TMC Meet Me Downtown Updates
Randy Accetta May 15, 2012It 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.
Other race day highlights include:
Post-Race After-Party at the Hotel Congress, with 2-4-1 beverages, live band and more . . .
Free Post-Race snacks from Sunflower Market and BodyArmor bevereages, plus Food Truck Round-Up enabling you to purchase a variety of awesome menu items—more information to follow!
The first leg in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown
New start/finish line on Sixth Avenue, in front of the Children’s Museum— new flatter and faster course, with plenty of straightaways
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
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: prices for the June 2nd TMC Meet Me Downtown Night Run and Walk go up on May 15th! Sign up online or by mail from the race site. You can register as a team and save some bucks, too.
