RACER INFORMATION

PACKET

Starkey Ranch Parks & Recreation 813-925-9777 Recreation@StarkeyRanch.com

Welcome! Dear Racer: Thank you for your interest and registration for the inaugural Starkey Ranch 5K in one of the top master-planned communities in North America! You are in store for a great race and a fun, family-friendly event in our community. It’s our goal that the information contained within this packet will give you everything you need to know about the course, parking and on-site check-in. You should also know that proceeds from our 5K are benefiting some great charities here in the Tampa Bay area:

• Odessa Elementary School: donations will be made to help replace old, outdated textbooks in classrooms throughout the school. This is an ongoing project that the school’s administration has sought help with.

• Seven Springs Rotary Club: this volunteer service organization assists in various community events, as well as charity fundraisers throughout the community.

As you will see on race day, Starkey Ranch is a vibrant, park-filled community where life is taking root in fresh, new ways. Featuring a full-service parks and recreation department, 800 acres of leisure space, 20 miles of trails and countless ways to create lasting memories, we hope you’ll visit our Welcome Center and learn more about our award-winning community. If you have any questions along the way, please feel free to reach out via email at Recreation@StarkeyRanch.com or by calling the Welcome Center at 813-925-9777. Thanks! Mathew Eberius, CPRP Director of Parks & Recreation

Parking and Check-In Parking is located throughout the Whitfield Park neighborhood, with many marked spaces along roadways. Event signage will be placed along the entry into the community and will assist you in navigating the streets to find parking. Check-in for the race is located at the Whitfield Preserve Model Center, located at Barbour Trail and Rangeland Boulevard. You will need to walk a short distance from your parking space to the Check-In Area.

•Tip: Follow the signs for Model Homes for “Homes By WestBay” to lead you to the Check-In Area

Course Runners will begin at the START LINE located at the Whitfield Preserve Model Center, and will follow the route as noted below. There will be signage and VOLUNTEERS located along the course to assist you in navigation should you need it.

1. Start at Whitfield Preserve Model Center – Rangeland Boulevard & Barbour Trail.

2. Head west on Rangeland Boulevard (in westbound lanes). 3. At entrance to Esplanade neighborhood, you will go around the roundabout

and enter the paved TRAIL. 4. Head east on TRAIL from Esplanade roundabout, alongside eastbound lanes

of Rangeland Boulevard. 5. Cross over Long Spur and Chapin Pass, and turn right at Heart Pine Avenue,

near the entrance of Whitfield Park. 6. Course will round Whitfield Park to the FINISH LINE.

•Tip: The course will be manned by volunteers and closed off with traffic control devices and signage to assist you in navigating. Additionally, chalk arrows have been placed along the course to assist you even further. The course will take you through the neighborhoods of Whitfield Park, Whitfield Preserve and Esplanade, and the last leg of the course runs alongside the 65-acre Huckleberry Pond. All surfaces are paved.