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 SCHEDULE 

EVENT SCHEDULE

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Saturday:​

  • 12 PM - 6 PM:  Packet Pickup: Hood River Events Site, 10 Portway Ave, Hood River

  • 1 PM: St Jude Heroes Kids’ Community 1K

  • 2 PM: 5K START

  • 2:30 PM: 10K START

  • 4 PM: 5K & 10K Awards - 1st to 3rd overall; 1st place in each age group

  • 5:30 PM: Finish Line Closes

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Sunday:

  • 6:30 AM - 9 AM: Packet Pickup, Hood River Events Site,10 Portway Ave, Hood River

  • 6:45 AM - 8:00 AM: Shuttle Buses Running for Marathon Runners ONLY

    • ​6:30 am to 8:00 am ~ We strongly encourage you to take one of the early buses and not wait for the last one

  • 7 AM - 9:30 AM: Welcome Runners and Walkers

    • Free Coffee from The Forge Coffee

    • Breakfast Snacks- At both Full & Half Marathon Start Areas

  • 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Run Start Times 

    • Marathoners-

    • 7:30 am 6Hr + Pace Marathoner Early Start Option- *Optional start for those runners anticipating a 6hr+ finish time.  You must sign up ahead of time or at packet pickup for the early start.

    • 8:30 am Marathon Start- Start time for marathon runners.

    • Half-marathon- runners self-select their start field. Your chip time starts when you cross the start line. 

    • 8:30 am Walker Early Start Option- *New optional start for those registered walkers who want more time to enjoy the course. (6-hour, 30min course time, 29:46-min/mile pace). Only registered Half-Marathon walkers are allowed an early start. Anyone starting in this wave will be marked as a Walker.

    • 9:30 am 5-9 Minute Mile Pace (5:30-hour course time)

    • 9:45 am 9+ Minute Mile Pace & Walkers (5:15 hour course time)

    • 10:00 am Dog Leg (5:00 hour course time, 22:53-min/mile pace)

    • ​**Finish line closure is 3:00 pm. Cut-off times are based on gun time, not individual chip time.**

  • 11 AM - 3:00 PM: Finish Line Festivities, Local apples & Ryan’s Apple Cider, and Fajita Taco Lunch by Spin Catering

  • 1:30 PM: Awards Ceremony, Half-Marathon & Full Marathon 

  • 3 PM: Finish Line closes

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