Houston Food Bank

Run for Food 


Please review this important race day information  

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Packet Pick Up:

  • Runners must pick up their packet at EXPO this Friday or Saturday!

    LOCATION:

George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Hall A3 (3rd floor)
Houston, TX 77010

DATES & HOURS:

Friday, January 15, 2016     11:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, January 16, 2016   8:30am – 6:00pm

If you are a HERO or if you have raised/donated $350+ you also need to pick up a HERO packet at EXPO/Run for a Reason kiosk. This is IN ADDITION TO your regular runner packet.
(HERO packets include important information and allow you access to special privileges on race day, such as pre-race restroom and post-race mini massages!) With your HERO packet is a charity bib. Your charity bib should be won on either the front of your shorts or the back of your shirt. 

Parking:

  • Parking will be tight on race day due to construction. Please arrive early! Parking is available at various surface lots and the Hilton garage. The Discovery Green parking garage WILL NOT be available. Parking and course maps are available on the Marathon website>>  

    Hoopla:
  • The run for food Hoopla Station will be located at mile 3.5 at the Wells Fargo Parking lot (on the corner of West Gray and Waugh). Breakfast and coffee will be provided for volunteers. Friends and family can sign up to volunteer and cheer you on by visiting the Food Bank’s volunteer page>>

    Cancellation or Deferral
  • If you are unable to run, bibs cannot be transferred or given to another runner. The deadline to defer your race spot until 2017 is January 16, 2016. Go here to defer>>

 

Contact Emma with any questions.  

 

 


 



 



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