and wanted some local info on where I can/should run. I know this is "Tracktown USA" and I've heard there is a Pre Trail on/near campus. I'm getting a town map soon, and should be able to locate parks, but not sure beyond that. Please respond w/ location, distance, terrain type info. I'll be in the area the 16th - 22nd, so if there are groups that meet at regular times for runs or workouts, I'd like to know of that too. Thanks!!!
Buddy, Eugene has several opportunities for you. Try the Amazon Trail (woodchips). It is also called the Adidas Trail. It is marked every 100m. It is by South Eugen H.S. Also you may wan to run on the sawdust trail (bouncy and super on the legs) which is just south and east of the Adidas Amazon trail. I love it.
You could run on the nice bike trails along the Willamette River. Just go to Pre's trail area (Baker Alton Park) by the main bridge.
Also, you can run up in Hendrix woods. Bowerman used to send his boys up there for fartlek workouts. Henry Rono ran up there a few times the one week that he was invited by Salazar to race at U of O. Salazar wanted to break the American 10k record and thought he was in great shape and could put the hammer to Henry. Henry had been 15 lbs overweight, reportedly only two weeks before the 10k race at Hayward Field. Henry did a bunch of hard fartleks up in Hendrix and came down at sprinted away from Salazar that weekend running, if I recall correctly, about 27:31. Go to Nike Town and get some maps of the trails in town.
Have fun. Tom Schwartz
Go to www.goducks.com Under Sports hit M track and at the bottom of the page there is an area that says Hit the Trails. This gives a list of paths in Eugene.
delware county runner?
Thanks all. the running maps from the track team site timed out, but I'll keep trying. Address for Niketown? I'm sure i'll find it. I read that there's allcomer meets Wednesdays at Hayward in July. How about Portland? i'm staying there my first and last nights.
Go run in Forest Park, the biggest park within a city in the United States. There are numerous access points, and the good news is that this time of year, the trails are mostly dry. In the winter it can get pretty muddy. Basically, once you are in the downtown area, just head west on any if the roads that go up into the hills-except the freeway. The access trails cut accross these roads all over the place and most nieghborhoods have access trails to the park. You can park and run. The other option if you have never been there is the Nike Campus. Pretty cool loop around it. It's in Beaverton though, so it is a little bit off the beaten path. Enjoy.
I think this thread is about Eugene, not Portland!
Once again an example of someone with their head up their ass, not reading the post. He said in a later post, that he would be in PORTLAND on the first and last day of his trip. I expect a retraction from you, 'tard!!!!!!!!!!!