A St. George weekend

The route's local signatures

Meet the architecture and landscape along the course. Use these places to get to know the city before deciding how to spend your time on your feet.

A weekend rhythm that protects race day

1. Arrival. Base your first walk on the real start and finish geometry, then inspect the final approach in the route map.
2. Packet pickup. Go to Dixie Convention Center inside its published window; save the final hours offline.
3. The day before. Choose one course landmark, keep the outing short, and finish your feet-up time early.
4. Race day. Follow the transportation plan, not ordinary weekend traffic directions.
5. After the finish. Let the finish-area access plan decide the meal and meetup, especially on a point-to-point course.

Where the weekend should be based

The mistake people make here is booking near the start. St. George is a point-to-point run down SR-18 from the town of Central, roughly 26 miles of high desert away, and there is essentially nothing to sleep in up there. Everyone stays in St. George itself and rides a bus up in the dark: loading is at Vernon Worthen Park, 250 S 400 E, from about 3:45 to 5:15 a.m., with runners assigned to a departure slot they are expected to keep. So the only lodging question that matters is how easily you can reach Vernon Worthen Park before 5 a.m. and how far you have to move after you finish, because the finish line is at that same park. Three hotels carry official sponsor status for 2026: Best Western Plus Abbey Inn at 1129 S Bluff St, Hampton Inn & Suites at 1250 W SunRiver Parkway, and La Quinta at 91 East 2680 South. Sponsor status is not a room block, so book on the normal channels and book early; this is an 8,000-runner weekend in a small city.

Compare the actual hotel geometry →