15-16-18 miles             Fit Right NW
• Jul 12                 16-18 miles                 Wildwood Trail
• Jul 19                 16-19 miles                 Fit Right NW
• Jul 26                 16-18-20 miles              Vancouver Lake
• Aug 2                 16-20 miles                 Fit Right NW
• Aug 9                 20 miles                       Marathon Course
• Aug 16               16 miles                        Fit Right Vancouver
• Aug 23               20 miles                        Wildwood Trail
• Aug 30               16 miles                         Fit Right NW
• Sep 6                 20 miles                         Brunch Run*
• Sep 13               16-20 miles                    Fit Right NW
• Sep 20               16 miles                         Willamette Park
• Sep 27                8 miles                          Marathon Course       
  

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.

LOCATIONS:

• Brunch Run* - Park at Willamette Park off SW Macadam. Ride bus to start. Run back to park. Post run brunch. * $10 ticket MUST be purchased in August at runs or Fit Right Stores. Bus leaves at 7:30AM.
• Duniway Park Track - SW Barbur Blvd just south of downtown Portland.
• Fit Right NW - 1207 NW 23rd Ave
• Fit Right Vancouver - 700 SE 160th, Vancouver, WA
• George Rogers Park - Off S. State Street, Lake Oswego
• Marathon Course - Marathon Start, SW 4th and Main
• Springwater Corridor - Main City Park, off Powell Blvd in Gresham.
• Wildwood Trail - Adjacent to NW 53rd Drive. From NW Cornell turn onto 53rd Drive and go 1/2 mi to meeting area at top of Birch Trail.
• Vancouver Lake Park - 7 miles west of Vancouver. Take the 4th Plain exit from I5 and follow west to park.

For advanced notification and directions to the weekend runs join our email list. For details on our free training runs Click Here.

Run group leaders meet before training run

More Info:

Phone: (503)-692-5126
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FREE run FAQ