2023 Eugene Marathon Event Guide

EUGENE MARATHON EVENT GUIDE

APRIL 28–30, 2023

RUNNING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LEGENDS

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

WELCOME

Welcome to the 2023 Eugene Marathon!

Last summer our community welcomed the world, hosting the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships. It was a massive undertaking. The Eugene Marathon team had the honor and responsibility of organizing the Marathon and Race Walk events, starting with course design all the way through to delivering on race day logistics. We learned from the best and we put together a truly world class event, but the single most exciting opportunity we saw at that event was the chance to do what we do at the Eugene Marathon every year: show off all that we love about our community.

This year the Eugene Marathon is once again welcoming runners from all 50 states and more than 20 countries. If you’re one of those who has traveled to be here, we’re so glad you came! If you’re one of the thousands of local residents who will be participating, we thank you for your role in maintaining our place as one of the great running communities in the world.

My role as Race Director affords me the pleasure of working with schools, charities, law enforcement, city government and many more. One particularly inspiring partnership I want to highlight this year is with Springfield High School. Each marathoner and half marathon will receive a finisher medal inlaid with a piece of Historic Hayward Field, produced and assembled by SHS students. During the race, each marathoner and half marathoner will also be offered water by SHS track & field athletes on the course. And if you run fast enough, you might even receive one of the stunning awards the SHS Career and Technical Programs produced for our top three finishers in each category. This magnitude of engagement and work from high school students is both a testament to those students, their teachers and coaches, and, I believe, to the importance of this event in our community.

Thank you in advance to everyone who makes this event possible. This event would not exist without the support of the University of Oregon, the City of Eugene, the City of Springfield, law enforcement from both communities, our valued partners, hundreds of volunteers, and the thousands of runners who have chosen to run here, in the footsteps of legends.

Ian Dobson Eugene Marathon Race Director

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

GRADUATE EUGENE & 5TH STREET MARKET ALLEY

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Health & Wellness Expo

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Running While Black: Panel & shakeout run with Alison Mariella Désir

SATURDAY

HAYWARD FIELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Packet Pick-up for Duck Dash & 5K

8:00 a.m.

KIDS DUCK DASH PRESENTED BY OCCU

8:45 a.m.

EUGENE 5K PRESENTED BY OCCU

9:30 a.m.

5K Awards Ceremony

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Krusteaz - Pancake Breakfast

GRADUATE EUGENE & 5TH STREET MARKET ALLEY

10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Health & Wellness Expo

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Ali On The Run live show with

Shalane Flanagan

SUNDAY

HAYWARD FIELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

5:15 a.m. – 6:40 a.m.

Pre-Race Shuttles to Start

7:00 a.m.

MARATHON

7:00 a.m.

HALF MARATHON

8:45 a.m.

Half Marathon Awards Ceremony

10:00 a.m.

Marathon Awards Ceremony

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Finish Festival

Krusteaz - Pancakes

PeaceHealth - Photo Opp & Cowbells

Hop Valley - Beer

Battle Creek Cellars - Mimosas

Franz - Grilled Cheese

Hayward Field Concessions

Palace Bakery - Coffee & Food

Eugene Marathon and TrackTown USA - Merchandise

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Post-Race Shuttles

11:00 a.m. –2:00 p.m.

Des Linden

Book Pick-up & Photo Opp

Pre-order here

HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO

LOCATION

Graduate Eugene & 5th Street Market Alley

66 E 6th Ave, Eugene, OR

EXPO HOURS

Friday, April 28 - 1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 29 - 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Participants, friends and family, as well as the Eugene community, can all enjoy the festive atmosphere at the Expo! Shop cool vendors, collect freebies, enjoy beverage samples, grab official Eugene Marathon merchandise and get excited to race!

The Expo is your primary opportunity to pick up your race packet – this includes your bib number (required on race day) and Nike race shirt.

Click here for more detailed information about the Expo

PACKET PICK-UP

Friday at Graduate Eugene

Pick-up for ALL race distances

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturday at Hayward Field (NE corner near tower)

Pick-up for Kids Duck Dash & Eugene 5K presented by OCCU

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Saturday at Graduate Eugene

Pick-up for Marathon & Half Marathon

10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday at Hayward Field (South Concourse)*

Pre-paid Race Day Packet Pick-up for Marathon & Half Marathon

*Only available for participants who have pre-arranged and paid for this service.

5:30 a.m. – 6:15 a.m.

HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO

PACE TEAM

Representatives from the On Pace Eugene Marathon Pace Team will be present during Expo hours. Bring your questions and talk all things racing, strategy and pacing!

EUGENE MARATHON MERCH

Make sure to check out this year’s selection of merchandise, available for the first time at the Health and Wellness Expo! From popular Nike items to Eugene Marathon tumblers, magnets and toddler tees, you’re guaranteed to find something special to remember the race.

VENDORS

Browse merchandise and enjoy special offers and samples from vendors such as: Krusteaz, RunHub, Hop Valley, Battle Creek Cellars, Bull Run Distilling, Oregon Track Club, TrackTown USA, Will Leather Goods and more.

5TH STREET MARKET ALLEY

Once you’ve picked up your bib and explored everything at the Graduate, make your way to the 5th Street Public Market, just one block away, and enjoy amazing discounts at participating stores and more vendors and charities located in the 5th Street Alley with information on their programs.

PRE-RACE YOGA

Join Eugene Yoga at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 in the 5th Street Market Alley - between the Gordon Hotel and Magpiefor a pre-race stretch to get you ready for race day.

FREE PARKING

Visit shops and vendors in the 5th St. Market and get free 3-hour parking in 5th Street Market parking lots (Friday & Saturday). On Saturday, there is additional free parking available in the lot at 675 Oak St.

MARATHON WEEKEND SPECIAL EVENTS

FRIDAY

Alison Mariella Désir - Author of Running While Black

Friday, April 28, 4:00 p.m.

Join Alison at the Expo on Friday, April 28th for a book signing from 4–5 p.m. followed by a panel discussion from 5–6 p.m. with PeaceHealth’s Conan Cope and moderated by Sasha Spencer. Lace up your shoes after the discussion for a quick shakeout run or walk through Black History in Eugene on a guided run/walk through the Strides for Social Justice app. Click here to learn more about Alison and her book, which will be available for purchase in the RunHub booth at the Expo.

SATURDAY

Ali On The Run Live Show with Shalane Flanagan

Saturday, April 29, 12:00 p.m.

Join Ali Feller, host of the fabulous running podcast: Ali on the Run Show, for a live show on the Expo stage with 4-time Olympian, 2017 New York Marathon champion and new Oregon track coach Shalane Flanagan. Check out Ali's latest podcast here.

SUNDAY

Des Linden - Author of Choosing to Run

Sunday, April 30, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Order a signed book and grab a photo with 2018 Boston Marathon winner and Olympian Des Linden. Des, will be joining us at Hayward Field on April 30th from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Pre-order her book Choosing To Run, and you will receive your signed copy of her book at Hayward Field and have the opportunity to meet and take a photo with Des.

SHOW YOUR RACE BIB OR VOLUNTEER T-SHIRT

More Vendors, Discounts & Charities at 5th Street Public Market

Head over to 5th Street Public Market for special discounts and offers just for Eugene Marathon participants and volunteers. Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 show your race bib or volunteer t-shirt at the following stores:

Art With Alejandro - 25% off painting party tickets

Bugs Baby Boutique - 10% off your purchase

Café Yumm! - 20% off your purchase

Cornucopia - 10% off your purchase

Eugene Yoga - $15 Classes, Friday 4/28 to Sunday 4/30

Gilt & Gossamer Clothing Boutique - 10% off your purchase

Handel's Homemade Ice Cream - 20% off your purchase

Heritage Distilling - $2 off cocktails/flights and 20% off all non-liquor retail items

J. Scott Cellars - buy-one-get-one free wine flight

Marley's Monsters - Free UNpaper® Towel

Nike by Eugene - Saturday - Recovery lounge; Sundaycomplimentary massage and recovery lounge for Nike Members (easy to sign up in the store).

Pfeiffer Winery - 15% off your purchase

Rabbit Hole - Limited time only drink special: PassionFruit, Orange and Pineapple

Sassy Kitchen and Gifts - 10% off your purchase

Title Nine - 9% off your purchase

SUNDAY FINISH FESTIVAL

KRUSTEAZ PANCAKES: HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE!

Warm stacks of Krusteaz pancakes with all the fixin’s all morning long. Race participants get free pancakes on race day. Friends, family and fans can purchase for a minimum $3 donation to CASA of Lane County on Saturday and Special Olympics Oregon on Sunday.

HOP VALLEY CELEBRATION BEER

Celebrate your run on Sunday with a complimentary beer for all runners (21+) from Hop Valley Brewing and enjoy the party inside Hayward Field featuring a live DJ on the Hop Valley stage.

PEACEHEALTH

Need more cowbell? Come by the PeaceHealth booth for an official (and free) Eugene Marathon cowbell. Then sign and take a photo in front of their custom photo backdrop to show everyone that you found your finish. Grab some other PeaceHealth swag and also enter to win free entry to the Appletree Marathon and the Bellingham Bay Marathon.

BATTLE CREEK CELLARS

Toast to your incredible run with samples from Battle Creek Cellars - including celebratory mimosas!

FRANZ: GRILLED CHEESE

Sample a delicious grilled cheese sandwich from Franz Bakery! There are different bread options including gluten-free.

NEW PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES!

Check out the brand new 26.2 & 13.1 photo opp overlooking the final straightaway at Hayward Field (under the jumbotron). Participants will also receive FREE professional photos delivered to their inbox after the race.

EUGENE MARATHON/TRACKTOWN MERCHANDISE

Stop by the finish festival and browse the latest merchandise from TrackTown USA and Eugene Marathon, including Nike apparel items with custom designs to commemorate your Hayward Field experience.

RACE DAY DETAILS

RACE PARKING

SATURDAY — EUGENE 5K & KIDS DUCK DASH

There is metered and 2-hour street parking around Hayward Field on Saturdays. Additionally, many UO parking lots are available and free to the public on weekends. Read signs carefully.

SUNDAY — MARATHON & HALF MARATHON

Parking around Hayward Field on Sunday will be limited and parking violators will be towed. Many UO lots are free to park on Sunday – read signs carefully. We encourage participants to park downtown and take shuttles from the Graduate Eugene. Downtown street parking and parking garages are also free on Sundays.

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 oneway 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.

SHUTTLES

PRE-RACE SHUTTLES

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 a.m. – 6:40 a.m.

• 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.

• 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.

• Valley River Inn (1000 Valley River Way, Eugene, OR)

• Start/Finish - Shuttle drop-off and post race pick-up is located near 18th and Emerald, south of Hayward Field.

POST-RACE SHUTTLES

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - 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.

LEGEND

Start - Agate St & 17th

Finish - Hayward Field

Mile Markers

Mile Markers - Half 11, 12, 13

Marathon Course

Half Marathon Course Point of Interest

POINTS OF INTEREST PEACEHEALTH RIDES

HAYWARD FIELD

Watch runners start on Agate Streetjust outside the stadium, then go inside to watch them finish on the track and experience one of the most iconic stadiums in track & field.

MAIN STREET - SPRINGFIELD

The world’s best marathoners traversed this same stretch of Main Street during the World Championships last July. Enjoy hot coffee and homemade pastries from a number of local cafes and don’t forget to snap a photo in front of one of "The Simpsons” murals.

SOUTH AMAZON

Stop for a delicious breakfast at Hideaway Bakery while watching participants run by between miles 2 and 7.

Eugene's bike-share system, PeaceHealth Rides, o ers a healthy, convenient, and fun way to explore during marathon weekend!

Just click here to download the PeaceHealth Rides app, sign-up, and use the "scan to unlock" feature to unlock a bike at any bike hub near you. For more information, visit PeaceHealthRides.com

RUN

It's easy to join the run of a lifetime with quick and easy online registration. Whether you want to run the Kids Duck Dash & Eugene 5K presented by OCCU, Half Marathon or Marathon, you’ll find all the options online at eugenemarathon.com.

We expect some distances to sell out before race weekend. If races have not sold out, online registration is open until Thursday, April 27, at 11:59 p.m. In-person registration continues at the Expo on April 28 and 29.

CHEER SPECTATORS

Spectators can enjoy their own competition! Post your funny or motivational sign to #EM23Signs and be entered into a contest to win Eugene Marathon swag. Check out our spectators webpage for other helpful info: eugenemarathon.com/spectators

WAYS FOR YOUR FANS TO FOLLOW YOU:

Eugene Marathon Website: At any point in the race, spectators can enter a participant’s name or bib number on the homepage and see

FOLLOW & SHARE

Share all the fun of the Eugene Marathon weekend with the #EugeneMarathon and #EM2023 hashtags! From the Health and Wellness Expo to the Marathon and Half Marathon, there will be plenty of running-related excitement. Share the love with your friends, family and the entire world!

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter:

@EugeneMarathon

VOLUNTEER

From assisting at the Health and Wellness Expo to serving as a course marshal, our volunteers are a crucial aspect of a successful race weekend. We sign up volunteers all the way to race day, so it’s not too late!

Interested in being a course marshal? Course Marshals receive a free Eugene Marathon beanie! Keep your head warm while keeping runners on track!

RUNNING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS

• South University Neighborhood will be impacted from 6:00am–10:00am with closures including Agate, 24th, Harris, 19th, 20th, and Hilyard.

• Fairmount Neighborhood will be impacted from 6:00am–2:00pm with closures on Agate.

• Amazon Neighborhood will be impacted from 6:00am–9:00am with closures including Hilyard and partial closures on Amazon Pkwy.

• Southeast Neighborhood will be impacted from 6:00am–9:00am with partial closures on East and West Amazon.

• Friendly Area Neighborhood will be impacted from 6:00am–9:30am with partial closures on Amazon Pkwy.

• River Road Neighborhood will be impacted from 8:00am–1:00pm with partial closure on Copping.

PRIMARY ROAD CLOSURES

EUGENE

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• 24th Ave from Agate to Hilyard - Closed

• Hilyard from 20th to 30th - Closed 6:00am–8:00am

• Hilyard from 30th to 33rd - Closed 6:00am–9:30am

• East Amazon - Southbound lane closed 6:00am–9:00am

• 19th from Amazon to Agate - Closed 6:30am–10:00am

SPRINGFIELD

• Franklin through Glenwood - Single westbound lane closed 7:00am–10:30am

• Main St from Glenwood to 8th - Closed 7:30am–10:30am

• A St from 6th to Mill - Closed 7:30am–10:30am

• Mill from A St to D St - Southbound lane closed 7:30am–10:30am

• D St from Mill to Walnut - Eastbound lane closed 7:30am–11:00am

NOSTALGIC EATS

With a Twist at Trophy Room

Enjoy a taste of the glory days at Trophy Room, our easy-going bar and restaurant. Whether you’re searching for a quick bite or post-run feast, we’ve got you covered.

Open daily for lunch, dinner and drinks. 66

MILLED FROM HAYWARD HISTORY

Eugene Marathon partners with Springfield High’s woodshop to add a special slice of Hayward Magic to its 2023 medals

On Sunday, April 30, each finisher of the 2023 Eugene Marathon will once again receive a piece of Hayward Magic. For the third year in a row, salvaged wood from the East Grandstands of Historic Hayward Field will be a part of each marathon and half marathon medal.

The wood which held up Hayward Field for nearly 100 years (from 1919 to 2018) will be the focal point of this year’s medal – which is a true blend of the old and the new. The medals start with a traditional shape, material and foundation: in a gold finish for the marathon and silver for the half marathon. It contains the nine lanes of the track to commemorate the Hayward Field finish line, an iconic Eugene skyline with trees and buttes to highlight the course which traverses through Eugene and Springfield, and a profile that mimics the shell surrounding Hayward Field’s new stadium. Finally, there is the sky itself: pure Hayward Field timbers that were milled down and laser cut to fit just right. To top it all off, as a nod to the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 marathons – which took place in July 2022 on many of the same roads as the Eugene Marathon – is a ribbon holder that was molded in the shape of both the Oregon22 finish gantry and the recognizable ribs of Hayward Field’s reimagined stadium.

Each element of the medal tells a story, but none more so than the wood, which – if the wood could talk – would share stories of Otis Davis on his way to setting world records and winning two Olympic golds in the 1960s, of Steve Prefontaine’s American Record win in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials, of Ashton Eaton’s decathlon world record at the 2012 Olympic Trials, and of Raevyn Rogers’ electric anchor leg in the 4x400 meter relay that led the Oregon women’s team to the 2017 NCAA triple crown.

The wood timbers’ latest story is another one that hits close to home. Late last fall, the timbers traveled just a few miles: from the Eugene Marathon warehouse (in the back of Race Director Ian Dobson’s little red truck) to the Springfield High School wood shop.

“This year we wanted to level up and keep the wood as local as possible,” Dobson said. “It was kind of a hare-brained idea, but I remembered Scott Touchette as a member of the running community and knew he was the woodshop teacher at Springfield, so I reached out to Scott and said: ‘hey, we don't have an idea fully-flushed out yet, but we’d like to see if you might be able to create an element for our finisher medals out of salvaged Hayward Field materials.’ Fortunately, he just said yes immediately!”

“Pretty quickly, we were able to figure out a way to take the old beams from Hayward Field and resaw them down into thin slices of lumber and then use our industrial laser to cut the discs,” Touchette said. “I'm a track guy and a running guy and I coached for 20 years. I wanted to incorporate the kids from the track team as much as possible because of the historic value of working with the Hayward Field materials.”

While Dobson and Touchette used the planer to get the timbers down to the correct thickness, wood shop students spent countless hours before, during and after class at the laser cutter. One of those students was senior Lucas Paugh.

“Mr. Touchette approached me when he got the offer from Ian; he knew I was already part of the track team and it was a fundraiser for both the track team and the woodshop, so it was a good fit,” said Paugh who is a thrower on the Millers' track & field team and a member of the Advanced Woodshop class.

“Hayward Field is huge in Eugene,” Paugh continued. “When [Mr. Touchette] told me that the wood pieces were from Hayward Field, I got pretty excited. We also got to visit the new Hayward Field as a track team earlier this year. And it's just an amazing facility!”

Paugh ended up overseeing the creation of over 2,500 wooden discs in the month of January. He said he won’t miss the many hours he spent coming in before school to watch the laser cutter work its magic, but he’s proud that the time he spent raised money for both the track team and the woodshop.

“It was a really good fundraiser for [the woodshop] and, with the incorporation of the track kiddos, we were able to purchase brand new block equipment for the team,” Touchette said.

By keeping the project local, the Eugene Marathon was able to make sizable donations to both the woodshop and the track and cross country programs at Springfield.

“It feels really good to be able to see this through with a partner here in our community,” said Dobson. “The Hayward wood is such an extraordinary embellishment to our finisher medals. The connection to the history of running in this town is a big part of our identity as an event and that’s what we lead with; to work with Scott and the woodshop students at Springfield was the icing on the cake.”

Click here to watch the 2023 finisher medals come to life!