Packet Pickup
RACE PACKET PICKUP
Registered participants will be given a race packet containing important items for their race, including their official race bib.
Race packet pickup for Grandma’s Marathon weekend is available the Thursday and Friday of race weekend during the Essentia Health Fitness Expo at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC).
DULUTH ENTERTAINMENT CONVENTION CENTER (DECC)
350 Harbor Drive
Duluth, MN 55802
THURSDAY, JUNE 20 FRIDAY, JUNE 21
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
NOTE: If you are participating in the William A. Irvin 5K or the Great Grandma’s Challenge, you must pick up your packet by 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21.
DECC PARKING RAMP
350 Harbor Drive
Duluth, MN 55802
Paid parking on race weekend is available for $10 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) parking ramp the Bayfront Festival Park open lot.
Metered and other paid parking is available in Canal Park or downtown Duluth, which is approximately one-half mile away from the DECC. NOTE: To crossover I-35, or to help protect pedestrians from cold or inclement weather, there is an indoor skywalk system that connects downtown Duluth to the DECC facilities.
An email with your bib number will be sent in early June. Please bring that email – either a printed copy or a digital version on your mobile phone – to pick up your packet on race weekend.
IMPORTANT: There is ABSOLUTELY no race packet pickup on race morning, and all participants must show a photo ID to pick up their race packet. Your ID will be used only to match your first and last name to your registration.
Bib number emails will only be sent once, typically in early June. If you have lost your email or did not receive it, please bring a photo ID with you to race packet pickup and go to the “Bib Number Lookup Station.”
Your ID will be used only to match your first and last name to your registration.
Yes! You may have someone else pick up your packet. To do this, complete the authorization (found at the bottom of your official bib number email coming in early June), and have someone else bring the printed, authorized confirmation to race packet pickup.
Yes! For a $25.00 fee (within the United States), you can have your packet mailed to you a week prior to the race. The last day to request to have your packet mailed to you is May 20. Requests received after this date will not be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS.
NOTE: This option is not available for participants in either the Great Grandma’s Challenge or William A. Irvin 5K.
If you do not select this option when registering, please call us at (218) 727-0947. Our staff will assist in changing your packet delivery preference, so please have your mailing address and credit card information ready.
IMPORTANT: The area around the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) becomes very congested between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. on Friday evening during the William A. Irvin 5K. If possible, it is NOT RECOMMENDED to plan your race packet pickup during that time window.