2014 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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Members Training Log
Email addresses are used exclusively for Portland Marathon Training Clinic information and events.
Clinic Registration is Closed
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 at Duniway park 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 $100.
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 5 |
4-6-8 miles |
Mountain Hardwear |
| Apr 12 |
5-7-9 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Apr 19 |
6-8-10 miles |
George Rogers Park |
| Apr 26 |
7-9-10 miles |
Lululemon |
| May 3 |
8-10 miles |
Lululemon Bridgeport |
| May 10 |
9-10-12 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| May 17 |
10-12 miles |
Duniway Park |
| May 24 |
10-12-13 miles |
Lululemon |
| May 31 |
10-12-14 miles |
Springwater Corridor |
| Jun 7 |
12-13-15 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Jun 14 |
12-14-16 miles |
Mountain Hardware |
| Jun 21 |
13-15-16 miles |
Lululemon |
| Jun 28 |
14-16 miles |
Duniway Park |
| Jul 5 |
15-16-18 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Jul 12 |
16-18 miles |
Mountain Hardware |
| Jul 19 |
16-19 miles |
Lululemon |
| Jul 26 |
16-18-20 miles |
Vancouver Lake |
| Aug 2 |
16-20 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Aug 9 |
20 miles |
Marathon Course/SW 4th & Main |
| Aug 16 |
16 miles |
Lululemon |
| Aug 23 |
20 miles |
Mountain Hardware |
| Aug 30 |
16 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Sep 6 |
20 miles |
Brunch Run* |
| Sep 13 |
16-20 miles |
Lululemon |
| Sep 20 |
16 miles |
Road Runner Sports |
| Sep 27 |
8 miles |
Lululemon Bridgeport |
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 Sponsoring Stores. Bus leaves at 7:30AM.
- Duniway Park Track - SW Barbur Blvd just south of downtown Portland.
- George Rogers Park - Off S. State Street, Lake Oswego
- Lululemon - Pearl District, 1231 NW Couch ST, Portland, OR 97209
- Lululemon Bridgeport - 7381B SW Bridgeport, Tigard, OR 97224
- 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
- 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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