Hi! Good luck to Karlyn in the Portland Marathon this weekend!
Lots of great racing ahead with our incredibly fit and prepared SBRR runners and we’re looking forward to cheering you on!
XC Training will begin to become more specific starting tomorrow!
Announcements: (From Jim Sloan)
Now that the Sydney Marathon is officially a World Marathon Major, several of us have talked about getting a group together to run it in 2027. I think it would be a really fun trip and a great race to do together.
The race is August 29, 2027, and there are a couple of ways to get in:
1. Sydney Marathon lottery: Registration opens tomorrow, Sept. 29, and closes Oct. 19. It’s a random draw, not first come, first served, so there’s no advantage to applying early. Unfortunately, the window for guaranteed entry by meeting the time standard has already closed.
Info/registration:
2. Marathon Tours & Travel: MTT has packages that include a guaranteed race entry and hotel. One of the best ways to get access is to join their Seven Continents Club ($200), since members get first shot at available entries.
MTT info:
I’ve already pre-registered through MTT.
If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll start a “Sydney ’27” group text so we can share registration and travel plans. It would be great to get a good group of us there!
Race Calendar:
- Portland Marathon THIS week….GOOD LUCK KARLYN!
- Chicago Marathon 1 week
- Rogue Gorge 50K 2 weeks
- City 2 Sea Half Marathon 2 weeks
- Marine Corp Marathon 3 weeks
- NYC Marathon 4 weeks
- SB Half Marathon 5 weeks
- Indianapolis Marathon 5weeks
- Philly Marathon 7 weeks
- Cal Int’l Marathon 9 weeks
- USATF Club/National Champs 10weeks https://www.usatf.org/events/2026/2026-27-usatf-club-cross-country-national-champion
And for your entertainment for the weekend, come to Villa Wine Bar Saturday 6pm to 8pm
Lastly, it’s gonna be a hot weekend…so we will meet 6:30am tomorrow at Shoreline Cafe!
Rusty/Mike