PRC Race Team Blog

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Here is the third installment of training for 2022. This batch of training leads us up to the Eugene Half Marathon. You'll notice some longer workouts thrown in (with care) to get you ready to race the longer distance.

We're off to a great start! Here is the second installment of training for 2022. As always, general training principles, pacing website, and the core routine are at the bottom of this post below the training plan. Contact me, Chris McIsaac, with any questions: chris@portlandrunning.com.

Happy New Year! Your team captains have been working diligently to get ready for what is bound to be the best year of Team PRC ever! Here is the first installment of training for 2022(!). As always, general training principles, pacing website, and the core routine are at the bottom of this post below the training plan. Contact me, Chris McIsaac, with any questions: chris@portlandrunning.com.

We're hitting the home stretch, team! Here is the latest and final installment of training. Just a couple more opportunities to add points to your Grand Prix score: Pier Park XC and the Holiday Half. We will be sending out invites to the end of year celebration and surveying you about next year's Grand Prix events soon.

Great job shredding the Gnar Gnar! We've got a last minute change in this month's Grand Prix race, switching from Best Dam Run (cancelled) to Stumptown XC #1 - Lents Park. Dust off those XC spikes and let's get a full scoring team on both sides to conquer the 5k distance on the 25th. We've also got Tuesday Track workouts back at Cleveland High School (SE 31st and Powell): 6:15pm warmup, 6:30pm workout.

Great job at Independance Day! Saw some fast times and big smiles. We are heading into a stretch of races that should be pretty fun: the Gnar Gnar on deck for August, and a crowd favorite with the Best Dam Run. Here is the latest installment of training that takes us up to Gnar Gnar. Keep up the great work!

Great job for those who just raced a half marathon! Hunter is busy tabulating results, and we'll get those online as soon as possible. Remember, the next Grand Prix Race is the Independence Day 10K at Champoeg State Park on July 4. Here is the training leading into that race. As always, general training principles, pacing website, and the core routine are at the bottom of this post below the training plan.

A two-week block of training taking us to the Helvetia Half Marathon on June 13th. PRC Group runs have resumed two days a week, so we're incorporating those in our schedule.

There was something special about April's Grand Prix event: New bonds forged between teammates who might not have known each other prior to pairing off for the relay. We are hoping to continue the trend of team-building as we meet up for May's 8K Grand Prix event and re-start PRC group runs this month as well. Your monthly training plan is outlined herein.

PRC Race Team Members — Happy Easter! Hope you've had a great few weeks of training and you're all recovered from your impressive half marathons! We will be switching gears to prepare for our April Grand Prix Event, the Partner 10k relay.

Team, here is your training guide for March 15–March 28, including the Equinox Half Marathon! Email Chris with any questions.

PRC Race Team Members — Here is your training for Feb. 22 through March 7. We are switching gears now to get ready for a half marathon in March.

PRC Race Team Members, your third installment of training in 2021 comes to us courtesy of Adam Klein. Adam was a standout track & XC runner for Tualatin HS and Arizona State and is a current employee of Portland Running Co.

Chris McIsaac provides your second installment of PRC Race Team training for 2021. Includes workouts for the time period of January 25 through February 7.

In this first post, PRC Race Team director Chris McIsaac introduces his coaching philosophy, gives you some general principles to guide your training, and unveils his first batch of workouts for 2021.