Event History
In 2023, we are returning to the A-Mountain theme.
In the 1980's, 1990's and early 2000's, SAR produced a 10-mile race called the Special Olympic Benefit Run, staged at Sabino High School in the northeast corner of the Tucson region. The race fell into disrepair for a few years, then was revived as the 10 Mile Cruise Against Cancer with Randy Accetta as race director.
In 2005 and 2006 a 10-mile iteration of this event was a cross-city race, initially begun with the efforts of Jannie Cox, then with Carondelet, who wanted to celebrate the Carondelet 125th Anniversary by racing from St. Joseph's to St. Mary's. See the wayback machine link here: https://web.archive.org/web/20061008195156/http://www.azroadrunners.org/events/cruise.html
From 2007- 20019, the race held in Downtown, either at the Convention Center or at Jacome Plaza, with various routes throughout the Downtown areas. In 2020, the race was virtual, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the COVID years in 2021 and 2022 the race partnered with the iconic Biosphere 2 to hold a 15k and 5k in Oracle at the Biosphere 2.
We're thrilled to bring the race back to Downtown Tucson, working with TMC, Rio Nuevo, COX, and the Mercado Annex.
