#tracktown

[yourninjasareajoke]

lots of track feat. potential adventure and misery monopoly

oregon relays music was buss

[lucianopodes]

Vocês gostam de correr na praça e no parque? Agradeça a essa figura lendária chamado "Steve Prefontaine". Sua chama competitiva, estilo raçudo e carisma natural encantaram multidões e inspiraram uma nova geração de corredores a persistir e se esforçar ao máximo. Em 1973, dois anos depois do nascimento da marca Nike e do aparecimento do primeiro Swoosh em um tênis, a então jovem empresa de calçados assinou seu primeiro contrato com um corredor célebre. Nascido no estado americano do Oregon, este fundista era dono de vários recordes nacionais, já havia competido nas pistas de atletismo nas Olimpíadas de Munique em 1972 e estrelado a capa da revista Sports Illustrated como “O Prodígio das Provas Longas”. Hoje 25/01/2023, estaria completando 72 anos, e apesar da trágica morte num acidente de trânsito, seu legado está na memória de cada atleta amador e profissional que se aventura na corrida. The meet should be a “𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙧𝙚 - 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.” Bill Bowerman, 1975. Today we celebrate Pre's 72st birthday by carrying on his legacy & introducing the 2023 #preclassic #tracktownusa #tracktown #trackandfield #diamondleague @prof.lucianodornelles (em Por Ai) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2UsS9uMzs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[trackandfieldimage]

⚡️flashback⚡️ Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. 2012 USA Olympic Trials. . The 2024 USA Olympic trials are coming back to the new Hayward next weekend. See ya there! #tracktownusa . . . . #usolympictrials #haywardfield #eugeneoregon #universityoforegon #goducks #usatf #jeffcohenphoto #tracktown #historichaywardfield #trackandfield #athletics @tracktownusa

[shortnsweet1985]

Please do!! I was a competitive distance runner through college (grew up in Tracktown, IYKYK) and never ceases to amaze me how anyone broke records in chucks.

I understood practically none of those words but yeeessssssss Yasmin that’s gonna be sick ur awesome

thank you!!

i'll explain how i told my parents lol

i'm going to see how insoles/ground conditions/tiredness affect how the foot moves, but in a 3D printed shoe!

[funsimplethings]

[running-4-mylife]

{Twas the night before the 2nd meet of indoor track

So she watched running movies, painted her nails, and started to pack.

She rolled out and iced her legs so she'd feel fine

For tomorrow's race when she'd have to toe the line.

She instilled her mantras in her head

So come tomorrow she can get this bread.}

-Late night pre meet running poetry😂

[theshoeaddicts]

.@thekorimonster preparing for the start of the 400m Hurdles Final at the 2016 US Trials in Eugene, OR. Photo by Mike Deering, the Shoe Addicts #TrackTown16 #Jordan #UStrials #trackandfield #running #400mhurdles #athletics #track #eugene #tracktown #Haywardfield #RunBlogRun #theshoeaddicts #letsrun (at Hayward Field)

[treatswithbeats]

When the pizza 🍕 takes you back #goducks #tracktown #tracktownusa #pizza #100meterdash #eugeneoregon (at Track Town Pizza - Campus (Official Site)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPATbnASCR/?igshid=n9od73axpzcp

[darrylsdynasty]

..real happy a friend 'introduced' me to this sweet sweet person! Alexi Pappas, a runner, a creative, a sweetheart, a cookie monster 🍪 🍪👌 ..make sure to check her vlog, super nice and funny stuff,every single clip.

[jovialvegetarianfreak-blog]

Why would an officer need a liaison? #tracktown (at Springfield Police Department - Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Nn0ZugQBR/?igshid=1lilrnpsrnab1

[94monkeys]

Last night I saw this movie, “Tracktown,” directed by Alexi Pappas and Jeremy Teicher. Pappas is an American runner who competed for Greece in last year’s Olympics (and won last year’s Shamrock Shuffle here in Chicago!); she stars in the movie and co-wrote and co-directed with Teicher, also her fiancé. 

The movie follows track star and college student Plumb Marigold across three days as she tries to make the Olympic team in the 5K; squeaking by in the preliminaries, she’s forced by her coach to take a day off, finding herself at loose ends without the structure of training. So driven and professional in one area of her life, Plumb still has a little growing up to do: Should she keep living with her dad (Andy Buckley from “The Office”) or move out? What will she do if her training partner (Rebecca Friday) quits the team? 

I’ve been looking forward to this movie for a while (I believe it premiered at LAST year’s Olympic trials) and not surprisingly, I liked it. It’s still rare to find movie about a young female athlete that takes her seriously but doesn’t take itself too seriously at the same time. It has a very winsome, sweet feeling underlined by Pappas’ voiceover, which delivers motivational quotes from everyone from Winston Churchill to fictional character Rocky Balboa. The movie does a great job of building a world around Plumb and her friends and family, such that one feels that every extra is out there having a full life offscreen. If you like movies like “The Spectacular Now” or “Adventureland,” you’ll probably like this one.

That said, it’s not for everyone. I think viewers will be either love-it-or-hate-it on Pappas’ performance; I liked her, but I also had the benefit of listening to interviews with Pappas beforehand and recognizing how different her character is from her. The movie is very insular in the way it treats distance running, and without knowing what little I know about that universe I probably would have been very confused. It all gives the movie a very cozy “for us” feeling -- I was super pleased with myself to spot Alysia Montaño in a cameo -- but I also hope the filmmakers expand their horizons with their next project.

So far Pappas has been balancing her movie-making and running careers; I hope she continues to do it. If it’s not playing near you, you can find "Tracktown” now on iTunes. 

[camsellsstuff-blog]

Space and Barkchips

As I round the corner on my last term of Duckhood here at the University of Oregon, I have to pay my respects to the place that has served as home for the last nearly four years, Eugene, OR.

Despite it’s ass-backwards urban planning, impossible-to-navigate one-way streets and crisis-level concentration of people without a home, Eugene won my respect and my routine. Where would I be without El Super Burrito? I certainly wouldn’t have sat in my freezing cold house in the dead of winter, clinging to the warmth of a $5.50 hulk of a burrito that satisfies every single time. I can’t forget to mention Market of Choice, where I willingly spent a fortune on overpriced salads and deli-case creations. No regrets there, it’s a soul-warming place to shop. Then there’s Pizza Research Institute, where I’d dare any pizza snob to dine and not leave with a fiendish appreciation for what goes down on that dough.

Looking ahead to life in New York City prompts a simultaneous stare back into the immediate past. On one hand I can’t wait - for the flow of people to the pace to the inexhaustible array of restaurants and hole-in-the-wall gems. On the other, I’ll miss the Track Town air. I can be galloping on bark-chip trails in less than four minutes from my front door. That’s hard to beat, and definitely not a perk available in the Big Apple.

Eugene makes escape accessible. Daydream for a few minutes too many on a run, and suddenly you’re outside city limits, with Doug firs and wooded ranches making you forget that the run started on a sidewalk. Maybe I’ll find the same freedom in New York, maybe not. Either way, I can say that Eugene and all of its quirks have helped me grow into a person now departing with a strong sense of self, nurtured by the nonsensical physical space of this little town.

[bluecollarfilm]

Tracktown (2017)

Plumb Marigold is a famous but lonely distance runner preparing for the biggest race of her life: The Olympic Trials. But when an injury forces her to take an unexpected day off, Plumb wanders into a bakery where the aimless boy behind the counter catches her eye. In this story that captures the experience of a young Olympic hopeful, many of the actors are actual Olympic athletes -- including co-writer/director and lead actor Alexi Pappas.

Directed by:   Alexi Pappas, Jeremy Teicher

Starring:   Alexi Pappas, Chase Offerle, Andy Buckley, Rachel Dratch

Release date:   May 12, 2017

[trackandfieldimage]

Lets go! Hayward field, Eugene, Oregon. 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships. . . . . #usatfoutdoors #usatf #trackandfield #athletics #tracktown #jeffcohenphoto @usatf (at Hayward Field) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfIUMWlr0UP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[davidwatchedthat]

4/6/17

TRACKTOWN, directed by Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas, 2016.

[reasontoplay]

Nothing quite like these gorgeous, tree lined tracks in Oregon and a sunny day to enjoy them! ☀️3 miles and ab work to go into the weekend strong! 💪🏼🏃🏻‍♀️ . 2 weeks out from the @eugenemarathon half! If you still want to run, hurry and register before online registration closes on April 28th! Save $5 off registration with code: AMB2017KP . 6 weeks out from North Olympic Discovery Half Marathon! Let the racing season begin! . #EugeneMarathon #TrackTown #Runner #Eugene #RaceDiscount #Bibchat #RunChat #RunEugene #NRC #WeRunPDX #bibchat #NODM #halfmarathon #bibrave #bibravepro (at Mt. Hood Community College)