Garlic Festival – Half Marathon, 10K & 5K

Run into stinky fun for the whole family. The annual Garlic Festival has a parade, live music, and garlic-themed food and craft vendors to explore following our half marathon, 10K, and 5K events. Experience the rural beauty of the North Plains as you run on quiet farm roads.

Thanks for your participation in the 2018 event. Registration for the 2019 event on August 10, 2019 will be open by Spring, 2019.

NOTE: Info below is from our 2018 event. It will all be reviewed prior to the 2019 event.

NOTE: half marathon starts at 7 a.m. (10K starts at 8 am; 5K at 8:15 am). Note that there is a 3 hour time limit for the half marathon due to other events at the Garlic Festival. If you don’t expect to finish by 10 a.m. we strongly encourage you to sign up for the 10K event.

Celebrate the Elephant Garlic Festival with a half marathon, 10K or 5K run/walk around the City of North Plains and the scenic roads of Washington County. Our new half marathon course completes two loops of a scenic course in the hills of Washington County. After the race enjoy elephant garlic, custom-made event Fitsok socks, and all that the festival has to offer!

ORRC members will receive $10 off their registration. You’ll also have the opportunity to sign up for ORRC membership during the registration process and receive $10 off your registration.

Courses

The Garlic Festival 10k is part of the ORRC 10K Series. The 10K is a beautiful hilly loop around the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course.

5K course map – click here. 5K course certification – OR18019LB 5K.
10K course map – click here. Course certification document – click here.
Half marathon course map – click here. Course certification document – click here.

Awards

ORRC Awards

In addition, ORRC will present plaques to the top male and female open and masters finishers in both running and walking categories for the 5K and 10K (a total of 16 plaques), and same in the half marathon except runners only (a total of 4 more plaques).

ORRC also awards ribbons three places deep in five-year age groups for both runners and walkers for the 5K and 10K race events, and to the runners (only) in the half marathon. A strict city course time limit, due to festival parades and traffic congestion, restricts ORRC from allowing a walk-only half marathon option.

Notes

• Pets are not allowed at the festival
• Strollers are not allowed on the course
• Roads are not closed to traffic during the races
• For your safety, use of portable music devices is strongly discouraged

Swag

In 2018, Garlic Festival participants received awesome finisher medals and custom socks.

 

Awards Summary

• 5K men and women RUNNERS (each) – plaques provided by ORRC
  • Open ORRC plaque
  • Masters (40+) ORRC plaque
  • Grand masters (50+)
  • Senior grand masters (60+)
• 5K men and women WALKERS (each)– plaque provided by ORRC
  • Overall – ORRC plaque
  • Master – ORRC plaque
• 10K men and women RUNNERS (each)
  • Overall  ORRC plaque
  • masters (40+) ORRC plaque
  • Grand masters (50+)
  • Senior grand masters (60+)
• 10K men and women WALKERS (each) – plaques provided by ORRC
  • Open ORRC plaque
  • Master -ORRC plaque
• Half Marathon men and women RUNNERS (each) – plaques provided by ORRC
  • Open ORRC plaque
  • Masters ORRC plaque

Results

2018 results will be available, and 2017 and 2016 are also available at: runsignup.com/Race/Results/30007/. In addition, live results can be tracked day of race at live.tf/. Event photos and all past results are available here.

Headphone Policy

The use of personal music devices is strongly discouraged in this race. To enjoy all that our race has to offer and for the safety of all participants, ORRC encourages a headphone-free environment during the running of the event.

Parking

Additional parking can be located at St. Edward’s Catholic Church on the corner of NW 313th and NW Wascoe Street, adjacent to the start/finish. Parking at the church is free until 10 a.m. There is additional on-street parking near the start, but be careful to park in areas that have not been blocked off for the Garlic Festival.

Volunteer

If you’re interested in volunteering at the ORRC Garlic Festival event, please click here to see the roles and sign up. You get a big thanks from ORRC plus a coupon code valid for one year for an ORRC event 10K in distance or less.