Marathon Training

Team Run Hub: Katie Fitch

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we’ll be featuring our Team Run Hub athletes on the blog to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Katie Fitch is a 31-year-old pursuing a PhD in Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education at the University of Oregon.…
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Team Run Hub: Karla Snyder

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we’ll be featuring our Team Run Hub athletes on the blog to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Karla Snyder is a 43-year-old certified nurse midwife/nurse practitioner. She has been running for over 30 years.   Karla…
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Team Run Hub: Quinn Michalek

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we are featuring our Team Run Hub athletes to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Quinn Michalek is a 37-year-old insurance and financial professional. He has been running for eight years.    Quinn Michalek: Running Eugene Marathon When…
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Team Run Hub: Tia Renier

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we are featuring our Team Run Hub athletes to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Tia Renier is a 25-year-old social worker. She has been running for 11 years.   Tia Renier: Running Eugene Half Marathon When and why did you…
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Team Run Hub: Jared Williams

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we are featuring our Team Run Hub athletes to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Jared Williams is a 37-year-old teacher at Gateways High School in Springfield, OR. He has been running for four years.   When…
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Team Run Hub: Angela Izmirian

In the few weeks leading up to the Eugene Half and Full Marathon, we’ll be featuring our Team Run Hub athletes on the blog to give you a peek into their backgrounds, goals and training. Enjoy!   Angela Izmirian: Running the Eugene Half Marathon When and why did you start running? When I came to Eugene…
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Leading Spirited Walkers

Kay Porter, PhD, a local sport psychology consultant and therapist is also the coach of a local training group called The Spirited Walkers. She started the group back in 2000 when a friend asked for help while training to walk the Portland Marathon. From there, it slowly grew to the point where she was helping a…
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