FAQ's
All WATER STATIONS include water, and Half Marathon water stations include water and sports drinks.
For specific water station locations, visit our course maps here: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-susd201-0
No Dogs. Strollers are allowed for walkers & joggers only, must start in the back of the starting corral and the parent/guardian must sign a waiver on behalf of their child(ren) in the stroller.
Course time limits:
5K – 1 hour 30 minutes
Half Marathon: 3 hours 30 minutes
There will be a GEAR CHECK on the event site.
For all parking information, visit this website, Parking Information
Parking is free.
Packet pick-up information will be posted on the official race website: https://allcommunityevents.com/starsandstripesrun
Headphones/iPod/mp3 devices are allowed, though are strongly not recommended. It is the participant’s responsibility to make sure that they do not impair their ability to hear and detect present or potential hazards and dangers.
You can transfer to RUN A DIFFERENT DISTANCE within the same race up to 3 days before the run. If you are transferring to a more expensive race, you’ll have to pay the difference in registration fees. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
Need help managing your registration? Click here for tutorials.
You can DEFER/TRANSFER YOUR REGISTRATION to next year’s race or any other All Community Events race for $15 up to 3 days before the run. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
Need help managing your registration? Click here for tutorials.
You can CHANGE YOUR SHIRT SIZE and any other add-ons up to 3 days before the race day. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
Need help managing your registration? Click here for tutorials.
You can TRANSFER TO THE VIRTUAL CATEGORY within the same race free of charge before the packet mailings have been shipped (approximately 10 days before race day). The virtual category will close once packet mailings are shipped. If you are transferring to a more expensive race you’ll have to pay the difference of the registration fees. This can be managed on your Run Sign Up profile.
Need help managing your registration? Click here for tutorials.
If you ordered your RACE PACKET TO BE MAILED TO YOU or signed up for the virtual run, your gear will typically arrive 1 – 4 days before the race day. It will be sent to the address you entered in during registration. If your package does not arrive before the race day, please come to packet pick up or the race site where you will be re-assigned your bib and gear.
We welcome all spectators to come out, support, and cheer on your family and friends!
Live Participant Tracking:
Click here to download the live participant tracking app, RaceJoy.
Experience race day like never before! Family and friends can track a participant’s progress and directly send motivational support while you’re racing (participant must be using RaceJoy app as well)
To pick up someone else’s packet, don’t forget to bring their signed waiver.
Registration is open until the race begins on the event morning.
All course maps are located here: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-susd201-0
There will be restrooms on site, near the start and finish. For our Half Marathon courses, there will be toilets on course near water stations. Please visit this page: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-susd201-0 for links to our course maps, which list water stations and toilet locations along the course.
All Community Events recruits pacers for all half marathons or marathons. Visit this link to see the pacer times that have been filled: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-2jjy201-0
Results and photos will be posted here after the event.
Please visit here to get links to photos and results after the event: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-mlf7201-0
Join in the excitement as a volunteer. All volunteers receive a free event shirt for volunteering. Volunteers will help at water stations, participant check-in, course marshaling and many other places.
If you can’t find your volunteer confirmation e-mail, which is sent 2 weeks prior to the event, please contact us at 224-757-5425 or the e-mail address below.
If you are interested in being a sponsor at an event, please email info@allcommunityevents.com to get connected.
All Community Events will keep track of which races you’ve finished and which challenges you have completed. Once you’ve signed up for all of the races in a challenge, you’ll receive an email before the final race of that challenge.
You do not need to run the same distance in each race to become a challenge finisher. Registering for any of the distances, including virtual races, for each of the 8 events in a year will qualify you to be a challenge finisher. Feel free to mix and match with the 5K, 10K, half marathon virtual race and Kid’s 1K (where age applicable).
You can run each race virtually and still be eligible to become a challenge finisher.
If you’ve completed the first races in the challenge and will be completing the final race virtually, your series finisher item can be mailed to you for a fee.
Series finishers will receive 1 series finisher medal for that calendar year and will add the badges they’ve earned along the way.
You can pick up your series finisher pin and medal at the event you completed the series at.
If you’ve completed the first races in the challenge and will be completing the final race virtually, your series finisher item can be mailed to you for a fee.
For more information, please visit: https://txruns.com/runhoustonraceseries
You can find the start/finish line address here, https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-oqfo200-0
The run will start rain, snow or shine. The run could be delayed due to lightning or other dangerous conditions. The above schedule is weather-dependent.
All Community Events partners with a charity for every event. To find the specific charity the event is partnered with, visit https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-u5mc200-0
The most up-to-date information can be found here: https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon#acc-5lx1198-0
Race Day
6:30 a.m. – Last Minute Registration, Gear Check & Packet Pick Up Opens
7:15 a.m. – Last Minute Registration & Packet Pick Up Closes
7:30 a.m. – Half Marathon Start
7:45 a.m. – 5K Start
9:00 a.m. – 5K Awards Ceremony
9:45 a.m. – Half Marathon Awards Ceremony
9:45 a.m. – Kid’s K Start
11:00 a.m. – Course Closes
To submit your virtual run results, click on this year’s results link in the “RESULTS, RECORD TIMES, AWARDS & PHOTOS” accordion above. Then, click the virtual run tab and enter your result.
To donate to the partner charity, visit this link https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/TX/Klein/VintageParkHalfMarathon
Most events provide post-race food. Please visit this website for official post-race food https://txruns.com/vintagehalfmarathon
