Hello again to the El Tour 5k Participants! Randy here, with another quick race report for the 3rd Annual El Tour de Tucson 5k.

Congratulations to all who crossed the finish line after a joyful journey through our beautiful Downtown Tucson!

Thank you again for being part of this fantastic event -- we're honored to help bring together runners, walkers, bike riders, and chair athletes.

To our out-of-town guests, we know that it was a bit rainy, but come on back to Tucson and visit with us again.

You can visit the El Tour page for the schedule of their 2026 bicycling events, including the Tour de Scottsdale and Tour de Zona.

Runners and walkers can find discount codes to our upcoming Run Tucson events farther below. Join us in beautiful locations like Sonoita's Empire Ranch, Old Tucson Studios, the Biosphere 2, or scenic Oro Valley. From 5k to half-marathon, on trails or roads, we've got you covered! See details below.

As we said in our last email, we hope that you all have a safe, happy, and healthy Thanksgiving Week, wherever your travels take you.

Randy Accetta, on behalf of Tia and the crew at Run Tucson

randy@runtucson.net | tia@runtucson.net

RESULTS & SOCIAL

Results can be found here. 

The event was timed by On Your Left Fitness and Timing. All finisher times were recorded based on so-called "start timing" or "gun timing," meaning that the participant's time will be recorded from the start of the race to when the participant crosses the finish line mats. 

If you have a question about your results, email the race director at randy@runtucson.net and he will work with On Your Left to solve it. 

For social media, please tag @eltourdetucson and @runtucson -- you can use hashtags #ElTour5k, #ElTourdeTucson5k, #ElTourRun and #runtucson and anything else you want . . .

PHOTOS

Damion Alexander (a board member for both Perimeter Bicycling and BEYOND-Tucson) has posted hundreds of photos from the race course to his smugmug page. You can view them, screenshot 'em, or purchase high quality images here: https://thetucsonphotographer.smugmug.com/Sports/Running/RoadRunning/El-Tour-De-Tucson-5k/El-Tour-5k

I've posted a handful of my own (mediocre) snapshots to the race page here. I did not get everyone, but you can search by bib number.

You can also upload your own pages to the RunSignup page through your registration account.

If you want to share any photos, please share at the Run Tucson FB page here.

AWARDS

Top finishers and age group winners receive Gift Certificates from Fleet Feet Tucson. 

Gift cards that were not picked up at the post-race awards ceremony have been brought to race sponsor Fleet Feet.

You can pick up your gift card at the Fleet Feet Tanque Verde location (Address: 7301 East Tanque Verde Road. Phone: 520-886-7800). 

Age group awards: top three age-group male and female finishers in 5-year age groups: U15 through 75+. 

First Male: Colin Dylla, Tucson, 14:55 (course record)

First Female: Sailor Hutton, Tucson 16:34 (course record)

Special thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who helped produce this event:

• The folks at El Tour are awesome. We are grateful to TJ Juskiewicz for inviting Run Tucson to do the 5k with El Tour. Special thanks for operations leadership by Jessica Escobedo Davis, her dad Tim Escobedo, and her nephew Angel.
• Thanks to the timing and event company On Your Left for the fantastic finish line and accurate results!

Thanks to:

• AAA Arizona for handing out oranges and bananas and all the loud cheering and enthusiasm at the finish line -- special thanks to a few of the AAA folks for helping cheer runners around the finish line turn.

• The youth fitness program GroGirlGro for handing out medals at the finish line! (Special appreciation to their founder, Jody Bartz, for letting me borrow her cool purple helmet -- I had left my bike helmet in the garage and she made sure I was safe out on the course...)

• Clint and Angela at Starlight Deejays for everything -- music, arch raising, banner hanging, humor and more!

• Doreen Davis for sending runners, walkers, and bike riders in the correct directions, with such good cheer!

• The folks at the Arizona Bowl for all the good cheer surrounding the giant football helmet.

• Fleet Feet for the awards

• Jeannette and Raising Cane's for being such fun sponsors of the finish line!

• Children's Clinic and Supercool Balloons for helping us have such a fun finish line

• The students from the UA Physiology Club, UA Rotoract Club and the UA Society for Neuroscience for managing the waterstations and course

• BEYOND Youth Cycling for leading the Fun Ride on the course so safely

• All the other volunteers for all the packet pickup volunteer help at the Expo.

John Ward was our go-to course manager -- John has been doing behind-the-scenes ops work at all of our Run Tucson races since Saguaro -- it's great to have him on board! Doreen Davis was our go-to at the bike path -- thanks Doreen!

Tia Accetta was watching our daughter in a high school flag football state championship game in Phoenix on race day (we won!!) and couldn't make it, but she was instrumental in putting all this together -- special thanks to her for all the pre- and post-race support!

I'm sure others jumped in and helped, so if I'm missing anyone, please forgive me and let me know who I missed!