The August Tamalpa Track Meet will be held at the newly reconstructed San Rafael High School Track on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 .
We expect to have an exciting One Mile Race to start the Meet. 52 year old Tom LeGan was planning to attempt to break Nolan Shaheed’s 17-year-old existing M50-54 Age Group of 4:25.04 for One Mile at the July Tamalpa Track Meet, but injured his calf 2 days before the Meet and was unable to run. He is healthy now and will make another attempt to break the One Mile record in this Month’s Meet.
The Tamalpa August 2018 Track Meet is open to all comers. There are no entry fees, but all runners must sign a TAMALPA RUNNERS, INC. HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT & WAIVER OF LIABILITY prior to running in the Meet. We will be holding two heats of the One Mile Race. The first heat, which will start at 6:30 PM, will be for all runners who anticipate running the One Mile Race in over six minutes. The second heat, which will include Tom LeGan, will be for runners who anticipate running faster than six minutes for the One Mile. We had several fine performances at the July Track Meet on the new San Rafael High School Track as eleven Tamalpa Track Meet Age Group Records were broken by Taylor Viera, Larry Barnum, Todd Kane-Ross, Sharlet Gilbert, Nanci Henderson and Lyle Rumon.
The six additional running events will follow the two heats of the One Mile. The 400M will be run in lanes, so we may run more than one heat of this race, depending on the number of runners who sign up to run the 400M. The 800M will not be run in lanes, so we will only run only one heat of the 800M. The 200M and 100M will be run in lanes, so we may run more than one heat of these races, depending on the number of runners who sign up to run the races. The 3000M and 5000M will be run simultaneously. A runner can run either the 3000M or the 5000M, but not both races. Both races will be started at the same time. The 3000M, 7-1/2 laps, and the 5000M, 12-1/2 laps, will be the final events of the Meet.
We encourage runners to arrive early for the meet so that they can sign up for the races they plan to run and can be issued a Race Number, which we will want them to pin on the front of their shirt or shorts.
Tamalpa August Track Meet, Tuesday, August 14, 2018- 6:30 PM. San Rafael High School Track – Warm-ups start at 6PM, First event, the One Mile, starts at 6:30 PM. Free to all participants, but you must sign a waiver. Race Schedule- 1 Mile; the 400M; the 800M; the 200M; the 100M, and the 3K & 5K. Contact-Frank Ruona, fdruona@comcast.net, (415) 760-8992. Volunteers are needed and will be welcomed