_ The 2024  TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Night Run/Walk and Festival of Miles:

 Lace 'em up and join us for the 18th Annual TMC Meet Me Downtown 5k Run/Walk and Festival of Miles on Saturday night, June 1st.  You can also save some bucks and sign up here for the 2024 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown, the popular 3-race series.
Whether you're rolling solo, hanging with friends, or making it a family night out, we've got you covered.

Free beer, rock'n roll, and 2,000 sweaty friends -- what more can you ask for? 

Enjoy a night on the town and run, walk, or roll a 5k or 1-Mile at Arizona's biggest running party in dynamic Downtown Tucson! Come one, come all.  Start me up and check out the YouTube race video from Lahiru's World!

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FUN FOR KIDS
Free FitKidz Mile for all children 12-and-under
Free Mile for all high school and junior high school students
Free entrance to the Children's Museum with activities 

FUN FOR ADULTS
Free pour at the Beer Garden, managed by Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists; additional pours are $5 apiece
Food Truck Round-up with tasty Tucson delights
After-party at Hotel Congress
Live music 

WALK OR RUN OR ROLL
Prize money and age-group awards courtesy of The Running Shop for male and female divisions (non-binary division acknowledged, but with no awards in 2024)
Wide neighborhood streets perfect for chair athletes
Walk or stroll, with no time limit on the race (well, our road-closure permit ends at 9:00 pm)

GOODIES
The first 1,000 5k registrants receive a soft cotton-style t-shirt, in v-neck or crew cut, sizing first-come, first-served
The first 500 Triple Crown registrants receive the bonus "Run Tucson" shirt and Gabe Zimmerman commemorative desktop medallion award
Medals to finishers in the Open Mile, High School, and Junior High Mile (no race shirts)
All FitKidz children receive FitKidz goodies
Biggest team wins a gift card to Hotel Congress
All teams entered into a raffle for gift card for Hotel Congress (If you want to add yourself to a team, you can go into your registration profile and choose the team you wish to join.)

TRIPLE CROWN
This is the first leg of the 2024 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown
The first 400 Triple Crown registrants receive the bonus "Run Tucson" shirt and Gabe Zimmerman commemorative award

Planned Race Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 31, 2024 Registration and Packet Pickup
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm, at The Running Shop, 3055 North Campbell Ave

You can pick up your souvenir items in person Friday, first come, first served basis. Others can register in person at The Running Shop.
The TMC Meet Me Downtown souvenir shirts for the 5k and Mile and all race bib numbers for the 5k, the 1-mile, and the FitKidz mile will be inside the Running Shop.
Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown: you can pick up your Triple Crown souvenir medallion and your souvenir GabeZ shirt at the tent in front of the Running Shop. (You will still have to go inside to get your TMC Meet Me Downtown shirt and race number.)
Yes: You can pick up items for friends -- please limit the number of packet pickups if it is crowded.
Yes: Shirts come in both standard unisex and v-neck cut.
Yes: T-shirt sizing first come, first served.
Yes: Please follow the Running Shop's posted public health protocols.
Yes: It may be crowded, but please be kind to the staff at the Running Shop and the volunteers.
Yes: You can shop at the Running Shop, so bring your wallet and buy all sorts of running goodies for yourself!
Yes: You can snag your souvenirs and do the event virtually, so if you have to miss race night, you can fill in your VIRTUAL RACE INFO here.

Saturday, June 1, 2024, Race Night Schedule
5:00 - 6:30 TMC 5k Registration and Packet Pickup, 200 South Sixth Avenue

We'll set up a chute-based system in front of the Children's Museum for those who pick up their race items on race day and for those who want to register in person on race day. You'll enter from the north, then first get your race number, then get your white TMC Meet Me Downtown shirt, if eligible. If you have not registered for the Triple Crown, you can then leave the chute. If you have registered for the Triple Crown, continue along the chute to receive your souvenir medallion and your souvenir GabeZ shirt from the BEYOND tent, then exit the chute system to the south.

Yes: T-shirt sizing first come, first served.

6:00 pm Start Open Mile Race - for all ages, all abilities, all bodies, with prize money and finisher medals. Tutus, first-responders, walkers, and speed demons all welcome!  

6:15 pm Start Free High School and Junior High Race - all teens invited to spin a speedy mile

6:30 pm Start SAR FitKidz Mile -- free for all children 12 and under, with SAR FitKidz goodies

7:00 pm Start TMC 5k Run/Walk -- for all ages, all abilities, all bodies, with prize money and age group awards. See farther below for awards details.

The race is chip-timed
All prize money will be based on gun-time
All age-group awards will be chip-time.
8:30 or so Awards

5k Age Group awards courtesy of The Running Shop
Prize Money courtesy of TMC and Run Tucson
Post-Race: After-Party at Hotel Congress, 311 E Congress. Bring your race number to get drink discounts.

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Donations: Use the "Donate" button to provide funds to the charity of your choice. Help us reach our commitment of giving at least $5,000 through the event.

Greater Tucson Leadership
Children's Museum, Tucson
Educational Enrichment Foundation
BEYOND-TUCSON, beneficiary of the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown.

Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists, heading up the beer garden
For those interested in the Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown 3-race series, we're committed to providing $10 from every Triple Crown registration to the BEYOND-Tucson Foundation.  

Thanks to Cox Communications, Cox Charities, Radiology Limited, and Tucson Medical Center!

The event will take place rain or shine.  There are no refunds, deferrals, or returns for this event.  Race items will not be mailed to participants, but all remaining shirts and souvenirs will be available for first-come, first-served pickup at The Running Shop (3055 North Campbell) through the end of June 2023.
 
Registrants may transfer their registration to another participant by May 20, 2024.  The original registrant must initiate this transfer, while the new registrant will be asked to pay a $5 transfer fee.  See this page for information on how to manage the transfer process: https://help.runsignup.com/support/solutions/articles/17000062921

TMC Meet Me Downtown was founded by Randy and Tia Accetta 18 years ago to promote Downtown Tucson by providing fitness and social opportunties for all ages and abilities.  The TMC Meet Me Downtown and our other events have provided over $300,000 to local organizations over the years.