Join @TheRunningEffect and HOKA for an exciting pre-race shakeout event on Friday, September 27! Preview the fast Chile Pepper Festival 5k course, easily set up your team camp and visit our festival area. Our world-famous merchandise area will be open!
Schedule – Friday, September 27th
- 11:00 AM – Course open for Pre-Meet practice
- 2:00 PM – Festival Grounds open (Packet Pick Up, Sponsors and Merchandise Tents Open)
- 4:30 PM – HOKA Pre-Race Shakeout with The Running Effect (Meet at the Start Line)
- 5:25 PM – Course closes for evening races
Course Access & Parking – Friday, September 27th
Join us at Agri Park on Friday for a course preview day! Parking lots open and course access begins at 11:00am on Friday.
High school teams will enter on W Knapp Dr from Garland Ave at Agri Park. High school team buses may enter the property on Friday only and drop-off athletes near the festival area. Bus parking is available at the Pauline Whittaker Animal Science Center. The on-grounds parking lot is grass and cannot support large buses.
College teams will access grounds through normal parking off of N Quality Drive. College vans, SUV’s and small buses may drive down N. Quality Lane and enter the grounds of Agri Park. Parking is available behind the start line. Large buses enter N. Quality Lane and may drop passengers off at the Washington Regional Business Office. They must exit the parking lot after drop-off and either park in the bus parking on the west side of Garland Ave at the Pauline Whittaker Animal Science Center or park off-site. Please only stage buses in this area for drop-off and pick-up only.