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2018 Portland Marathon, Half Marathon Clinic
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 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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Marathon/Half Marathon Clinic
Our Clinic is intended for novices with little or no previous marathon experience to experienced marathoners trying to improve their performances. We have 5 levels of training programs for those running as few as 10 miles/week to those running as many as 50 miles/week. All training is individualized based on the runners experience and ability.
Clinic members receive:
Online video seminars
On demand video webcasts you can watch at your own leisure.
Webcasts cover all steps to successful training and racing. Topics include injury prevention and treatment, marathon physiology, sports nutrition, psychological preparation, race planning and recovery.
Access to our certified coaches
Our coaches are certified by the Road Runners Club of America and have over 100 years of experience coaching runners of all abilities. Members get email and direct access to our coaches at training runs.
"MARATHONING - START TO FINISH"
A 200 page training/racing guide with 5 training levels from novice to advanced.
A personalized online training schedule and log
A 30 week daily schedule based on your current training and fitness.
A Portland Marathon Training Clinic shirt
Technical microfiber running shirt.
Weekly Saturday morning long training runs
For the Marathon trainee, we provide group training runs every Saturday beginning in April. Courses are marked and 12 group leaders serve groups of all abilities. Aid is provided on the course for runs longer than 10 miles. Bring along your dry clothes, snack and favorite replacement drink for afterwards.
All runs start at 8AM.
Weekly Thursday evening sharpening runs starting in June
Meet Thursday evenings at 6 pm starting in June. 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.
The clinic package is $150 for new members. Returning members $125 minus book & shirt.
Our coaches are certified by the Road Runners Club of America.
Saturday Runs
For the Marathon trainee, we provide group training runs every Saturday beginning in April. These runs are free for those who are not Clinic members provided they volunteer to help with 1 aid station at one of our Saturday runs during the training. Aid is provided on the course for runs longer than 10 miles. Bring along your dry clothes, snack and favorite replacement drink for afterwards.
Saturday long run schedule. All runs start at 8AM.
| Apr 7 |
4-6-8 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
| Apr 14 |
5-7-9 miles |
Road Runner Sports Tual |
| Apr 21 |
6-8-10 miles |
Kelley Point Park |
| Apr 28 |
7-9-10 miles |
Athleta Brewery Blocks |
| May 5 |
8-10 miles |
ClubSport Oregon |
| May 12 |
9-10-12 miles |
Road Runner Sports Tual |
| May 19 |
10-12 miles |
Road Runner Sports 23rd |
| May 26 |
10-12-13 miles |
Athleta Washington Square |
| June 2 |
10-12-14 miles |
Springwater Corridor |
| Jun 9 |
12-13-15 miles |
Road Runner Sports Tual |
| Jun 16 |
12-14-16 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
| Jun 23 |
13-15-16 miles |
ClubSport Oregon |
| Jun 30 |
14-16 miles |
Road Runner Sports 23rd |
| Jul 7 |
15-16-18 miles |
Athleta Brewery Block |
| Jul 14 |
16-18 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
| Jul 21 |
16-19 miles |
Road Runner Sports 23rd |
| Jul 28 |
16-18-20 miles |
Vancouver Lake |
| Aug 4 |
16-20 miles |
Athleta Washington Square |
| Aug 11 |
20 miles |
Marathon Course/SW 4th & Main |
| Aug 18 |
16 miles |
Athleta Brewery Blocks |
| Aug 25 |
20 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
| Sep 1 |
16 miles |
Road Runner Sports Tual |
| Sep 8 |
20 miles |
Brunch Run* |
| Sep 15 |
16-20 miles |
Road Runner Sports 23rd |
| Sep 22 |
16 miles |
Athleta Washington Square |
| Sep 29 |
8 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
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 for bus and brunch MUST be purchased in August at runs or ONLINE. Bus leaves at 7:30AM.
- Athleta Brewery Blocks - 1001 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, 97209
- Athleta Washington Square - 9530 Washington Square Rd, Portland, OR, 97223
- ClubSport Oregon - 18120 SW Lower Boones Ferry Rd, Tigard, OR, 97224
- Kelley Point Park - Off N Marine Dr, Portland 97203
- Marathon Course - Corner SW 4th & Main, Downtown Portland
- Mountain Hardwear - 722 SW Taylor, Portland, OR 97201
- Road Runner Sports - Nyberg Woods,7063 SW Nyberg Road, Tualatin, OR 97062
- Road Runner Sports 23rd - 29 NW 23rd, Portland, OR 97210
- Springwater Corridor - Main City Park, off Powell Blvd in Gresham.
- Vancouver Lake Park - 7 miles west of Vancouver. Take the 4th Plain exit from I5 and follow west to park.
For details on our Saturday training runs Click Here.
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Online Training Schedule/Log
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4 Hour pace group, (one of 12 groups), heads out
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Run group leaders meet before training run
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Our coaches are certified by the Road Runners Club of America.
More Info:
Phone: (503)-319-8348
Email:
Saturday run FAQ
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