2024 Race Weekend Schedule, including Packet Pickup Times/Locations and Time Limit Announcement
Thursday, October 17th: Registration and Packet Pickup
5:00pm - 6:00 pm at Petroglyphs Emporium at the Mercado, 106 South Avenida del Convento, Suite 156
- Early registrants pick up their shirt, medal, and race shirt.
- In-Person Registration via cash, check, and online via RunSignup; late registrants may not be guaranteed a shirt or medal
- 10% discount on Petroglyphs merchandise offered at packet pickup
Packet Pickup General Details
- Yes: You can register: cash or check or online
- Yes: You can pick up items for friends -- please limit the number of packet pickups if it is crowded. If there is a problem, we will ask that the registrant pick up their items in person.
- Yes: Shirts come in both standard "unisex cut" and "women's cut" -- T-shirt sizing first come, first served
- Yes: This is a great time to snag shoes, race day items, and apparel. It may be crowded, but please be kind to the staff and the volunteers.
- Yes: You can pick up your race schwag in person, then do the event virtually.
Saturday, October 19th: Registration and Packet Pickup
10:00 am - 1:00 pm, at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell Ave
Sunday, October 20th, Race Morning Schedule
5:30 - 6:15 am Registration and Packet Pickup at the Mercado Annex, 267 South Avenida del Convento
- All Half-Marathon and 4-Miler race numbers, medals, and shirts will be at the Run Tucson registration tents inside the Annex Courtyard, adjacent to the start/finish line
- All FitKidz and COX Family Mile packet pickup will also be in the Courtyard
6:20 am: Start line announcements, National Anthem
6:30 am Sunrise Start TMC Half-Marathon and TMC 4-Miler
- We will start both events at the same time, heading west on Cushing Street, facing A-Mountain. There is NO late start for these events.
- The event is chip timed, but prize money awards are gun-timed.
- Gun-time for all prize money awards, with chip time for all age-group awards.
- NOTES: The half-marathon course closure time is 10:30 am, which gives participants 4 hours to complete the course (an 8-hour marathon finishing time). TPD has determined that route roadways need to be open by 10:30 am, so remaining runners/walkers will be asked move off roadway and will not receive an official time.
- It may approach 90 degrees on race day -- if you think you will spend more than 4 hours in the half-marathon, please consider moving to the 4-mile event.
- City of Tucson permits indicate that the race site will be open to traffic by 11:30 am.
8:00 am Post-Race Concert kicks off + City of Tucson "Ready, Set, Rec" kids and youth activities available
- Music by Barnaby and the Butcher at the Annex Main Stage
- Discounted drinks at Westbound Bar and Bottleshop in Annex
- Discounts to Decibel Coffee in Annex
- Discounts to La Estrella Bakery next door in Mercado
8:15 am FitKidz Mile and Cox Family Mile (approximate starting time, depending on when TPD clears us for the roadways)
- FitKidz Packet Pickup and Race Day Registration in Mercado Annex Courtyard at Registration signs
9:30 or so Awards at MSA Annex Main Stage
- TMC A-Mountain Half-Marathon and 4-Miler Age Group awards courtesy of The Running Shop
- TMC A-Mountain Half Marathon prize money courtesy of TMC and Run Tucson
10:00 am Runners and walkers need to pass the 12 mile check mark, with public safety administered by the City of Tucson
10:30 am Finish Line closes (approximate time, providing four hours to complete the half-marathon before the Tucson Police Departments needs to open the roadways)
11:00 am Clean up and break down as the MSA Annex gets ready for the afternoon's activities
Post-race through November
Shirts and medals of registrants who cannot make race weekend will be available at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell through the end of November. T-shirt sizing first come, first served. We will NOT mail race souvenirs.