2024 All You Need to Know about the schedule, souvenirs, bathrooms, and more
Hello to our Run Tucson friends! To help you prepare for an enjoyable race experience next month, below you'll find all sorts of details about the event. For a list of current participants, either search the "Find a Participant" section of the registration page or see the list farther below. If you know anyone who wants to help out on race weekend, see our volunteer sign up sheet here. Below is a boatload of details, but if we've missed anything or if you have questions after reading, feel free to send a note to randy@runtucson.net.
SOUVENIRS AND SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 7, Registration and Packet Pickup
10:00 am - 1:00 pm, at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell Ave
Sunday, September 8, Race Morning Schedule
5:30 - 6:00 am Registration and Packet Pickup with DJ announcement and music from DJ Clint.
6:10 am: start line announcements, National Anthem
6:15 am Start TMC 10k Race -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies, with prize money.
Gun-time for all prize money awards, with chip time for all age-group awards. See all prize money and award rules and details here.
10k starts at 6:15
6:25 am Start TMC 5k Run/Walk -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies. The race is chip-timed. Our friends Team Hoyt will be on hand, so like in the 10k, we'll make sure to provide space for our chair athletes on this out-and-back route.
Ongoing: Food Trucks, including Maui Wowi and Nightlingers Chicken
Ongoing in the Courtyard:
- Vendor Expo, including Renewal by Andersen of Tucson, Running Shop, and Run Tucson's tent with hats and shirts
- Live music with Slippery Slope playing their Tucson take on bluesy Americana
- Ready, Set, Rec: kids activities from City of Tucson
- Snacks and giveaways courtesy of Natural Grocers
8:30 Finish Line closes, shirts/medals available to all registrants
8:30 or so Awards
TMC 10k and 5k Age Group awards courtesy of The Running Shop
TMC 10k Prize Money courtesy of TMC and Run Tucson
Post-race through September: Shirts and medals of registrants who cannot make race weekend will be available at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell through the end of September. T-shirt sizing first come, first served. We're super grateful to Lucas Tyler and the whole crew at The Running Shop for all the help with this event.
Souvenir Shirts and Medals
Your shirts and medals will be available at both packet pick-up times, so be sure to snag your items either September 7th at The Running Shop or on event morning, September 8th. Every registrant will be able to receive a shirt and medal. If you have to miss race day, you can still pick up your items or send someone to pick them up for you on race weekend. Shirts will be first-come, first-served, though we will do our best to have the size you noted in your registration.
MISCELLANEOUS
Race Number: Please use the provided safety pins to attach your race number to the front of your race day shirt.Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown: This is the 2nd leg of the 2024 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown. Thanks to the 486 folks who have signed up for the GZTC -- you've helped raise over $5000 for BEYOND-Tucson!Running Shop/Mizuno SAR
Grand Prix: The 10k is on the Running Shop/Mizuno SAR Grand Prix. See www.runsar.org for details.
SKRATCH After the Race: Thanks to SKRATCH LABS for being on hand after the race with hydration and other goodies!
Natural Grocers: We're excited to have Natural Grocers on hand, with snacks and giveaway items. Natural Grocers is your valued community grocery store, offering the highest quality produce, dietary vitamins and supplements, body care, and free nutrition education.
Snacks After the Race: Thanks to Tucson Medical Center, we will have individual servings of cookies, pretzels and granola bars, and other sweet and salty carbohydrates.
Food Trucks: In addition to free snacks we'll have three food trucks on hand for your culinary pleasure
Social Media: Please tag @runtucson and @runsar and @rrca with any instagram posts -- you can use hashtags #tmctucson10k or #tucson10k or #gabezimmermantriplecrown or anything else you want . . .
PortoJohns: Stamback Portables will place portojohns in the parking lots just south of the start/finish. Remember, the lines go faster the closer you stand to the doors -- thus, make multiple lines that are right near the front of the units! There are no portojohns on the course.
Weather: The race is planned rain or shine. Race day is due to be hot and sunny, with start time temperatures probably around 75-80 degrees and probably rising close to triple digits later on race day. Please be mindful of the heat.
Photography: Special thanks to Damion Alexander of Long Realty for providing snapshots from the race. We'll send out details on how to access his photos after the race.
Also on hand will be John Harris, from Harris Photography, specializing in running and event photography.
Route Safety
Although we have permits from the City of Tucson and Pima County, this course still traverses public streets -- please keep an eye out for vehicles and other potential hazards that are common to urban running, such as potholes, speedbumps, bikes, other pedestrians, and the like.
You must stay within the cones -- do not stray into vehicle lanes.
The 5k runners and walkers are asked to stay to the right as they head out to the turnaround and then stay on the right as you head back from the turnaround.
As you approach the finish line on the downhill from Anklam, please be mindful of all finishers -- hold your line, try not to weave, and be gracious to the other (faster and slower) runners as they strive for the finish line.
Strollers: Strollers are welcome -- but for safety's sake, please stay to the inside of the roadway. Please do not wear headphones while pushing a stroller.
Pets: Pets are not allowed on Pima Community College property or on the race course.
Headphones: We know people love headphones, but we ask that you don't wear them on the race course.
Water on the Route: For public health reasons, it is best if every runner brings their own water for their run. The 10k will have a water stop at approximately the 1.5 mile mark and 4-mile mark. The 5k will have a water stop just before and after the turn-around.
