Visitor from Norway looking for some people to run with

Ive never ran with them but I have the Red Lizard running club on my Facebook feed and see them posting info about many group runs weekly that might be a good resource. They are portland based

Very good thanks. Does this Red Lizard group have slower runners for my girlfriend and her sister to run with?

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

Very good thanks. Does this Red Lizard group have slower runners for my girlfriend and her sister to run with?

Yes. They can run with Nikeman and Txrunnergirl who live in Beaverton.

Thank you so much. Do they run for the Red Lizard club?

I believe so, if not they know all the running clubs in the area.

OP, do you know Karl Ove?

Well, certainly not personally, but I have read some of his work.

What days will you be here? There are several running groups, some overlap with the same people too. You can find group runs every day of the week. What paces are you looking for? "Slower" is all relative.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

What days will you be here? There are several running groups, some overlap with the same people too. You can find group runs every day of the week. What paces are you looking for? "Slower" is all relative.

Oh, and by the way nikeman runs about 11-minute pace and mine is closer to 12:30 or so.

Thank you. On faster days I try to go 3:15-3:45 km. On easier days more like 4:15-4:45 km.

My girlfriend and her sister have been using my easy days as their hard days, but I get worried about them running on their own on my hard days.

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

Thank you. On faster days I try to go 3:15-3:45 km. On easier days more like 4:15-4:45 km.

My girlfriend and her sister have been using my easy days as their hard days, but I get worried about them running on their own on my hard days.

No offense Peter but what does "km" stand for?

Oh, sorry. Kilometer.

nike man wrote:

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

Thank you. On faster days I try to go 3:15-3:45 km. On easier days more like 4:15-4:45 km.

My girlfriend and her sister have been using my easy days as their hard days, but I get worried about them running on their own on my hard days.

No offense Peter but what does "km" stand for?

why have americans always to troll? or is the educational system really so bad?

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

Thank you. On faster days I try to go 3:15-3:45 km. On easier days more like 4:15-4:45 km.

My girlfriend and her sister have been using my easy days as their hard days, but I get worried about them running on their own on my hard days.

What do you mean you're worried about them running on their own?

My easy runs are about 7:40-8:40/mile depending on distance and who I'm with, so probably around the same pace as your GF if I'm converting correctly.I

We've been traveling down and up the west coast and some of the places were not areas that I would not want my girlfriend and her sister running alone.

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

We've been traveling down and up the west coast and some of the places were not areas that I would not want my girlfriend and her sister running alone.

This is america, peter. The obvious solution is to pack a weapon.

Thank you. But I am completely unaccustomed to using a gun. While we were in California someone told my girlfriend she should carry pepper spray.

Peter Asbjørnsen wrote:

Thank you. But I am completely unaccustomed to using a gun. While we were in California someone told my girlfriend she should carry pepper spray.

I've been running for 16 years, many times alone, and have never needed pepper spray, a gun or a man to escort me. But to each their own.

This is our first time in America and we had heard so many bad things. My girlfriend and her sister were particularly worried as they've heard that blonde haired girls seem to be targeted.

We think nothing of running alone in the forests in Norway.