First Event: June 1, 2024 TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run/Walk Details
TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Run/Walk Details
Friday, May 30, Registration and Packet Pickup
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm, at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell Ave
Saturday, June 1, Race Night Schedule
5:00 - 6:30 TMC 5k Registration and Packet Pickup, 200 South Sixth Avenue
6:00 pm Start Open Mile Race -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies, with prize money and finisher medals
6:30 pm Start SAR FitKidz Mile -- free for all children under 12
7:00 pm Start TMC 5k Run/Walk
8:30 or so Awards
9:00 or so: Shut down Beer Garden, adjourn for Hotel Congress after-party
Post-race through June
Shirts and Triple Crown awards of registrants who cannot make race weekend will be available at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell through the end of June. T-shirt sizing first come, first served. We will donate all remaining souvenirs on July 1st, so please be sure to pick up your items or send someone to pick them up before July 1st.
Events:
- 5k Run/Walk for all ages and abilities
- Free 1-Mile event for runners and walkers of all ages and abilities
- Free High School Mile, for all high school and junior high runners
- Free SAR FitKidz Mile, free for all children under 12
Cool things:
- Free entrance to Children’s Museum – race number provides one adult and one child entry.
- Prize money for top finishers
- Age group awards in 5-year categories from The Running Shop
- 13th Annual Running Race Food Truck Round Up, with local vendors offering food and drinks for purchase
- TMC 5k Night Run is part of the SAR 2024 “Running Shop Grand Prix”
- Live Music
- Pueblo Vida Beer Garden, with free pour for all 21+ registrants, presented by Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists
- After-Party at Hotel Congress
Location: Downtown Tucson, on the lawn of the Children's Museum and Armory Park, 100 South Sixth Avenue
Terrain: pavement
Difficulty: this is an easy course, on a flat and fast paved asphalt surface, with lots of spectator support
Children: Yes, this is a family-friendly event staged at the Children's Museum, with a free FitKidz Mile, partnered with SAR; plus jumping castles, other activities. All children receive free entry to the Children's Museum.
Weather: often hot
Chair Friendly: Yes, this course is suitable for chair athletes.
Pets Allowed: No, not in the race itself.
Want Training Advice? Contact Run Tucson's RRCA-certified running coach Tia Accetta at tia@runtucson.net
