Race week is here, and this is the one page to bookmark. Everything below links to the full details, but this is the shape of your weekend.
Friday & Saturday, September 18–19 — Packet pickup at the Running Hub
This part of the weekend changed. The Capitol Ford Health & Wellness Expo is cancelled so the City of Santa Fe can use the Railyard space for temporary emergency shelter. Do not go to Warehouse 21 or the Railyard. Grab your packet — bib, chip, shirt — at the Running Hub, 1100 Don Diego Ave, Suite B: Friday 12–6 PM and Saturday 10 AM–5 PM. Half Marathon and 3-Amigos Relay runners can also pick up race morning, 6:00–7:00 AM at Romero’s Park; 5K runners pick up at the Running Hub. Picking up Friday or Saturday means one less thing on race morning, and we cannot recommend that enough — doubly so this year, when race morning means driving somewhere new.
Exit the parking garage at street level and head for the corner of the building — the trail begins the moment you leave the stairwell.
Turn onto Camino de la Familia at the intersection beside the Water Tower landmark, and follow the corridor north. Volunteers and signage line the route.
Cross the open plaza toward the Farmers Market Pavilion and check in at the tent — give the volunteers your name and they look up your bib number. No printout needed.
Continue northeast and step inside Warehouse 21 to collect your race gear: bib with timing chip attached, participant shirt, and a baggage tag. Check the bib number and distance before you leave.
Follow the trail to its final stop — the Health & Wellness Expo. Logistics done: browse the vendors, catch Saturday’s panels, and soak up some pre-race energy.
Pickup windows: Friday 12:00 PM–6:00 PM · Saturday 10:00 AM–5:00 PM. Half & Relay last chance: race morning 6:00–7:00 AM at Romero’s Park — the start line, not the Railyard.
Sunday, September 20 — Race day
The gun goes at 7:30 AM sharp. Build your morning backwards from that:
- Getting there: check parking details the night before, not in the car. The start is Romero’s Park in Agua Fría — a drive from downtown, not a walk from your hotel — and roads into the start close at 7:00 AM. Be parked before then, not aiming to be.
- Race-morning pickup: yes, it exists for the truly last-minute — details here — but lines happen. Friday you, or Saturday you, will be kinder to Sunday you.
- Bag drop: bring a warm layer for the start and drop your bag at Romero’s Park between 6:00 and 7:00 AM. It gets trucked to the finish and will be waiting for you at Reunity Resources.
The races
Sunday morning, three starts in two places: the flagship 13.1 and the 3-Amigos Relay set off at 7:30 AM from Romero’s Park in Agua Fría. The Santa Fe 5K starts at 8:00 AM at Reunity Resources Farm. The free Kids 1K Dash now runs race morning — Sunday at 9:00 AM at Reunity Resources Farm, right in the middle of the finish-line festival, so the kids get the biggest crowd of the weekend and their own medals. Every distance finishes to the same cheers at Reunity Resources Farm.
After you cross
Your time posts to the live leaderboard as you finish — type in your bib and there it is. Photos from the course land on the same page. Then stay a while: the finish-line festival is half the point.
Still need a place to stay?
Our lodging page has host hotels and Railyard-area options, with the start line a short drive away on Sunday morning. September is high season in Santa Fe — book sooner, thank yourself later.
Full hour-by-hour details live on the schedule page. Questions we did not answer? Email us — a real person reads every one.