TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run/Walk
Saturday, June 2, 2012 / 5k Night Run/Walk
Description
2012 TMC Meet Me Downtown Night Run—time to start training! Mail-in and online registration is now available. It looks like Tucson will have an honored guest, Runner’s World Executive Editor Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and author of The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life. Details of Amby’s visit to the Old Pueblo will be announced shortly.
Additional features:
• The first leg in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown
• New scenic and fast course along Sixth Avenue and Stone Avenue—with a new start/finish line at the Children’s Museum.
• Plenty of free snacks from Sunflower Market and BodyArmor sports drinks, plus the first-ever Running Race Food Truck Round-up, with great tasting items to purchase from some of the coolest food trucks in the region
• Free technical shirt from Leslie Jordan Designs
• Children’s activities hosted by the Children’s Museum, TMC, and Child & Family Resources
• Free movie by Cinema La Placita: The Muppets
• Post-race fire show from Elemental Artistry
• Great rock n’ roll from Tucson legend LeeAnn Savage
• Prize money, age group awards, raffles prizes
• Great photos from PhotoFunBooth
• Special rate of $59 at Hotel Tucson City Center (see below)
• An awesome night-time block party, with all participants receiving discounts and drink specials after the race to local clubs and restaurants, including Hotel Congress, Playground, The Hub, and more. . . . the night ends with a post-race after-party at Hotel Congress with 2-4-1 drinks and a special live band!
The event benefits the Children’s Museum, Child and Family Resources, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Imagine Greater Tucson, the Fox Theatre, Cinema La Placita, Greater Tucson Leadership, the Educational Enrichment Foundation, and the Critical Path Institute’s PKD Foundation. This is the first event in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown.
Don’t forget: the final early-bird deadline for the June 2nd TMC Meet Me Downtown Night Run and Walk has been extended to May 23rd! Sign up online or by mail from the race site. You can register as a team and save some bucks, too.
For those new to local running events, Meet Me Downtown is produced by the Southern Arizona Roadrunners—a member-driven non-profit devoted to promoting health and wellness through running and walking. If you are not a SAR member, please consider joining—you can save all sorts of money off race entry fees, receive discounts to many local merchants, and be part of a great community of people. See http://azroadrunners.org/go/category/membership/join for details.
TEAM CHALLENGE: This year, we’re doing a team challenge for companies, non-profits, and other organizations. Each person on a team can register for $20/person. Each member must complete a form and sign a waiver, 10-participant team minimum. Please include all forms in one submission. Deadline for team registration is May 15.
Thanks to our title sponsor, Tucson Medical Center—without their funding, this race could not happen!
Thanks again to our partners in the media: Caliente and the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Lifestyle, and Cox Communications.
Sponsors: Please patronize our great sponsors!! They believe in a healthy Tucson and they believe in an exciting and active Downtown . . .
Tucson Medical Center
Caliente and the Arizona Daily Star
Providence Service Corporation
Snell & Wilmer law firm
Tucson Lifestyle
Cox Communications
Motorola - MotoActive
AAA Arizona
The Running Shop
Body Basics
Downtown Tucson Partnership
Culligan Water
This race is part of The Running Shop Grand Prix, produced by SAR.
Date and Time
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 7:00 pm
Race Distances and Courses
Click here to see the new 3.1 mile course that will let you share the fun with walkers and runners of all abilities. The start/finish will still be on Church Avenue at La Placita Village, winding through the neighborhoods to south. Plenty of nearby parking. See the Downtown Tucson Partnership site for help on finding a place to park.
Strollers are absolutely welcome— due to insurance regulations, no dogs, roller blades, bicycles, or other wheels. The course is wheelchair-friendly.
Location
Downtown Tucson. Why Downtown? Downtown is the hub of our diverse region, and since we started the race in 2007, we’ve been committed to showcasing its beauty and highlights, from shopping, arts, housing, and dining. Interested in visiting Tucson? See what the New York Times says to do with “36 Hours in Tucson”. For more information about the race, check out the Arizona Illustrated news piece by Luis Carrion or the City of Tucson Channel 12 piece from 2008.
For parking information, see the Tucson Convention Center site: http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/tcc/parking.
Race Fees
First round of early registration discount ends April 1st.
$18 - SAR member by 4/1/12
$20 - non-SAR Member by 4/1/12
$25 - All by 5/23/12
$30 - All after 5/23/12 and on event weekend
Registration
- Print Registration Form and mail it in. Registration by mail must be postmarked by Saturday, May 28, 2011.
- Register online with a credit card at active.com.
- Details to be announced soon, though we're planning two cool things: a wine-and-cheese registration at The Running Shop and a race-day registration, as well.
- Race day registration & packet pick-up will be available at the Children's Museum, Tucson (200 South Sixth Avenue -- see map), starting at 5:15 PM on June 2, 2012. Please arrive early enough to register on time!
Team Challenge
Team Challenge: This year, we’re doing a team challenge for companies, non-profits, and other organizations. Each person on a team can register for $20/person. Each member must complete a form and sign a waiver, 10-participant team minimum. Please include all forms in one submission. Deadline for team registration is May 15.
Race Hotels
Special rate for all participants: $59. Just mention that you’re with the Southern Arizona Roadrunners
Hotel Tucson City Center , an InnSuites Boutique Collection Hotel
475 N. Granada Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
(Hotel) 520-622-3000 ext. 808
Awards
All 5k registrants will receive a t-shirt and will be eligible for a variety of raffle prizes. To help promote excellence in running, the TMC Meet Me Downtown event will provide $100 to first five men who break 15:15, with an additional $100 bonus to the overall winner who breaks 15:15. For the women’s division, $100 will go to the first five women who break 18:00, with an additional $100 bonus to the overall winner who breaks 18:00.
First place overall and master’s will receive a gift certificate to the Running Shop, along with age groups as follows:15 and below, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 and over. First place overall can double-dip in their age group.
GIFT CERTIFICATES TO THE RUNNING SHOP
Overall male, female $50
Master male, female $40
Age group first place $25 at 30 age groups
Age group second place $15
Age group third place: One item from a Running Shop grab bag
Beneficiaries
Children’s Museum Tucson
Child and Family Resources
Cinema La Placita
Fox Theatre
Critical Path Institute’s PKD Foundation
Greater Tucson Leadership
Imagine Greater Tucson
Educational Enrichment Foundation
Southern Arizona Roadrunners
Kids' and Post-Race Activities
Arizona’s sassiest songwriter will headline the night, LeeAnne Savage! Check her out here.
Community Partners
Thanks to artist Pete Marenfeld and RetroTrek for allowing us to use the great retro logo again! Thanks, as well, to our new sponsor, BodyBasics, a Tucson personal training company started by trainers with a passion to guide people in all areas of health and fitness, including fitness coaching, corrective exercise, nutrition coaching, and Yoga. Contact Chris or Kris at (520) 498-0359.
Race Weather
Well, it’s early summer in Tucson - the weather will no doubt be hot. But check out Tucson’s current conditions and forecast for up-to-date information.
Results
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |Contact
- Contact the Southern Arizona Roadrunners Hotline at (520) 326-9383 for more information.
- Race Director Randy Accetta: Call +15209910733 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
