Solid Night of Racing at Stanford -  May 5, 2008

Last night at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational track meet at Stanford University the  Performance Training Group athletes opened their track seasons with some solid performances.  Boaz Cheboiyo ran 13:19 and James Carney ran 13:31 (a personal best) for third and ninth places respectively in the 5k.  Casey Burchill returned to racing with a 14:14 over the same distance.  Stephanie Rothstein raced to a personal best of 33:08 and a second place finish in her heat of the 10k.  Full Results

Notes from the Coach - April 18, 2008
Spring Training Underway

Spring has finally arrived in Eugene and the weather has been optimal for training.   The excitement around town is growing for the 2008 Olympic Trials starting at the end of June at Hayward Field.  Local news channels are running weekly promotional spots on the event.  The Airport and Library are both covered with Track Town memorabilia.    Race schedules are being finalized, the goal is to keep the focus for everyone on the trials and for Dathan the Olympic Marathon.  Dathan has been recording his thoughts on a Final Sprint Blog.

James Carney, 2008 USA Half Marathon Champion has relocated from Boulder, Colorado to Eugene for sea-level training.  James is excited to get in some fast workouts at sea-level to prepare for track season.  We are excited to have an international visitor join our enclave for the spring.   Nike sponsored Track and Road Race standout Boaz Cheboiywo of Kenya, a former NCAA Cross Country Champion in both track and cross country for Eastern Michigan, has recently relocated to Eugene.  For a photo blog of Boaz and Carney’s first workout together in Tracktown USA visit ROAD TO THE TRACK TRIALS EPISODE #2 .