The Dipsea Race Committee Has Voted to Change the Starting Time from 8:30 A.M

N 110th A NUAL

NOTICE 1905-2021 NEW START TIME PO Box 30, Mill Valley CA 94942 www.dipsea.org 8:00 AM 2021 Dipsea Race Directors Dave Albee Chris Knez Merv Regan Edda Stickle

The Annual Dipsea Race will now start at 8 a.m.!

The Dipsea Race Committee has voted to change the starting time from 8:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. beginning with the 110th Dipsea Race on Sunday, November 7, 2021.

The Plan Will: • Address Runner Safety • Reduce Parking Congestion • Decrease Traffic • Address Higher Temperatures, recognized in recent years

The annual 7.5 mile trail race, the oldest trail race in the country - begins next to the depot in down- Brian Pilcher 4-time champion. town Mill Valley and ends at Stin- son Beach.

110th Annual Dipsea Race - Official Entry Form!

Did you run in the Dipsea Race in 2019? (Circle One) Y N Email ______

Race: Sunday, November 7, 2021, Starting at 8:00 AM, under the clock, downtown Mill Valley THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT WITH LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, READ IT CAREFULLY! Only one entrant per application, photocopies are okay, except qualified Invitational applicants who must use their original application forms Please Print Clearly. Illegible Documents May Affect Your Entry! First Name______Initial______Last Name______Address:______City: ______State:______ZIP______Telephone: (Day):______Evening ( )______Fax ( )______Email (Required) ______Age on Race Day: ______Birthdate ____/___/______Gender M F Tech T-Shirt Men XS S M L XL-Women XS S M L XL Current High School, if applicable:______Club, if applicable:______Family Trophy: if applicable: list name(s): ______Previous Winner: Yes/No/Year: ______Number of Races Completed: ______Consecutive: ______Most Recent Dipsea Race: required for Invitational: Year ______Place ______Actual Time: ______Qualified Section (Circle One) Invitational Section New/Runner Section Explanation: sad stories, pleas & bribes, attach and or write on the back! ______—————- ——————————————————————————————————————————————- _—————————————————————————————————————————————— Emergency Contact: Name:______Phone:______HAVE YOU BEEN VACCINATED FOR COVID YES ( ) NO ( ) INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED WITH FUTURE PROJECTS? IF SO, SKILLS? ______ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY September 3, 2021. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: DIPSEA RACE In case of cancellation, if there is no alternative race date, there will be no refunds. Entry Fees: Mail Only Entry Fee & Application to: Adults: $90.00. Children. 16 & under $60.00 Dipsea Race, P.O. Box 30, Mill Valley CA 94942 Includes medal & short-sleeve tech t-shirt to all finishers NOTICE: One check (U.S.Banks Only) per application

ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND LIABILITY I realize and acknowledge that this event is a foot race over rugged, narrow, unpaved, mountainous, rocky, steep and twisting course which is not designed for crowds. I realize that 1,500 entrants are expected and that poison oak and hot weather make the course extremely hazardous. I AM FULLY AWARE THAT RUNNING AND WALKING THIS COURSE IS DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND LIMB EVEN UNDER THE BEST OF WEATHER AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. I am aware that crowds of runners, adverse physical conditions and possible adverse weather conditions will result in a hazardous and dangerous condition on the day of the race. I REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT MANY ENTRANTS ARE LIKELY TO BE INJURED, THAT SOME OF THESE INJURIES ARE CERTAIN TO OCCUR, THAT I MAY SUFFER DEHYDRATION. The costs of any medical/rescue services will be my responsibility. With full knowledge of all the above facts and warnings, I intend to participate in and/or allow my child/children, ward or wards to participate in the 2021 Dipsea Race and that I assume all risks in or related to said participation in the 2021 Dipsea Race, including full responsibility for myself, my child/children, ward or wards and all of my and/or their acts or omissions. In consideration of acceptance of my entry and granting of permission to run in the race, I do hereby for myself,, my heirs, assigns, executors and administrators release and forever discharge the Dipsea Race, The Dipsea Race Committee, Inc., or any of its respective directors, officers, members, representatives, volunteers, employees, successors and assigns and all other persons and associations from any and all claims and causes of actions by reason of any injury or injuries, whatever nature, which have or has been sustained or which may be sustained or which has or have been accrued or which may accrue to me or as a result of or in conjunction with the 2021 Dipsea Race, or my travelling to or from the 2021 Dipsea Race or my entry, participation or related travel to any of my children or wards. I understand that COVID 19 is a highly contagious virus and I do not hold the Dipsea Race, for any COVID 19 infection resulting during or after the race. I assume all responsibility for my vaccinations. APPLICANTS 18 YEARS AND OLDER: I have read the above release. I understand that this is a legal document and that my signature confirms my full acceptance with the intent to be bound by its terms

SIGNATURE:______

PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF APPLICANT UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE: I have read the above release. I understand that this is a legal document and that my signature confirms my full acceptance with the intent to be bound by its terms and both personally and in relation to my child/children, ward or wards, named who has/have my permission to travel to and from to enter and run the Dipsea Race, Sunday, November 7, 2021. SIGNATURE: ______THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT, SIGN AND RETURN WITH YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO: DIPSEA RACE ______RN:______FOR OFFICIAL ISE ONLY DATE:______Q F Q L B 2 Entering the 2021 Dipsea Race Here areDIPSEA your opportunities KIDZ !

The 110th Running of the Dipsea Race will be Sunday, November 7, 2021. Each entrant receives headstart minutes based upon age and gender. There are two race sections. The Invitational section starts promptly at 8:00 am. The Runner section starts promptly at RACE: 8:27 am. The course is from Lytton Square in downtown Mill Valley, California through Muir Woods, around the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais and down to the finish line at Stinson Beach. The course will be marked, but potential race leaders should familiarize themselves with the route. The distance is approximately 7.5 miles. The course is open except at certain noted locations. Accepted runners will be mailed pertinent information.

To alleviate crowded conditions on the trail we must limit the fields to 1,500 entrants, 700 in the Invitational Section and 800 in the ELIGIBILITY: Runner Section. Unregistered runners will not be permitted to start or finish the race. Athletes under 18 years of age must have a parent’s or guardian’s signature on their entry form and must have a parent or guardian at the race. Because the course is narrow and rugged, responsibility for children lies with the parents or guardians. We recommend first time entrants familiarize themselves with the trail before race day. HOW ENTRANTS ARE ACCEPTED!

AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS IS HOW THE AUCTION WORKS: INVITATIONAL (INV) STATUS A. No separate application is required. (Approximately 500-600 Places) B. We will enter into the auction every runner who submits You are guaranteed qualification in the 2021 a completed application form with an entry fee larger than Dipsea Invitational Section if you finished the Dipsea the regular entry fee of $90 for adults and $60 for children. Race in 2019 in the top 450 places starting from the Invi- No separate application is required, just send more money! tational Section or the top 750 places overall, starting from All auction proceeds above the regular entry fees are the Runner Section. You will not be subjected to the first- donated to the Dipsea Foundation, a 501, C-3, non-profit, which uses them for trail maintenance programs, scholar- come-first-served rule. This will give you ample time to ships, Dipsea Kidz and other Dipsea Foundation Programs receive and return your application. Your application must and may be tax deductible subject to the advice of your tax be received, not post marked, by September 3, 2021. advisor. NOTE: The amount of the money sent has continued to increase steadily since this opportunity was added. RUNNERS FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED (Approximately 500 Places) C. These applications will be sorted according to the amount After the automatically qualified runners are en- submitted. Entrants with the largest extra fees will be tered into the 2021 Dipsea Race, places will be assigned accepted into the Race, without preference for Invitational on a first-come-first-served basis, up to a total of 500 en- Section or Runner Section status. Success in the auction trants. This system continues as in previous years. We ex- DOES NOT guarantee Invitational status. pect that these places will be filled in a few days. Runners not qualified for Invitational status or who did not run D. Applicants unsuccessful in the Auction will be last year should enter early! This is still the best way for automatically entered in the Dipsea Lottery, see below, you to gain entry into the race. We fully realize that this providing one last chance at Race entry. rule favors local runners. DIPSEA LOTTERY

DIPSEA AUCTION (300 Places) The final 300 places in the 2021 Dipsea Race will be (100 Places) filled by lottery. After the three above scenarios are com- In order to create an opportunity to run the pleted, all remaining applications received, not postmarked, Dipsea Race, and for highly motivated runners who have by September 3, 2021 are eligible. No special application is been frustrated by the postal system or who don’t like the re- odds of the Dipsea Lottery System, we will auctioned off quired. The drawing will be conducted randomly. We can- 100 places in the 2021 Dipsea Race. not predict the chances of success. The odds will be based Continued next column upon the total number of applications received.

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Acceptance notifications will be mailed on Sep- Pacers are absolutely forbidden in the Invitational tember 20, 2021. Acceptance notifications will contain Section. Pacers will be allowed in the Runner’s Section, pickup times and locations for chest numbers and timing if: (1) the pacer is officially registered in the race, and chips as well as other pertinent race information. (2) the pacer does not start before his or her assigned starting group.The pacer and runner must leave the starting Applicants who were not successful in entering line in Mill Valley in the later of the two assigned starting the 2021 race will be mailed a refund check less a $10.00 groups. Pacers should only be used to avoid a first-time processing fee on September 17, 2021. The fee is in- child runner from getting lost or a sight-impaired runners. tended to cover some of the costs of paperwork, handling NOTICE: 2 021 RACE of application, postage and does not subsidize the race. We have refined the entry process. We impose the fee by cashing your entry check and returning the refunds by separate check with your notice. Those who have given us a valid email address and REMEMBER: Cancellation of your check have their log-on password, may download their appli- DOES NOT mean you have been accepted in the Race. cation on August 20, 12:01am. Please verify the in formation on your application (update if needed).

RACE FORMAT: The Dipsea Race is unique in that it is a handicapped Those who do not have log-on information can down- race. Head start minutes are given to runners based upon age and gender. The Dipsea Race is run in two sections, load an application on August 20 after 4:00pm.

each with the same headstart groups. Section assignments are made after we receive all race application forms. The All applications must be filled out completely, print 2021 Handicap tables and start times will be posted clearly, sign & include entry fee. August 20 on the Dipsea Race website, www.dipsea.org

All applications are due in our office by September 3, THERE WILL BE NO RACE DAY ENTRIES 2021.

BIB NUMBERS: Bib numbers will not be mailed to entrants! FEES Entrants will be notified in writing of their acceptance The Dipsea Race entry is $90 for adults and $60 for children 16 & under. in the Race. The label will indicate your section status, In addition, due to rising bank fees and postal rates, INVITATIONAL (INV) or RUNNER (DR), handicap the race processing fee for runners who apply, but letter, name and address. Numbers may be picked up whose entries are not accepted, is $10. by entrants Friday evening, November 5 at the Dipsea Cocktail Reception, Mill Valley Outdoor Art Center, Warning Unregistered Runners Saturday November 6, at the Mill Valley Community & Unruly Behavior Center, Mill Valley or November 7, race morning. The Dipsea Race Committee has volunteers on Entrants are required to bring the official notification the course who will report unregistered runners and un- with Race Label and photo ID to pick up bib numbers sportsmanlike behavior. In addition, runners or spectators with attached timing tag. who are witness to any unsportsmanlike behavior are asked NO REFUNDS. to record the bib number(s) of perpetrator(s) and notify Chest numbers are not transferable! Violators may Merv Regan at 415-990-1630 or email be banned from participation in future Dipsea Races. [email protected] 2021 SURVIVORS T-SHIRTS! Survivors t-shirts are made of technical material. They come in both men’s and women’s styles. The shirts run true The 81st DOUBLE DIPSEA to size. Follow laundry instructions, when washed in hot water The Double Dipsea is sponsored by and dried in a hot dryer, there may be some shrinkage. the DSE Runners & Brazen Racing not by the Dipsea Race Committee, Inc. RACE INFORMATION: For the most current race information, telephone The Double Dipsea date, to be determined. 415-331-3550, or email us at For information or an entry form contact [email protected] https://brazenracing.com Further questions or concerns may be directed in writing to: The Dipsea Race, PO Box 30, Mill Valley, CA 94942 4

Four-Time and DefendingDIPSEA DipseaKIDZ Race Champion by Brian Pilcher

Brian Pilcher The Dipsea to me is all about absolute love and What makes the Dipsea unique is the course and commitment. People define their whole year by the format. The course is beautiful, but really is the their Dipsea performance, whether it is winning, miniature golf course of trail races. Seriously, 680 getting a black shirt, making invitational status, or steps up then a slip-slide down a dusty Suicide, outrunning their spouse to the finish line. the ridiculously v-shaped Swoop, the two shortcuts and, worst of all, Steep Ravine with its 100-year- Anxiety about the race can be stressful. I know of old windy steps, all uneven some that might have one person who trained really hard for the race, rebar sticking out!? The course is treacherous, but was in great shape, but couldn't sleep for a week for a lot of people the Dipsea is their only race and prior to the race and had too high blood pressure an injury might just delay their training for next and couldn't race. Another person, Alex Varner, year. was quoted in a Dipsea website story following this year’s race after finishing third that he cared The race format of people having age and gender way more about achieving the most “fastest time” handicaps and getting head starts so ostensibly trophies than he should have. everyone could finish at the same time is pure ge- nius. The other attractive part of the format is the In my mind the only comparison for how com- ability to pick your own route, but there really are mitted people are to this race is the other long- no shortcuts any more due to state and national dated race, the Boston Marathon. It’s tradition. park restrictions. What I love is that -- more than For me, I hate the course (which is why I never knowing my time at halfway rock -- I know how I run the double or quadruple Dipsea), but love the am doing when I pass particular runners. In 2015, race and have spent way too much time trying to I passed Dipsea champion Diana Fitzpatrick just figure out best routes and techniques for improv- past three-mile rock and she said `How are you ing little sections. here already? Looks like we have a winner...’ 135 There are a ton of people that I pass in various treadmill hills and tempos from Redwood Creek places on the course and I can judge my progress to Cardiac in the race not by my watch but by how well I am doing well when I am passing them sooner rather Obviously, I wanted to win it for my best friend, than later. Mark Richtman, who passed away 10 days pre- viously. You never really know the shape you are The other thing that makes the Dipsea unique is in until you attempt it race day and it turns out I the iconic runners who have run it. Probably being was strong enough to prevail. The question in Marin, means that you have a lot of great, older about whether I will challenge Sal's all-time runners who do well with the Dipsea handicap sys- record of seven Dipsea victories is really all tem. Sal Vasquez, Melody-Anne Schultz, Shirley about injuries and how many more times I get to Matson, Joe King and myself have 20 Dipsea vic- run it. Hopefully, I will get the chance to chal- tories between us and all are in the Masters Hall of lenge the record, but it doesn't really matter. Sal Fame for other races. There are a ton of other is awesome, as is his record, and I am happy great older runners besides. What is amazing to with what I have done. me is the strong, younger runners from around the Bay Area and elsewhere who deign to run the race As Dipsea champion and Dipsea Hall of Famer because of potential risk of injury from competing Eve Pell said to me after my first Dipsea victory on the funky course. in 2009, `You have it now and nobody can take it away.’ What I am most proud of is that I am con- Of my four victories, maybe 2019 was the most re- sistently in the mix and win about half the races I warding, because I was injured for six weeks early start. Hopefully, now at the age of 62, I get to run March and couldn't do any speed workouts at all a bunch more and maybe can win at an older afterwards. Of course, strength -- not speed -- age than Hans Schmid was when he won in matters in the Dipsea, so I was able to train using 2012 at the age of 72.

Alex Varner handicapped foot race that between With the pandemic cancelling last them they have competed in more year’s 110th Dipsea Race and causing than 30 times. Combined they have it to be rescheduled this year from June recorded the fastest time 17 times in 13 to November 7, things have sure the race, yet neither has ever won it. slowed down for Alex Varner. For now. It’s put more meaning in the term “ After setting a Dipsea record in runner-up.” Varner and McManus winning his ninth fastest time award two have come to understand the extraor- years ago, the 35-year-old elite runner dinary effort it takes to start in the from San Rafael hasn’t had many occasions to back of the pack and then pass hundreds of converse and celebrate his remarkable achieve- runners on a tight and treacherous course just to ment in a quirky trail race that’s lasted more than have a chance to finish first. 115 years. The pandemic has pinned in the fleet- Varner, however, was able to spend more footed Varner who seemingly has passed more time with his four-year-old daughter until day people than Forrest Gump. care and school reopening became options. The biggest highlight for Varner was being “I'd absolutely like to win another fastest congratulated by the man whose record he broke time award. I feel as though I have more control – Mike McManus – when they randomly bumped over that goal than any other one, like winning into each other at a HOKA party in August 2019 the race, so that's what I've been aiming at for following the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in France the past decade or so,” Varner says. “Obviously, where Varner competed in the 55 Kilometer Or- I'd love to win the race outright, but I realize that sieres Champex Chamonix trail race. That’s like given the handicaps, I may not have that oppor- Carl Lewis patting Usain Bolt in the back tunity for another decade or two. I guess you Varner and McManus share a unique per- could say I'm just in a place where I'm taking it a 6 spective and brotherhood for the Dipsea, a time bit less seriously.” For now.

DIPSEA FOUNDATION HALL OF FAME & SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY DINNER

Friday, November 5, 2021 Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club 1 W. Blithedale Avenue 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm- No Host Cocktail Reception (cocktail Reception Open To All) 7:00 pm Dinner, Program, Auction (Dinner by reservation only.)

Enjoy an evening of Dipsea Stories, Legend & Lore Meet some of the Dipsea Hall of Famers & Fastest Time Record Holders Congratulate the 2021 Scholarship Recipients

Join in the celebration, as one of the table sponsors, you will receive preferential benefits while making a valuable contribution to the foundation. Benefactor: Table of 8 - $1,500 Sponsor: Table of 8 - $1,000 Individual Ticket $75 ($35 teenager) (The Dipsea Race Foundation is a 501 C-3, non-profit, providing financial support for young Dipsea Runners and Volunteers through its scholarship program, through maintenance of the Dipsea Trail and the Dipsea Hall of Fame.)

Beverages courtesy: Highway 12 Winery, Crystal Geyser and CG Roxane Water Company Dinner Includes: passed appetizers Dipsea Dinner reservation and wine, must prepay is completely separate from by November 1, 2021 the Dipsea Application.

Please make checks payable to: The Dipsea Race Foundation Mail to: P.O. Box 10, Mill Valley, CA 94942 Please enclose this form. Questions, email Merv, [email protected] ______

The 2021 Dipsea Dinner Name:______Phone:______Address: ______City: ______State:_____ ZIP: ______Number of tickets @ $1,,500 ____ $1,000 ____ $750 ____ Enclosed:______Number of Tickets @ $75 ____ @ $35 ____(youth/teen) ____ Enclosed ______

Dipsea Race & Foundation Opportunities

The Dipsea 7th ANNUAL SAUSALITO The Dipsea Race is magical ...The unique start handi- JINGLE BELL 5K RUN cap system, the unparalleled ruggedness and the beauty of the course. The Race event itself is impec- Mark your calendars and save the date, cably produced by all volunteers. Then there is the af- 12/12/21! termath .. picnicking and celebrating a job well done. The Dipsea Race Foundation is once The Dipsea Race is an enduring tradition for Bay Area again partnering with the Sausalito Waterfront runners. Foundation to sponsor the sixth Sausalito Jingle First run in 1905, the Dipsea is the oldest trail race in America. It is traditionally run every year on the sec- Bell Run, a family-friendly celebration featuring ond Sunday in June. The scenic 7.4 mile course from a 5K race followed by a Kidz Fun Run on a pan- Mill Valley to Stinson Beach is considered to be one oramic course on Sunday morning, December of the most beautiful courses in the world. 12, 2021, followed by a brunch in the Spin- The stairs and steep trails make it a grueling and naker Restaurant with the Sausalito Lions Club.. treacherous race. And its unique handicapping system Proceeds from the event will benefit has made winners of men and women of all ages. Be- youth through the Dipsea Kidz program cause of its beauty and challenge, it is a very popular and the Matthew Turner Tall Ship scholarships event, and because of safety and environmental con- Everyone receives a T-Shirt, Medal & Brunch! cerns the number of runners is limited to about 1,500. For more information, visit While racers enter from all over the world, the Dipsea www.dipseakidz.com. is primrily a Northern California event and the entry or www.sausalitojinglebellrun.com process is tilted slightly to favor local contestants.

Dipsea Race & Foundation Dipsea Race Reconfigures Buses Sponsor Opportunities Vehicles May Not Leave • Annual Dipsea Race Awards & Trophies South Parking Lot Before Noon! • Dipsea Race Runner’s Timing Services To further help Dipsea fans and ease traffic • Buses - Transport - Stinson Beach to Mill Valley congestion, the Dipsea Race Committee is recon- • Portable Sanitation Facilities Mill Valley figuring the shuttle buses for spectators on race • Annual Dipsea Race Truck Rental day, November 7, for the 110th Dipsea. • Annual Dipsea Hall of Fame Dinner & Awards The 7.5-mile trail race from downtown Mill • Perpetual Dipsea Kidz Program Valley to Stinson Beach starts at 8:00 a.m. • Perpetual Dipsea Endowment Fund Spectator buses will depart for Stinson Beach in • Perpetual Dipsea Scholarship Fund front of the from the Mill Valley downtown plaza Visit our website: - www.dipsea.org across from the Wells Fargo bank at 7:00 a.m., or call Merv Regan 415-990-1630 7:15 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. The return buses from Stinson Beach to Mill Valley will depart as needed following the race. The last spectator bus will leave Stinson Beach at 1:30 p.m. Vehicles may not leave the south parking lot before noon!

8 SCHOLARSHIPS 2020 RECIPIENTS Congratulations to the five students who received scholarships from the Dipsea Race Foundation last year. Amir Barkan - Archie Williams High School/Occidental College, Mia Eisenberg - Archie Williams High School/Smith College, Paul Law - Tamalpais High School/University of Portland, Lyle Rumon - Marin Catholic/Cal Poly, Summer Solomon - Tamalpais High School/Chapman University

2021 Scholarship In 2021 Chuck Miller, Co-Chairs & Tim Fitzpatrick of the Dipsea Foundation Scholarship Committee, were- proud to announce it will again award six Scholarships to high school seniors who have either been a Dipsea Runner or Volunteer. The recipients each received a $5,000 scholarship if attending an accredited four year school, or a $2,500 if attending an accredited two year school. Thanks to friends and family, we now have a perpetual scholarship fund in honor of Bill Patterson. William J. Patterson was a prominent San Francisco investor and philanthropist who led the effort to revitalize the Califor- nia Academy of sciences. Bill was a great lover of the Dipsea Race. Thanks to Michael Gill and the Gill Family we received a $5,000 Scholarship in honor of well- known runner Linda Broderick Gill. Linda excelled in a variety of races, winning the fastest women's trophy and multiple top- 35 black tee shirts at Marin's famous Dipsea Race. To obtain a copy of the 2021 Scholarship Application, please visit the Dipsea Foundation website and download a copy: www.dipseafoundation.org DIPSEA SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE The Dipsea Foundation Board has created a scholarship Lisa Trustin is a practicing Career Counselor helping committee to review the applications and report back to the Board. men and women of all ages and in all stages navigate Chuck Miller has undergraduate and law degrees from career transitions. She also serves as a Vocational Expert U.C. Berkeley. He has been in private practice as a litigation in family law cases in the San Francisco Bay Area attorney in San Francisco for over 40 years. He has run the courts. Besides happily serving on the Dipsea Scholar- Dipsea and Double Dipsea races. Chuck has been on the Dipsea ship Committee, Lisa volunteers for the Prison to Em- Foundation Board as its legal advisor for many years and has en- ployment Connection program at San Quentin, has joyed his role as a Board member in awarding scholarships and served on the Board of Women’s Initiative for Self-Em- meeting the recipients and their families at the Annual Dipsea ployment, San Francisco, and participated in the kayak dinner. program of Environmental Traveling Companions, Jason Cheng is strategy director at Kaiser Permanente. Sausalito. A lover of the coastal trails and a long-time Prior to joining, Jason was Vice President at Quorum Consulting, Tamalpa member, she has run the Dipsea race for over a boutique health care consultancy in San Francisco. Jason has 20 years. Lisa is married to Greg and has two lovely also served on the Board of Directors of The Imagine Bus Project, daughters who live in the Bay Area and Portland, OR. a Bay Area non-profit that provides visual arts curriculum to Lou has an undergraduate degree from San Jose under served youth. Jason received an MBA from The Wharton State University and graduate degrees from Sacramento School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor’s degree State University and the University of San Francisco. from the University of California at Berkeley.. He has taught grades 2 through high school including Tim Fitzpatrick spent 27 years in investment banking. He Special Education. Lou has served as principal and vice received a BA degree in 1983 from Hobart College. He is a 15- principal at elementary, middle, and high school. He time Dipsea participant. Tim is married to two-time Dipsea Coached cross country, track and field, and wrestling Champion, Diana Fitzpatrick. He is head Cross Country Coach for many years. He has run the Dipsea Race 35 times at Marin Catholic High School and assistant Track Coach at and is also the Director of the Dipsea Kidz Program, Marin Catholic (middle distance). Tim is Co-Race Director(with working closely with Head Coach Ana Levaggi.Lou is Diana) of Tamalpa Headlands 50K (USATF National Champi- on the Board of Directors of the Dipsea Race Founda- onship). He is a former Board Member/Treasurer of Mark Day tion. School-San Rafael, Ca. He is a four Time Western States 100 Liebe Patterson has taken an interim leave of silver buckle winner, 2011 50-59 Age group winner. absence from the board. 9 DIPSEA SCHOLARSHIPS The 2020 scholarships were awarded to each of these extremely qualified applicants: Amir Barkan- Linda Gill by Lou Encalada; Paul Law—by Tom Hannigan; Lyle Rumon—the Bill Patterson by Tim Fitzpatrick; Summer Solomon—the Emma Reimann by Chuck Miller; Mia Ei- senberg[--the Hauke by Randy Hauke. There was also a short presentation of the awards via Zoom Scholarships will be awardd again this year. To be eligible, graduating seniors must have run the Dipsea Race or have volunteered for the Dipsea. To apply goothe website, www.dipsea.org a scholarship application and complete the application. We look forward to hearing from you! The Dipsea Scholarship Committee.

Mia Eisenberg

Paul Law

Amir Barkin & Lyle Rumon Summer Solomon

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10 DIPSEA BRIDGE FUNDRAISER CREEK MUIR WOODS LET THE FUNDRAISING BEGIN!!! For years now you’ve been making your way across the creek on the two rickety planks the rangers so graciously install every year, or running through the creek. Now is your chance the join in the construction of the new Dipsea Bridge across Redwood Creek in Muir Woods. It’s high time to stop walking “The Plank.” For decades, since the legendary rain storms and floods of late 1981 and early 1982 washed away the last permanent bridge over Redwood Creek on the Dipsea Trail in Muir ,Woods, the National Park Service has sought to replace it with another structure that could withstand

another such natural disaster and provide a safe and convenient straight forward path from the Muir Woods Road parking lot to the “Dynamite” section of the Dipsea Trail without the threat of getting wet. Now you can help.The Dipsea Race Foundation is accepting donations to build the 120-foot suspension foot bridge over Redwood Creek that connects the famed Dipsea Trail. The bridge, which is part of the National Park Service’s $1.2 million Redwood Renewal Sustainable Access Project, is now in the design phase. For the time being, hikers and Dipsea runners will continue to cross Redwood Creek at Muir Woods on a wooden plank, which is removed whenever the weather forecast calls for significant rain during the so-called rainy season, which can run from late fall to early spring. “ Not only do we not want it to wash away or be slippery and dangerous, but also there's fish passage to be concerned about,” says Mia Monroe, Marin Community Liaison and Outdoor Recrea- tion Planner for the Planning and Environmental Division of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. “Over the decades there have been several serious discussions to assist NPS with design, hy- drologic studies, material purchase and the actual location guided both by history and most sensitive placement. Although there was a short period of time when the race course was a bit further upstream, the current -- and maybe historic -- location has been deemed most suitable so plans are pro- ceeding to locate a permanent bridge there.” According to “Dipsea: The Greatest Race” by Dipsea historian Barry Spitz, the current foot- bridge -- or plank -- was built in 1974 after a campaign led by famed Marin nature instructor Elizabeth Terwilliger. When erected, it bore the sign `No Running On Bridge,’ so some Dipsea race runners continued to splash through Redwood Creek. Before World War II, runners crossed Redwood Creek on a different bridge about 100 yards upstream. Because the current bridge – or plank – is low, it needs to be removed because, says Ranger Monroe, “if rains swell the channel it will get washed downstream. Then the signal to replace it is after salmon/steelhead hatching from nearby gravels, which often can be as late as June.” 11 BRIDGE When the bridge/plank is removed hikers and runners are forced to take a half mile detour left on Muir Woods Road to the base of the Dipsea Fire Trail and cross Redwood Creek there where it can be a perilous proposition. The Dipsea Race Foundation is now accepting donations to build the 120-foot suspension foot bridge over Redwood Creek that connects the famed Dipsea Trail. The bridge, which is part of the National Park Service’s Redwood Renewal Sustainable Access Project, is now in the design phase. For more information or to volunteer contact [email protected]

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WOMENS DIPSEA HIKE In celebration of Women’s and Dipsea His- tory Celebration Month in March 2022, the Dipsea Race Committee is organizing a tribute event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the final Women’s Dipsea Hike, last held in 1922 and first contested in 1918 when women were discouraged from participating in running competitions and barred from the then male-only Dipsea race. The centennial Women’s Dipsea Hike ob- servance is tentatively scheduled for Saturday morning, April 30, 2022 starting in Old Mill Park in Mill Valley and following the Dipsea Trail before ending in Stinson Beach State Park. The Dipsea Race Committee is in the beginning stages of creating a women’s hike application and is seeking volunteers – men and women to assist Women’s Dipsea Hike participants on the Dipsea Trail during the event. Festivities being planned for the event include a period dress cos- tume contest in Old Mill Park prior to the start of the Women’s Dipsea Hike. In 2018, the Dipsea Race Committee organized a centennial celebration of the first Wo- men’s Dipsea Hike and the tribute attracted near- ly 500 participants from eight states as far a- way as Maine, Texas, and Alaska. The Women’s Dipsea Hike in 1918 was believed to be the first- ever cross-country sporting event in the United States organized exclusively for women. The final Women’s Dipsea Hike was in 1922, the year when event organizer George Willow Camp 1921 James of the Olympic Club passed away. 12 DIPSEA KIDZ When I sat down to write updates about Dipsea We found an area easily accessible for Kidz from the past two seasons. I remembered how meeting and running and invited kids from much we were able to accomplish over the last year! both of our schools to come out and partici- First, for those of you who are new to the Dip- pate. This became our Sunday run routine. sea Race or haven’t yet seen our group of kids run- The kids got stronger, built and maintained ning all over the Marin headlands, Dipsea Kidz is a friendships, and enjoyed new trails available free youth running program established by the Dipsea in our area. We put together multiple virtual Foundation to help elementary and middle school kids races, including one across the Golden Gate in Marin County improve their overall health and fit- Bridge in December, a Mt. Tam summit run ness. As the head coach for the past eight years, the on Memorial Day, and a Dipsea trail group program has expanded to two locations (Willow Creek run! Academy and Venetia Valley School) and coached As fall approaches we look forward to over 50 students on a regular year. We count on vol- getting the kids out again, returning to race unteers who help us make this program a success. Cross Country, and preparing for the Dipsea When California and the world shut down in Race in November. I am so proud of the resil- March of 2020, we pushed the pause button. But my ience of everyone in the Dipsea Kidz com- wheels were still turning because I knew how important munity, from the support of the Dipsea it is for kids to have access of routine, friends and get- Foundation to our parents and volunteers ting into the outdoors. As the county slowly started to and of course to our student runners who al- reopen last fall, I reached out to the parents of stu- ways show up smiling. dents already enrolled in our program. This season I couldn’t build new numbers, but I could at least make running available to those who were already participating pre-pandemic. The response from the parents and the students was amazingly positive.