Race day details

Transportation & Parking

Shuttle Information - Sunday Only

Pre-Race Shuttles: 5:30 am – 6:40 am

Pre-race shuttles are for Marathon and Half Marathon participants wearing bibs only. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED and random bag checks will be conducted. Shuttles to the start run every 10 minutes from the following locations between 5:30 am - 6:40 am.

Graduate Eugene (66 E 6th Ave, Eugene, OR) - Shuttles load on the 7th Ave. side of the hotel. Downtown street parking and City of Eugene parking garages with hundreds of parking spots are FREE on Sunday. The Graduate Eugene serves as our primary shuttle location on Sunday morning. Lots of surrounding parking, lots of shuttle buses leaving every 5-8 minutes and a short ride to Hayward Field.
Valley River Inn Parking Lot (1000 Valley River Way, Eugene, OR 97401) - Shuttle stop located just west of the Inn. Park between the Inn and the Valley River Center. Even though the Valley River Inn is closed for renovations this spring, this is still a very convenient park-and-ride location for both in-town residents and out-of-town guests staying north of the Willamette River.
Hutton St. and Kruse Way (Springfield, OR) - Participants staying in any of the surrounding eight hotels or being dropped off may access this shuttle location. Parking is not available at this shuttle stop.
Hayward Field Start/Finish - Shuttle drop-off and post race pick-up is located at 18th and Emerald, south of Hayward Field. View on Race Day Map below.

Post-Race Shuttles: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Participants and spectators may ride the post-race shuttles after finishing the race. Shuttles run every 15 minutes and stop at all shuttle locations above.

PeaceHealth Rides

PeaceHealth Rides offers a healthy, convenient and fun way to explore Eugene and enhance the Eugene Marathon experience. A network of 300 bikes and over 35 stations are available for users to pick-up and drop-off available bicycles for one-way trips across the city. PeaceHealth Rides complements other transit, keeping you healthy, affordable and on the go. To start riding, download the app or visit PeaceHealthRides.com. For additional information, follow @PeaceHealthRides on social media.

Parking

Visit this page to learn about parking, bus, and bike parking options available to participants on Race Day.

Gear Check

Gear Check is only available on Sunday for the Marathon and Half Marathon and opens at 5:45 am

Grab a clear bag and small zip tie to be used for gear check at the Health & Wellness Expo. We recommend writing your bib number with a sharpie in the space provided on the bag BEFORE you arrive on race day. You should also zip tie the tag from the bottom of your bib to the top of the bag. Gear check drop-off is located on the soccer field (Field #2) west of Hayward Field. View on Race Day Map below.

Arriving by shuttle or from the west or south of Hayward Field: access to Gear Check from E 18th Ave. via the walkway between the tennis courts and the softball field.
Arriving from Agate St / Start area or east of Hayward Field: access Gear Check from inside Hayward Field. Enter from the southwest gate, walk west on the concourse, down the stairs and enter the soccer fields.
Arriving from E 15th Ave. or north of Hayward Field: access Gear Check from 15th Avenue and walk between the soccer fields and the Student Rec Building.

Course Support

The Marathon course has 12 aid stations, staggered approximately every 2 miles. Water and Nuun Endurance Lemon Lime drink will be available at every aid station. Bananas will be located at miles 14 and 22. Gu Energy Gels (strawberry banana, chocolate outrage, vanilla) will be located at miles 8, 20, and 25. Portable restrooms are available at the start, finish, and every few miles along the course.

Medical support is also available on the course. See the course map for specific locations.

Non-medical transport will also be available by request at medical and aid stations after Mile 16 of the Marathon course. Transport will be provided back to Hayward Field.

RaceSafe Medical Service — Please consider registering with a new medical service called RaceSafe that we will be utilizing to provide the best medical support to our runners in 2024. The 2024 Eugene Marathon Medical Team is committed to providing you with excellent medical treatment should the need arise during your run. In order to further that commitment, we have partnered with RaceSafe to gather relevant medical information from our participants, which could be crucial in providing treatment in case of an emergency. We strongly recommend that you register through RaceSafe. This is a service provided by the Eugene Marathon at no cost to you.

runner tracking

Runner splits will be available from our website on race day. Enter the runner’s name and/or bib number to see split times as runners cross miles 5, 10, 10.75(half only), 15 and 20.

You can also watch live video of the Marathon and Half Marathon finish from our homepage. Tell your distant fans your estimated finish time so they can watch you finish live! (Link available from the homepage on race day - Sunday only)

Goodie Bags

Participants receive the popular Eugene Marathon reusable goodie bag pre-packed with refueling food and water bottle after they cross the finish line. Use the clear bag passed out at the Health & Wellness Expo for race day gear check purposes (and to collect your free Expo goodies and purchases).

course map and race day map

Visit the Marathon and Half Marathon pages for course maps.

Pacers

The On Pace Eugene Marathon pace team is looking forward to helping runners of all abilities achieve their Marathon and Half Marathon goals. Pacers are experienced runners who will help support runners with even pacing and enthusiastic encouragement. Pacers will do their best to run Boston Marathon qualifying times. For more information on Boston qualifying times, please visit the BAA website. The Marathon and Half Marathon start together and follow the same course through about 10 miles.

Pace Group Times

Pace group times are based on Boston Marathon qualifying times.

Pace Times included the following times:
MARATHON:
3:00, 3:05, 3:10, 3:20, 3:25, 3:30, 3:35, 3:40, 3:50, 3:55, 4:05, 4:20, 4:35, 4:50, 5:00, 5:05, 5:20, 5:30, 6:00, Sweeper

HALF MARATHON:
1:30, 1:35, 1:40, 1:45, 1:50, 2:00, 2:10, 2:25, 2:40, 3:00, Sweeper

Corrals

To ensure a smooth and safe start for all participants, the Marathon and Half Marathon are separated into corrals. Corral assignments are printed on bibs and assigned by the estimated finish time that was entered during registration.

We ask for participants’ cooperation when arriving to the starting corrals. Lining up with the fastest in the front and progressively slower runners/walkers behind minimizes the amount of unnecessary passing during the first few miles and creates a safer and more enjoyable event for everyone.

You are welcome to move back corrals, but if you need to move up, you must visit the Registration Troubleshoot desk at the Health and Wellness Expo.

Awards

All finishers receive a finisher medal. Additional awards are given to the top 3 overall finishers in all categories (male, female, non-binary, wheelchair), top 3 in masters and each age group, male and female, in the Marathon, Half Marathon and Eugene5K presented by OCCU. You must race under your own bib to ensure accuracy in post-race results.

All overall awards will be presented on the main stage. Age group awards will be mailed to participants approximately three weeks after the race.

Age groups (Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K): 19-and-under, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85 and over. There is a 14-and-under award for the 5K race. See past results.