Pre's Trail

Runner's World News Editor Scott Douglas and I headed out to Pre's Trail in Eugene, Oregon Wednesday morning and played the role of paparazzi.

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Emma Coburn (light shirt) is a strong favorite to win Friday's steeplechase final.

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Scott works hard to keep his liveblogging muscles limber before competition resumes Thursday.

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Parts of the trail make it seem as though you're running on a postcard.

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Pre's Trail is full of fast and furious runners everywhere you look.

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This lake is a beautiful backdrop for a run, but home to too many biting bugs for standing around with a camera to be enjoyable.

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Runner's World Editor at Large Amby Burfoot is about to be reminded he's no longer a 2:14 marathoner.

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Olympic marathoner and Dartmouth coach Mark Coogan shared a run with his star athlete, Abbey D'Agostino (green shirt), who will run Thursday's 5K final. Bob Sevene, a former coach of Joan Benoit Samuelson, is in the red shirt.

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In Eugene, even dogs consider Pre's Trail sacred running ground.

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University of Oregon runner Jordan Hasay (and her famous hair) gets in a pre-race run the morning before the first round of the 1500 meters.

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