This webpage supplements the Dipsea information on the official Dipsea site. For the latest on handicaps, course rules, start times and loads of other info see www.dipsea.org.
If you want to get the flavor of The Race then checkout Janet Bowman's great Dipsea Article. If you want to run in the team race as a Tamalpan make sure that you are eligible by checking out the Dipsea Team Resolution and for you hardcore Dipseaens take a look at the Dipsea Quotient article and calculator. If you are interested in learning how to run the course faster and get a few laughs check out Tim Amyx's Kiernan Dipsea Secrets Video.
The following table shows the adjusted times (actual minus handicap) for the eight most critical places and cutoffs for the past twenty-four years. This period covers the "new" Dipsea course except for 1977. The stats for that year are missing. To determine what time you would have needed to run for any of the categories in a given year, simply add your handicap (see handicap table) to any of the times shown. For example: To win the last Black Shirt in 1998 with a 10 minute handicap you would have needed to run 64:18 (54:18 + 10:00). With the same 10 minute handicap it would have required 61:59 in 1997 & 61:25 in 1988. To qualify for the 2002 Invitational Division, runners in the 2001 Invitational Division had to place in the top 450 finishers and those in the Runners Division had to place in the top 750. These cutoffs have changed many times over the years.
| Inv-Cutoffs-DR | 1st Dipsea Runner | |||||||||
| 1st | 10th | 35th | 50th | 100th | 450th | 750th | Time | Place | Finishers | |
| 1978 | 42:03:00 | 48:58:00 | 51:12:00 | 52:44:00 | 55:10:00 | 49:53:00 | 446 | 934 | ||
| 1979 | 45:40:00 | 48:56:00 | 52:12:00 | 53:28:00 | 56:26:00 | 44:52:00 | 500 | 1081 | ||
| 1980 | 44:51:00 | 49:32:00 | 52:54:00 | 54:04:00 | 57:15:00 | 51:16:00 | 472 | 1159 | ||
| 1981 | 44:43:00 | 48:59:00 | 52:40:00 | 54:40:00 | 57:16:00 | 51:52:00 | 557 | 1257 | ||
| 1982 | 44:53:00 | 49:00:00 | 53:08:00 | 54:41:00 | 57:35:00 | 52:15:00 | 580 | 1286 | ||
| 1983 | 45:42:00 | 50:08:00 | 53:37:00 | 55:28:00 | 58:40:00 | 47:55:00 | 556 | 1270 | ||
| 1984 | 45:18:00 | 51:12:00 | 53:41:00 | 54:58:00 | 58:41:00 | 50:03:00 | 631 | 1375 | ||
| 1985 | 45:56:00 | 59:55:00 | 53:09:00 | 54:31:00 | 58:19:00 | 50:39:00 | 549 | 1295 | ||
| 1986 | 44:19:00 | 49:53:00 | 53:31:00 | 55:21:00 | 58:48:00 | 53:22:00 | 553 | 1245 | ||
| 1987 | 45:06:00 | 49:10:00 | 51:32:00 | 52:39:00 | 55:41:00 | 47:21:00 | 511 | 1293 | ||
| 1988 | 44:40:00 | 48:11:00 | 51:25:00 | 53:13:00 | 56:49:00 | 54:14:00 | 556 | 1278 | ||
| 1989 | 44:56:00 | 50:28:00 | 53:05:00 | 54:41:00 | 57:42:00 | 52:55:00 | 583 | 1269 | ||
| 1990 | 47:05:00 | 50:14:00 | 53:13:00 | 54:58:00 | 58:57:00 | 49:23:00 | 527 | 1238 | ||
| 1991 | 45:32:00 | 50:09:00 | 52:49:00 | 53:33:00 | 57:12:00 | 52:08:00 | 552 | 1188 | ||
| 1992 | 42:09:00 | 49:00:00 | 53:00:00 | 54:21:00 | 57:51:00 | 1:09:13 | 1:09:56 | 51:53:00 | 555 | 1251 |
| 1993 | 44:34:00 | 50:36:00 | 53:19:00 | 55:01:00 | 57:28:00 | 1:10:36 | 1:08:39 | 51:47:00 | 553 | 1320 |
| 1994 | 46:06:00 | 49:41:00 | 52:30:00 | 54:39:00 | 57:13:00 | 1:10:09 | 1:09:34 | 51:10:00 | 498 | 1250 |
| 1995 | 44:03:00 | 50:39:00 | 53:04:00 | 54:55:00 | 58:07:00 | 1:09:32 | 1:11:00 | 50:27:00 | 514 | 1361 |
| 1996 | 48:19:00 | 51:40:00 | 53:49:00 | 55:27:00 | 58:29:00 | 1:09:41 | 1:10:53 | 51:17:00 | 529 | 1312 |
| 1997 | 44:27:00 | 49:23:00 | 51:59:00 | 53:42:00 | 56:47:00 | 1:06:48 | 1:10:38 | 59:57:00 | 596 | 1455 |
| 1998 | 47:59:00 | 51:01:00 | 54:18:00 | 56:01:00 | 59:26:00 | 1:11:50 | 1:12:23 | 55:48:00 | 528 | 1368 |
| 1999 | 42:51:00 | 50:26:00 | 53:56:00 | 55:05:00 | 58:42:00 | 1:09:18 | 1:11:30 | 53:59:00 | 588 | 1478 |
| 2000 | 43:59:00 | 50:22:00 | 53:46:00 | 55:03:00 | 58:03:00 | 1:09:47 | 1:12:19 | 53:32:00 | 552 | 1342 |
| 2001 | 46:25:00 | 50:23:00 | 52:58:00 | 54:24:00 | 58:02:00 | 1:08:27 | 1:10:53 | 53:09:00 | 583 | 1425 |
| 2002 | 45:14:00 | 51:38:00 | 54:08:00 | 56:00:00 | 58:56:00 | 1:07:04 | 1:10:31 | 52:26:00 | 605 | 1412 |
| 2003 | 42:36:00 | 50:23:00 | 52:37:00 | 54:21:00 | 56:57:00 | 1:07:54 | 1:11:16 | 55:25:00 | 544 | 1324 |
| 2004 | 46:23:00 | 50:06:00 | 53:49:00 | 55:14:00 | 57:45:00 | 1:09:03 | 1:10:11 | 51:42:00 | 596 | 1360 |
| 2005 | 46:44:00 | 51:17:00 | 55:01:00 | 56:11:00 | 59:07:00 | 1:09:31 | 1:10:19 | 51:49:00 | 578 | 1317 |
| 2006 | 47:03:00 | 50:17:00 | 54:00:00 | 55:36:00 | 58:47:00 | 1:09:10 | 1:11:11 | 50:56:00 | 568 | 1382 |
| Average | 45:09:31 | 50:24:02 | 53:06:58 | 54:39:17 | 57:47:58 | 1:09:12 | 1:10:45 | 51:50:31 | 550 | 1294 |
LEGEND
1st: The person who smiles constantly and gets to make the longest speech.
10th: The 5th member of the Tamalpa team in 2001. Tamalpa again won the team trophy.
35th: The "last" Black Shirt. Awarded in 2001to an unknown runner using the alias of Roger Gordon.
50th: Gets their name printed in the I.J. behind the other 49. Will spend the entire year making excuses for not running faster.
100th: Places 1-100 get their 2002 finishing place on their bib number for year 2003.
450th: Invitational Division cutoff. If you finish behind this person start composing your begging letter now.
750th: Runners Division cutoff. See 450th for future help.
1st Runner: Should have been in the Invitational Division but can't compose a letter.
Total Finishers: If you are not one, I hope your medical coverage is paid up.
