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September 15 Update: Click here for the post-race report sent last week to all registrants, with information on results, awards, goodies, and the like. Awards are available at The Running Shop through the end of September. Remaining shirts have been brought to the Running Shop (3055 N Campbell Ave, Tucson) for pick up on a first-come, first-served basis.
Run inspired by the beauty of the Painted Hills and the majesty of the Tucson Mountains, with panoramic views of the Tucson Basin. The 10k course starts at Pima College West and cruises the iconic rolling hills of the Tucson Mountains near scenic Starr Pass and Gates Pass.
The updated 5k course is an out-and-back with more room for runners and walkers!
Staging is in the shaded middle courtyard at Pima Community College, West Campus, providing an enjoyable space for pre-race and post-race activities of music, activities, and snacks & food trucks.
Beautiful desert scenery with sunrise over the Tucson Mountains
Chair friendly - smooth surfaces on challenging hills
Beneficiaries: The TMC Tucson 10k provides funds to the Southern Arizona Roadrunners and the BEYOND-Tucson Foundation
Race Directors: Developed by Tucson's premier event producing team, Run Tucson, and produced in partnership with Arizona's largest non-profit running club, the Southern Arizona Roadrunners. We are RRCA race director certified.
2026 SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 12, Registration and Packet Pickup
10:00 am - 1:00 pm: The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell Ave
All race bib numbers for the 10k and 5k will be inside the Running Shop.
Yes: Registration will be open.
Yes: You can pick up items for friends, but please limit the number of packet pickups if it is crowded.
Yes: Shirt sizing is first come, first served. The new sublimated shirts are pre-packaged in both "women's cut" and "unisex" cut.
Yes: It is a great time to shop for all sorts of goodies, so take some time to see what the Running Shop has in stock for you.
Sunday, September 13, Race Morning Schedule
5:30 - 6:00 am: Registration and Packet Pickup at Pima Community College West race site
All race numbers, shirts, and medals will be at the Run Tucson tent at the start/finish line area.
Yes: You can pick up items for friends -- please limit the number of packet pickups if it is crowded.
Yes: Shirt sizing is first come, first served. Shirts are in both "women's cut" and "unisex" cut.
6:10 am: Start line announcements, National Anthem
6:15 am: Start TMC 5k Race -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies
Chip time for all age-group awards. See all prize money and award rules and details here.
Our friends from Team Hoyt will be on hand, so like in the 5k, we'll make sure to provide space for our chair athletes on this new out-and-back route.
See new route map below.
6:25 am: Start TMC 10k Run/Walk -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies -- no 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.
Our friends from Team Hoyt will be on hand, so like in the 5k, we'll make sure to provide space for our chair athletes.
8:30 am: Approximate time Finish Line closes
8:30 am: Approximate time Awards
TMC 10k and 5k Age Group awards courtesy of The Running Shop
TMC 10k Prize Money courtesy of TMC and Run Tucson
see below for details
Souvenir Shirts and Medals
Souvenir shirts and medals will be available to the first 1000 registrants at both packet pick-up times, so be sure to snag your items on September 12th at The Running Shop or on event morning, September 13th.
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 all sizes available.
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.
FROM THE PAST:
DAMION ALEXANDER PHOTOS: One of our event sponsors and good friends is Long Realty's Damion Alexander. Check out this awesome video from Damion: he spent all morning on his bike, then all of Sunday evening putting it together -- it's a lot of fun...Check out all of Damion's photos at The Tucson Photographer smugmug account.
(We are super grateful to Damion for all of his efforts on behalf of the endurance community -- not only does he spend hours on the bike at our races, but he then spends hours at the computer fixing and fiddling with the photos. On top of that, he is a bike volunteer at Sabino Canyon and El Tour.)
JOHN HARRIS PHOTOS: On the TMC Tucson 10k race registration page you can check out the photos put together by John Harris. John is a student at the UArizona and an assistant Cross Country Coach at Salpointe, where he was a standout runner. He's developed a keen eye for running photography and we're delighted to have him on our team!
FINISHER VIDEO: Check out the video of you crossing the finish line at the race results page, courtesy of Greg Wenneborg and Roadrunner Race Timing.
SOCIAL MEDIA: If you want to share any photos of you, your friends, or beautiful morning scenery, please share at the Run Tucson FB page. For social media, please tag @runtucson and @runsar and @rrca and @TucsonMedicalCenter with any instagram posts -- you can use hashtags #TMCTucson10k or #gabezimmermantriplecrown or #runsar and #runtucson and anything else you want . . . thanks to SAR for this post!