Thank you for doing the TMC Get Moving Tucson Events

THANK YOU!!

Great job at the 2012 TMC Get Moving Tucson Events: the TMC A-Mountain Half-Marathon,
the Tucson Lifestyle 5k,
and the Cox Charities One Mile.

Souvenir Photos

Thanks to PRPhotos from Houston, Texas and local photographer Paul Konecny you can find about 4,000 souvenir photos at pr.photos.com. The photos in this eblast are samples of their great work.

Search by bib number or by race, or simply look through all the great photos -- find the ones you want and create a lifetime memory of your TMC Get Moving Tucson weekend.

Recovery

A piece of advice: give yourself time to recover from the races. If you ran the Tucson Lifestyle 5k, you should be fine by now. But if you ran the TMC A-Mountain Half-Marathon, it's best to be patient with yourself -- a rule of thumb is to give 1 day of easy running for every mile raced.

Because of the downhill running on A-Mountain, you may be experiencing delayed onset muscle soreness in your thighs -- get a massage, take it easy, and let your body recover!

Smiles

It sure seemed like everyone had a blast, with smiles and waves all along the course, from Sixth Avenue through A-Mountain, from Downtown through the Cox Charities Mayor's Mile.

Speedsters

The prize money and the challenge motivated two of our nation's best runners to visit Tucson. Men's winner, Scott Smith, broke the course record held by Craig Curley, with a time of 1:06:23, an average pace of 5:04. Women's winner, Alicia Shay, shattered the women's record held by Amy Cole in a time of 1:24:37,

a 6:27 pace.

Flagstaff men swept the first three places, with former NAU runners Jordan Chipingama and Noor Alsana taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. For the women, Tia Accetta took 2nd place and former UA star Hannah Henson took 3rd, both breaking the previous course records.

A top showing by Dustin Zimmerman looks to have set him up for overall win in the 2012 Running Shop Grand Prix, while the women's Grand Prix is still up for grabs...

Great Mayor's Mile

Thanks to Cox Charities for helping plan and fund the Cox Charities Mayor's Mile -- and special thanks to Mayor Jonathan Rothschild for coming out so early to help start the race then run with the children! It was great to see children from local schools as well as the wonderful families from MyTeam Triumph.

Stuff to Pick Up

Finisher medals and gift certificates: If you did not get a chance to get your finisher medal or your age group gift certificate, they will be available at The Running Shop through 5:00 pm on Saturday, November 3rd.

Timing

Thanks to Greg Wenneborg Timing Systems for doing the timing. The new SAR IPICO system handled the the complications of two starting lines and different finishing lines with ease, enabling SAR to get fast and accurate results like never before. We used "gun time" for the awards -- this ensures that age-group folks race their age-group competitors head-to-head. The "chip time" allows you to see your true cross-the-mat time. See results here.

Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown

There were 501 registrants in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown, raising over $5,000 for Child and Family Resources. For those registered Triple Crown participants who finish all three events, your special Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown medallion is available at The Running Shop.

Volunteers

This race could never happen without the 125 or so volunteers who joined forces.

Registration and Overall Pitching In Where Needed

Sheryl Felde

Steve Felde

Connie Lopez

Christine Outridge

Degan Outridge

Leo Richard

Marti Ackerman

Monica Bermudez

Sue Abramson

Mindy Creed

Glen Daw

Michelle Hawk

Sandra Heater

Shirley Hester

Janet Stamper-Holland

Marc Janis

Alyssa Hoyt

Dennis Bonilla

Alli Coyle

Virginia Farwell

Leslie Clark

Royce Marion

Race Set-up and Break-Down -- as well as race day doing anything that needs to be done!

Dari Duval

Diane Manzini

Gina Nelson

Doreen Castillo

Steve Blacket's Ridge Hughes

Moira Irish Girl Hough

Chia-Chi Kuo Speck

Lucas Tyler

Baby Sitting

Mary Lasser

Water

The Sahuaro High School Cross Country team managed the half-marathon water stations at A-Mountain and the Santa Cruz River Path while students and staff at the UofA Planning Department for handling water at 1.5 miles. Thanks to Josh at WaterMart for supplying the ice on race day!

Course Monitors

Special thanks to the University of Arizona fraternities and sororities who were out on the course in force to ensure that you went in the right direction.

Safety

Tucson Medical Center provided two medical tents -- thanks TMC! Rural Metro and Southwest Ambulance provided ambulances at the finish line and the Santa Cruz River Path entrance at approximately 9.5 miles into the race.

Road Safety

A final note of thanks to the Tucson Police Department and Pima County Sheriff's Department who helped ensure participant safety out on the route. Without their long-standing efforts on behalf of the race, we would not be able to close city streets for such a lengthy duration. We owe a special thanks to Officers Paul Tosca and Paul Patterson.