June 2 Update:
Updated results are now posted. Questions? Contact race timer Greg Wenneborg here or race director Randy Accetta here. We'll have more post-race information shortly.
You can pick up your age group awards at The Running Shop.
Click here for how to find the thousands and thousands of photos from race weekend.
We will have more information on how to sign up for the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown shortly.
May 28 Update:
Online registration is closed, but you can register in person for the TMC Night Run for $35 with cash, check, or credit card this evening at the race site from 4:30-6:30 pm, 200 South Sixth Avenue, in front of the Children's Museum. If you need to miss tonight's race, you can also register for the VIRTUAL Triple Crown here.
May 26 Update Click here for the final email to all participants -- with every single detail you need for this weekend, plus course maps, information on parking, etc!
Saturday, May 28
4:30-6:30 - You can still register for tonight's TMC Night Run today at the race site from 4:30 - 6:30, at The Children's Museum 200 South Sixth Avenue. The race fee is $35, paybable by cash, check, and credit card. There is no more team registration. All teams are set and there is no way to change teams or modify teams.
YES: you can pick up your Triple Crown items Saturday at the TMC tent
POST-RACE PARTIES and DISCOUNTS!
Thanks to New Belgium beer for the Beer Garden! Post-race after-party is at Hotel Congess with drink specials and music.
Restaurant Discounts: in addition to the Hotel Congress After-Party and our lineup at the 4th Annual Running Race Food Truck Round Up, these Downtown restaurants are offering discounts Saturday:
HiFi 20% off any food and beverage item excluding any specials
Veg Box Café 15% off
Thunder Canyon Brewery Restaurant and Pub 20% off all Thunder Canyon brewed beers AND 20% off food (excluding Happy Hour discounted appetizers)
Good Oak Bar 10% off tab, including drinks
Empire Pizza, 15% off
Diablo Burger 10% off tab, including drinks
Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink 10% off bill
The HUB Restaurant $2 off ice cream
The HUB Ice Cream Factory $2 off a small or large cup of ice cream
Delectables on Fourth All Arizona Beers on Tap $2 off a pint! All Appetizers $1 off
Casa Vicente Specials: On Friday, May 27th, they will have Santa Panchita (Salsa, Rumba dance band), with a $10 cover which includes a bowl of Paella cooked onsite in a super large Paella Pan. Saturday night, no cover. Our outdoor bar will have some drink specials including beer, wine and sangria. Our restaurant's kitchen is open from 4:30 - 11:00. Folks wanting to come for dinner after the race are encouraged to make reservations in advance.
Friday Night Festival of Miles | Team Challenge Details | Fun for Adults | Fun for Children and Families | Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown | Race Video
1 weekend, 2 nights, 3 great events
- Friday Night, May 27th: Inaugural Festival of Miles, registration and activities opens at 5, with races starting at 6:00 pm
- Friday Night, May 27th: Free FitKidz Children's Mile, FitKidz starts at 6:30 pm
- Saturday Night, May 28th: TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run and Walk -- Tucson's biggest running event! Registration and activities opens at 4:30, race starts at 7:00 pm
Make your plans for Memorial Day Weekend and be part of the 10th Annual TMC 5k Night Run & Inaugural Friday Night Festival of Miles.
Known as MMD (#meetmedowntown5k), the race has become a city-wide block party, featuring discounts to local restaurants, a beneficiary and vendor expo, children's activities, a beer garden, rock n' roll bands, and an awesome after-party at iconic Hotel Congress. To promote the great sport of running, MMD features a flat course, thousands of dollars in prize money, and age group awards.
The first leg of the popular 2016 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown, TMC Meet Me Downtown has raised more than $130,000 for local charities over the years.
Something for everyone: Meet Me Downtown was founded by Randy and Tia Accetta 10 years ago to promote Downtown Tucson by providing fitness and social opportunties for all ages and abilities. The TMC Meet Me Downtown weekend focuses on family-friendly activities, including a free FitKidz One Mile Walk/Run on Friday night, kids activities hosted by TMC, and free entry into race beneficiary the Children's Museum. All TMC Night Run participants receive a free t-shirt with our unique Tucson-flavored artwork.
Social Media: help us spread the word! www.facebook.com/southern.arizona.roadrunners #meetmedowntown5k #runlocal #runtucson -- plus @RunTucson and @RunSAR for twitter and instagram. Win a free entry if you take a photo of our Modern Streetcar wrap and tag @RunTucson, @RunSAR, and #meetmedowntown5k
Do you want to be a vendore or sponsor? Contact the race director Randy Accetta at randy@runtucson.net if you and your group want to set up a Cheer Zone to encourage runners and walkers. So far Greater Tucson Leadership and the Tucson Museum of Art will be yelling up a storm!
First leg of the TMC 2016 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown: TMC Meet Me Downtown is honored to once again be the first leg of the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown. Gabe lost his life in the January 2011 shooting here in Tucson, but his legacy lives on. From the Gabe Zimmerman Davison Canyon Trailhead to the Gabe Zimmerman Meeting Room at the U.S. Capital, Gabe’s presence will forever be a part of our community. The Triple Crown donates $10 from every entry to Gabe’s favorite non-profit, Child and Family Resources.
For Saturday night's TMC 5k Night Run/Walk, It's easy to create team of 5 people or more! Make up a team name, then enter that team name in the online registration portal when prompted -- or add the team name to the mail-in registration form. You do not need to create a Team Captain, though the online form gives a space for adding that.
Teams are $20 per person until May 20, then $30 per person until May 25th. Team registration closes on May 25th at midnight.
* Team with the most participants receives $150 gift certificate to be used at Hotel Congress/Cup Cafe or Maynard's Kitchen.
* Random raffle: two (2) teams will receive $150 gift certificate to be used at Hotel Congress/Cup Cafe or Maynard's Kitchen.
* The fastest women's team of 5 or more will win $300 (conventional cross country scoring will be used)
* The fastest men's team of 5 or more will win $300 (conventional cross country scoring will be used)
- Customized men’s and women’s t-shirts with the awesome artwork of Pete Marenfeld
- Local daredevils Cirque Roots will have stiltwalkers and others on hand
- Tucson’s music queen LeeAnne Savage will rock the house, with live music on the course on Friday and Saturday
- Selfie Photo Booth from Pucker Up with cool props to snap your group’s photo
- Wide Downtown boulevards with neighbor support leads to fast course, plus prize money for top finishers and age group awards in 5-year categories
- Sponsor and vendor expo Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening
- Refreshing Muscle Milk after the race, with plenty of Culligan water
- 4th Annual Running Race Food Truck Round Up, with local vendors offering food and drinks for purchase
- TMC Night Run 5k is the RRCA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: runners from around nation are coming to the Old Pueblo so let's show 'em how to have a great Tucson time!
- Refreshing post-race Beer Garden: bring ID to get your free cold beverage and bring $5 for additional cold ones!
- Post-race Beer Garden, with one free beer plus additional pours for $5 apiece ($6 if using credit card)
- Traditional Post-Race After-Party at Hotel Congress with 2-4-1 drinks and more
- Free massage from Cortiva Institute
- Thanks to Hotel Congress for hosting our Saturday night after-party for the 10th straight year. This year's specials include 2 for 1 Sierra Nevada Draft Beer and House Red and White Wine, from 7-11 pm.
- Restaurant Discounts: in addition to our lineup at the 4th Annual Running Race Food Truck Round Up, these Downtown restaurants are offering discounts Friday and Saturday:
- HiFi 20% off any food and beverage item excluding any specials
- Veg Box Café 15% off
- Thunder Canyon Brewery Restaurant and Pub 20% off all Thunder Canyon brewed beers AND 20% off food (excluding Happy Hour discounted appetizers)
- Planet Smoothie 20% off self-serve yogurt and $1 off of any smoothie
- Good Oak Bar 10% off tab, including drinks
- Diablo Burger 10% off tab, including drinks
- Reilly Craft Pizza and Drink 10% off bill
- The HUB Restaurant $2 off ice cream
- The HUB Ice Cream Factory $2 off a small or large cup of ice cream
- Delectables on Fourth All Arizona Beers on Tap $2 off a pint! All Appetizers $1 off
- Casa Vicente Specials: On Friday, May 27th, they will have Santa Panchita (Salsa, Rumba dance band), with a $10 cover which includes a bowl of Paella cooked onsite in a super large Paella Pan. Saturday night, no cover. Our outdoor bar will have some drink specials including beer, wine and sangria. Our restaurant's kitchen is open from 4:30 - 11:00. Folks wanting to come for dinner after the race are encouraged to make reservations in advance.
Live Music on the course for Friday and Saturday night
- Friday Night Main Stage is Michael P and the Gullywashers, with The Guilty Bystanders at Wanslee Auto (6th&Stone) at the half-mile mark.
- Saturday Night Main Stage is LeeAnn Savage and her Dyn-O-Mite reunion band
- On the Course Saturday at the TMC 5k Night Run:
- Maxx Staxx at Wanslee Auto (6th & S Stone) -- Mile 1.2
- Reno del Mar at the Downtown Clifton (485 S Stone) -- Mile 1.6
- Chuckwalla at S 8th Ave. & W. 18th St. -- Mile 2.5
- The Determined Luddites at S Stone & 14th St -- Mile 2.9, at Casa Vicente
- Free FitKidz Children’s Mile on Friday Night—we want every child in Tucson to walk or run a mile with Mayor Rothschild. Everyone is free—so bring your family and do a mile with the kids!
- Free entry to Children's Museum for all, Friday 4:00-7:00pm
- TMC and the Children’s Museum will host play activities for the kids on the Children's Museum grounds
- Jumping Castles and other activities courtesy of Cox Communications
Other Cool Stuff
The Southern Arizona Roadrunners is 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.
About the Race Directors: The TMC Meet Me Downtown was founded by Randy and Tia Accetta 10 years ago to promote Downtown Tucson by providing fitness and social opportunties for all ages and abilities. The TMC Meet Me Downtown event is on the SAR calendar, with the Saturday Night 5k on the SAR "Running Shop Grand Prix." A former 2:19 marathoner who ran in the 1996 US Olympic Trials Marathon, Randy is a Mentor in Residence at the University of Arizona's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and is the national Director of Coaching Education for the Road Runners Club of America. Tia is a 2:48 marathoner with an MA in Education with an emphasis on teaching the deaf and hard of hearing. They live near the UA with their two small children, both of whom are faster than Randy.
Date and Time
Friday Night, May 27: 6:00-8:30 pm: The inaugural Run Tucson Festival of Miles, a series of one mile races, runs, and walks for all ages and all abilities
Saturday, May 28: 7:00 pm: The 10th Annual TMC 5k Night Run and Walk, for all ages and abilities
Race Awards
$6,000 PRIZE MONEY AND INCENTIVES FOR THE RRCA WEST REGIONAL 5k CHAMPIONSHIPS and the ARIZONA STATE ONE MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Over $6,000 in incentive-based prize money for the TMC Meet Me Downtown 10th Anniversary Weekend
· The TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run is the RRCA 5k West Regional Championships: $3,650 in Prize Money and Incentives, plus RRCA Championship Medallions, Age Group Awards, and more.
· The Run Tucson Friday Night Festival of Miles is the RRCA Arizona State One Mile Championship, with over $2,366 in incentive-based prize money.
The TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run
RRCA Champs: The RRCA will provide special RRCA Championship Medallions to the first place Men’s and Women’s finishers in Open, Master’s (Over 40), Grand Masters (Over 50), and Super Grand Masters (Over 60)
Male and Female Prize Money
“Our goal is to reward athletes for running fast. We can’t give the money provided by big national races,” says Race Director Randy Accetta, “so our prize money is based on beating course records and local fast times.”
1st $400
2nd $300
3rd $200
4th $100
5th $50
NOTE: Prize Money double-dipping is allowed (for example, a runner may receive both overall and masters money and team money)
NOTE: all teams must be formally registered as a team by midnight May 25th. There is NO race weekend team registration and no in-person team registration.
NOTE: A limited number of complimentary entries for elite athletes are available. Send resume and ways you can add value to the race to race director Randy Accetta at randy@runtucson.net
Course Record Bonus
$200 bonus to the man who breaks the current men’s course record of 14:25, set by Jordan Chipengama (2014)
$200 bonus to the woman who breaks the current women’s record of 17:23, set by Maggie Callahan (2013)
Master's Prize Money (40-and-over) Male and Female (no minimum time set for the master's money)
1st $100
2nd $50
3rd $25
Master's Bonus
$100 to the 40-and-over man who breaks Shaun Haley’s master’s record of 15:57 (2011)
$100 to the 40-and-over woman who breaks Paula Morrison’s master’s record of 18:16 (2014)
Team Prize Money
$300 to the fastest team of 5 men (using standard cross country style scoring)
$300 to the fastest team of 5 women (using standard cross country style scoring)
NOTE: Prize Money double-dipping is allowed, thus it is possible for the fastest woman and fastest man to earn almost $1,000 apiece if they set all records and are part of the fastest teams. Team registration information can be found on active.com and at www.azroadrunners.org.
Age Group Awards
All first, second, and third place in 5-year divisions will receive age group awards from the Running Shop.
USATF Course Sanction #: 15-48-500
RRCA Arizona State One Mile Championships: $2,366 in incentive-based prize money, plus special awards
The RRCA will provide special RRCA Championship Medallions to the first place Men’s and Women’s finishers in Open, Master’s (Over 40), Grand Masters (Over 50), and Super Grand Masters (Over 60)
Male and Female Prize Money
“Our goal is to reward athletes for running fast. We can’t give the money provided by big national races,” says Race Director Randy Accetta, “so our prize money is based on beating course records and local fast times.”
Open Men and Women Prize Money
1st $300
2nd $200
3rd $100
$408.90 Race Director Challenge Bonus
408 dollars and 90 cents bonus to the fastest man who breaks the race director’s personal best of 4:08.9. Yup, Randy ran that back in the 1900’s.
408 dollars and 90 cents bonus to the fastest woman who breaks the equivalent time of 4:48.9 (see the Mercier Score Calculator for comparison details)
Master's Prize Money (40-and-over) Male and Female (no minimum time set for the master's money)
1st $100
2nd $50
3rd $25
NOTE: Prize Money double-dipping is allowed, thus it is possible for the fastest woman and fastest man to earn $808 apiece.
NOTE: A limited number of complimentary entries for elite athletes are available. Send resume and ways you can add value to the race to race director Randy Accetta at randy@runtucson.net
USATF Course Sanction #: TBD
Category Awards
Races are capped at 60 people per race. Each finisher will receive a special 3” medallion. Additional details will be announced
Race Hotels
Local hotels, perfect for any budget and any vacation goal!
Hotel Congress: Historic Downtown hipster and funk, a 2-minute walk to the start at 311 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701
Homewood Suites by Hilton, St. Phillips: At the River Path, Campbell and River Road, about 15 minute easy drive to the race site. Enter the code "SAR" and receive special race pricing!!
Arizona Inn: In-town beauty and glamour, about a 8 minute drive to the start at 2200 E Elm St, Tucson, AZ 85719
Hotel Tucson City Center: Convenient to I-10, about half-mile to the start line at 475 N Granada Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
Hotel Clifton: Convenient to the race course in the heart of Downtown Tucson
J.W. Marriott Starr Pass: Upscale desert resort with good summer pricing at 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85745
Want a romantic bed and breakfast steps from the starting line? Check out the Royal Elizabeth and tell ‘em you’re with the race.
Beneficiaries
Get Sweaty, Do Good!
Thanks to sponsorship from Tucson Medical Center and our partnership with Cox Charities, we're proud to announce the roster of local organizations that will benefit from the May 30th TMC Meet Me Downtown Night Run. When you sign up online, you can made additional donations. Click here for our press release.
Children's Museum, Tucson: At Children’s Museum Tucson we help children develop foundational skills by igniting a spark for discovery and learning in an environment where families play and connect in meaningful ways.
Reid Park Zoo: Travel from South America to the Asian rain forest, and then to the African savannah in one day all from Tucson at the Reid Park Zoo.
Living Streets Alliance: The mission of the Living Streets Alliance is to promote healthy communities by empowering people to transform our streets into vibrant places for walking, bicycling, socializing, and play.
Educational Enrichment Foundation: Through its grants, scholarships, professional development programs, and community activities, EEF actively provides enhanced and enriched learning resources for TUSD students, teachers, and schools, advocates for educational excellence for all children, and ensures access to educational enrichment opportunities within TUSD for financially in-need students.
Greater Tucson Leadership: Founded in 1980, Greater Tucson Leadership (GTL) is a non-profit, non-partisan leadership organization dedicated to providing leadership education, community development and civic engagement for the overall care of and commitment to our Tucson community for over 30 years.
Team Hoyt Arizona: Team Hoyt Arizona is a pending non-profit dedicated to sharing the racing and team experience with anyone who wishes to join, including people with special needs and diverse abilities or disabilities.
Southern Arizona Roadrunners: The vision of the Southern Arizona Roadrunners is to provide running-related events at professional standards, with a reasonable pricing structure, a family-friendly environment, and competition that emphasizes the pursuit of individual competitive excellence, the joy of individual and team participation, and a healthy lifestyle. We do so by facilitating and supporting competitive and social running and walking events; by promoting running and fitness for all ages; by providing educational and social information about our sport; and by promoting our sport through public relations and civic involvement.
Cox Charities: We run many of our charity dollars through our partnership with Cox Charities, the fundraising and grantmaking arm of Cox Communications raising funds for local charities.
Child and Family Resources, the beneficiary of the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown: At Child and Family Resources our mission is to work in homes and communities to:Help families succeed; Coach child care teachers so children excel in school; Partner with teens to prevent pregnancy, school drop-out, drug use and suicide.
Kids' and Post-Race Activities
All evening, children’s activities in front and inside of the Children’s Museum, courtesy of Tucson Medical Center and the Children’s Museum—plus games from The Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club and jumping castles courtesy of Cox Communications.
Food and drink, free beer garden, plus fourth-ever Running Race Food Truck Round-Up. After-party at Hotel Congress!
Visit with race beneficiaries and sponsors at the Race Expo on the grassy areas in front of the Children’s Museum.
Fire show by Cirque Roots
8:30 and onwards: Official post-race party at Hotel Congress. Hotel Congress will host a live band on the patio, and provide 2-4-1 drinks plus special Meet Me Downtown appetizer discounts.
Community Partners
Thanks to artist Pete Marenfeld and RetroTrek for allowing us to use the great retro logo again!
Sponsors: Please patronize our great sponsors!! They believe in a healthy Tucson and they believe in an exciting and active Downtown . . .
Tucson Medical Center
Cox Communications
The Running Shop
iHeart Media and My92.9
ProActive Physical Therapy
Caliente and the Arizona Daily Star
KGUN's The Morning Blend
Tucson Lifestyle and tucsonlifestyle.com
The law firm of Snell and Wilmer
Waste Management, Rural Metro, Culligan Water, Downtown Tucson Partnership, Hotel Congress, Run Tucson, and Meet Me Concepts
Contact
Call Race Director Randy Accetta +15209910733 or
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