Page - Directions, Parking, & Shuttles
Shuttle Service* (Saturday events)
*Shuttle buses are for REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS ONLY. Race bibs must be visible.
Pre-Race
Depart from: Wright State University Nutter Center
When: 3:30-5:00 a.m. departing every 10 minutes
Arrive to: Start Line area at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Registered participants may be dropped off at Wright State University Nutter Center and then picked up at the finish line or at Wright State University Nutter Center after 8:30 a.m.. Family members and spectators may enter through the Springfield Street gate (museum gate) after 8:00 a.m. and park in the main museum parking lot (free). You can then meet your finisher at the family reunion area near the festival tent.
Post-Race
Depart from: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (Different location from where you were dropped off at. See map for details.)
When: 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. with departure times TBD
Arrive to: Wright State University Nutter Center
Parking & Directions* (Saturday events)
*Plan to arrive 1.5-2 hours before your scheduled race start.
Saturday Event Directions (PDF)
IMPORTANT: Parking gates open at 4:00 a.m. There will be no runner drop-off allowed at the museum the morning of the race. All three parking gates (see map) will be entry only until 7:30 a.m. Any car entering through the gates should plan on staying on the museum grounds until 7:30 a.m. or later when the gates will open to exiting traffic. Parking is free and open to registered participants, family members, friends, and spectators.
Parking & Directions (Thursday & Friday events)
Parking is free and open to registered runners, family members, friends, and spectators at Wright State University Nutter Center where the two-day Health & Fitness Expo, 5K, and Tailwind Trot 1K Kids’ Run is held.
Wright State University’s Nutter Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435
Thursday & Friday Event Directions (PDF)