Shamrock Run Fest starts every distance at SW Naito Parkway and Pine Street on Sunday, March 14, 2027. The half marathon goes at 7:20 a.m. The 8K at 9:00 a.m. The Stride Walk at 9:50 a.m. The Doernbecher Leprechaun Lap at 10:20 a.m. The 5K at 11:15 a.m. The exhibitors page counts 17,000 or more participants.
The morning ends before the afternoon begins
The organiser asks runners to arrive 45 to 60 minutes before their start. A half runner is on site at 6:20 a.m. The half course closes at 3 hours 10 minutes, so the last finisher crosses near 10:30 a.m. and a two-hour runner crosses at 9:20 a.m. The 8K closes at 1 hour 15 minutes, the 5K at 45 minutes and the Stride at 1 hour 40 minutes.
Gear check sits in a large tent in Waterfront Park near the Morrison Bridge. It opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 12:30 p.m., and the organiser asks runners to leave backpacks, keys, wallets and purses elsewhere.
What a day room holds that the tent will not
hotelSlots sells four blocks: Morning 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., Afternoon 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Evening 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Overnight 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. A booking can combine blocks. The home page puts day-use rates at 30 to 75 percent below the nightly rate and the day-use page puts them at 40 to 60 percent below overnight. The platform charges no booking fee.
The Afternoon block covers a finish at noon, a shower and a check-out at 6 p.m. A runner who finishes the half at 9:20 books the Afternoon block and works the rest of the day in the room. The work-room page lists high-speed wi-fi, a desk with ergonomic seating and privacy for calls.
The expo is the one fixed afternoon appointment
The Health and Fitness Expo runs at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. The exhibitors page prints Friday, March 13 from 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organiser FAQ prints the same two windows with the Friday date clipped and the location reading COMING SOON.
Both pages label the 14th a Saturday. March 14, 2027 is a Sunday, and March 13 is the Saturday. Print the two windows as published, treat 4 p.m. as the last posted close, and confirm the days with the organiser before a slot is sold.
Cards inside half a mile of the start
Dayuse lists 19 priced Portland cards on 20 October 2026. Six sit within half a mile of the Naito and Pine corner, measured straight-line, and nine within 0.7 miles. Each rate below is a day rate with its booking fee included.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown, 319 SW Pine Street, reads $145.50 against $193.05 with a $9 fee at 0.16 miles, on a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. window. Staypineapple Hotel Rose, 50 SW Morrison, reads $112 against $450 with a $7 fee at 0.27 miles, on 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown, 506 SW Washington Street, reads $107 against $170 with a $7 fee at 0.30 miles, with five windows including 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Hotel Lucia, 400 SW Broadway, reads $118 against $219 with an $8 fee at 0.35 miles, on 8 a.m. to noon, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Nines, 525 SW Morrison, reads $159 against $450 with a $10 fee at 0.35 miles, on windows from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kimpton Hotel Vintage, 422 SW Broadway, reads $135 against $230 with a $9 fee at 0.36 miles, on 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Hotel Zags, 515 SW Clay Street, reads $106 against $200 with a $7 fee at 0.69 miles, on a 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window, about 15 minutes on foot from the start.
Entry prices, the clock and the Monday after
Current pricing on the distance pages reads $95 for the half, $55 for the 8K, $42 for the 5K, $39 for the Stride Walk and $20 for the Leprechaun Lap. Early access is sold out on each distance. The half requires a runner to be 13 on race day. Dogs are allowed on the Stride Walk course only.
Parking runs through City Center Parking lots and garages near Waterfront Park. The organiser names the US Bancorp Tower at 129 SW 4th Avenue at $8 for race day. MAX riders step off at SW 1st and Oak Street and walk one block east to Naito Parkway.
Race-day packet pick-up runs from 7 a.m. at the north end of Waterfront Park, in the bib tent across from Oak Street, for a fee set at registration. A room within a third of a mile covers that errand and the shower after it.
Book the Afternoon block at a card inside half a mile. Take the 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. check-out, walk to the expo before it closes, and keep the evening for the desk and an early night before Monday.
