Breaking News - I have a new PR. I must have started my watch a little early or stopped it a bit late. Below is my old PR from the 2006 Helvetia Half Marathon:

Lofthus, Jim Portland, OR 2010 M 42 1:57:42

Here is my time from the 2008 Eugene Run to Stay Warm:

17 Jim Lofthus 44 M 40-44 M R Portland OR 1:57:41.8

I beat the old record by 1/5 of a second!

Runners: Hundreds

Weather: 40 degrees and partly cloudy / foggy

Comments: We (Brian, Carolyn and I) ran the Run to Stay Warm in Eugene. Brian crushed his PR by running a 1:56:30 and I missed my PR by 4 seconds with a 1:57:46. Carolyn stuck to her game plan and took it easy coming in right around 2 hours. Feel free to add comments and tell us how you did if you ran the Run to Stay Warm.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Perfect

Comments: We parked at Marquam Shelter again. A lady tried to recruit us for a work party after the run. I'll take that over a smashed window. We ran up to Council Crest, over to Wildwood and stopped above the zoo. We had a very clear view of Mr Rainer. Turned around and came back for a total of 9 miles. Russ - everyone at Cooper's was looking for you.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Upper 50's and some rain


Comments: We started at Marquam Shelter which requires a 1.5 mile climb right out of the car. We ran the Wildwood towards Burnside until we reached the road that leads down to Washington Park. Ended up on Canyon Rd and ran down to Hawthorned Bridge, crossed and ran past OMSI and then turned around and went the shorted route back to Maarquam Shelter. It was a nice run that has trails, hills, flat, road and very little traffic.

The next run will start from the Marquam Shelter at 7:00 AM.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: Windy and low 60's

Comments: We ran down to the Sellwood bridge and around the loop downtown. We have not done that loop in years. Found a great coffee shop (Cooper's) right on the other side of the Hawthorne bridge thanks to a gathering of people.