Where: Newport Performing Arts Center 777 W. Olive Street, Nye Beach Turn West at Highway 101 and Highway 20 intersection and proceed on Olive St. to Newport's Performing Arts Center.

Course Description: Scenic paved course through Nye Beach, down to the Yaquina Bay Bridge, through Yaquina Bay State Park and back to the Performing Arts Center. A fairly flat, fast and fun course.

Start Times: 9 a.m. start. Packet pickup and race day registration at 8:00 am.

Awards: 10:15 am at the Performing Arts Center. Awards for Top overall M & F, Masters M & F, Age Group Awards by 5 Year Increments. Results posted at the event. Enjoy delicious hot local chowder after the race, donated by Ocean Bleu at Gino's, as well as great raffle prizes donated by local businesses.

RACE DAY SAFETY CONCERNS: For your safety and others' there will be no strollers, skates, bicycles or pets allowed on the course. There will no road closed for this event. Traffic on course, runners must abide by all laws governing use of roads.

Proceeds benefit Central Oregon Coast NOW foundation to help fund their events.

Newport Performing Arts Center, Ocean Bleu at Gino's, Pepsi Cola, Clif Bar, Dutch Bros. Local Ocean, Pig and Pancake, Café Stephanie, Made in Oregon, The Coffee House, Coca Moca Joe's, Aunt Belinda Candy

While at the beach, enjoy the 40th Annual Seafood and Wine Festival February 24 - 26, 2017. This event, held in the South Beach Marina parking lot, is the premier seafood & wine event of the west coast and the original Northwest seafood and wine festival. You must be 21 years or older to enter the event.

For more information about the festival, lodging, or to order festival tickets on line: seafoodandwine.com/

For event related questions please click on the "Contact the Organizers" button on the left-hand side of this page.