The Oregon System MileSplit South Dakota Staff Apr 26, 2014

The Oregon System

Recollections and Training Logs from Steve Bence

Note:  I originally published this article in Spring 2009 issue of RUN(sd) Magazine, however the content is too good to keep within the hands of the 13 people that purchased the magazine, thus I’ll share it here on https://sd.milesplit.com. 

I want to again, thank Steve Bence for sharing his old training logs and recollections of the “Oregon System”.  Bence was an 800 Meter runner for the University of Oregon during the early 70’s.

What I envisioned as a quick Q&A with Mr. Bence turned out to be so much more.

Enjoy! 

Photo courtesy of Steve Bence: (From left: Matt Centrowitz, Steve Prefonaine, Steve Bence and Mark Feig).  This photo was taken the day before on Steve Prefontaine's camera the day before Prefontaine's untimely death.  Bence was given a copy of the picture.

Signing Day Updates MileSplit South Dakota Staff Feb 05, 2014

It's the second best day in February (inches behind Groundhog's Day)- National Letter of Intent Signing Day. 

Please e-mail jcoy@milesplit.com for more signage information, including photos. 

Updated (10:34 PM MST)