107Th Annual Dipsea Race June 11, 2017 APPLY NOW!
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107th Annual Dipsea Race Like us on June 11, 2017 P. O. Box 30, Mill Valley, CA 94942 Facebook, APPLY NOW! www.dipsea.org Follow us on Twitter Brian Pilcher - 2009, 2015 & 2016 Champion photo courtesy Pam Wendell Photo courtesy Tina Humphrey leave a lasting legacy in the Dipsea? Reserve a step on the famed Dipsea Stairs Entering the 2017 Dipsea Race for yourself, a family member or a friend! Last Here are your opportunities ! chance for at least 50 years! With the successful comple- The 107th Running of the Dipsea Race will be Sunday, June 11, 2017. Each entrant receives headstart minutes based upon age and tion of the first and third flights of gender. There are two race sections. The Invitational section starts promptly at 8:30 am. The Runner section starts promptly at 8:57 Dipsea Stairs, the Dipsea Race RACE: am. The course is from Lytton Square in downtown Mill Valley, California through Muir Woods, around the slopes of Mt. Tamal- Foundation has launched the final pais 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 phase of the restoration and re- be mailed pertinent information. placement project. e second Toalleviate crowded conditions on the trail we must limit the fields to 1,500 entrants, 700 in the Invitational Section and 800 in the flight of steps of the beautiful and Runner Section. Unregistered runners will not be permitted to start or finish the race. Athletes under 18 years of age must have a challenging ascent will be stabilized ElIgIBIlITy: 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. and standardized for both safety We recommend first time entrants familiarize themselves with the trail before race day. and aesthetics. hOw EnTRAnTs ARE ACCEPTED! As with the 3rd and 1st flight projects, AuTOMATIC quAlIFICATIOns FOR ThIs Is hOw ThE AuCTIOn wORKs: your tax deductible donation will ‘buy’ a step, InVITATIOnAl (InV) sTATus A. No separate application is required. and include a commemorative plaque. (Approximately 500-600 Places) B. We will enter into the auction every runner who submits If you have any questions, please contact You are guaranteed qualification in the 2017 a completed application form with an entry fee larger than Foundation board member, Eric Ellisen, who Dipsea Invitational Section if you finished the Dipsea the regular entry fee of $90 for adults and $60 for children. can be reached at [email protected]. Race in 2016 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 starting from the All auction proceeds above the regular entry fees are To purchase your step, go to, www. Runner Section. You will not be subjected to the first- donated to the Dipsea Foundation, a 501, C-3, non-profit, dipseafoundation.org or you can send your de- 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 Once again, honorific plaques posit — along with your name, address, phone receive and return your application. Your application must and may be tax deductible subject to the advice of your tax will be available through individual number and email address — to be received, not post marked, by April 1, 2017. advisor. NOTE: The amount of the money sent has contin- step sponsorship. To reserve a step Dipsea Race Foundation ued to increase steadily since this opportunity was added. PO Box 10 RunnERs FIRsT-COME-FIRsT-sERVED and secure a personalized plaque for C. These applications will be sorted according to the amount Mill Valley, CA 94942 (Approximately 500 Places) your step, please be sure to make at After the automatically qualified runners are en- submitted. Entrants with the largest extra fees will be least a $500 deposit, total due by with your help, we will go tered into the 2017 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 construction is $1,700. over the top! 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 e Dipsea Race Foundation and Abby Weiss- not qualified for Invitational status or who did not run D. Applicants unsuccessful in the Auction will be man, NorCal Marketing Manager at the Clif Bar Com- last year should enter early! This is still the best way for automatically entered in the Dipsea Lottery, see below, pany, have agreed to continue their partnership to pro- you to gain entry into the race. We fully realize that this providing one last chance at Race entry. vide energy bars for the Dipsea kidz program. rule favors local runners. Clif Bar is a family and employee-owned com- DIPsEA lOTTERy pany that produces organic foods and drinks. Its culture, DIPsEA AuCTIOn (300 Places) (100 Places) The final 300 places in the 2017 Dipsea Race will be pay, benefits, holistic wellness programs, and dedication In order to create an opportunity to run the filled by lottery. After the three above scenarios are com- to employees’ career growth, create a unique and mean- Dipsea Race, and for highly motivated runners who have pleted, all remaining applications received, not postmarked, ingful workplace. been frustrated by the postal system or who don’t like the by April 1, 2017 are eligible. No special application is re- Clif Bar has provided healthy snacks for young- odds of the Dipsea Lottery System, we will auction off quired. The drawing will be conducted randomly. We can- sters at Willow Creek Academy and Venetia Valley Ele- 100 places in the 2017 Dipsea Race. not predict the chances of success. The odds will be based upon the total number of applications received. mentary School who participate in the Dipsea kidz Continued next column program, as well as volunteers and participants in the • ACquA hOTEl • ClIFBAR Sausalito Jingle Bells Run. • CRysTAl gEysER AlPInE sPRIng wATER • hIghwAy 12 wInERy - sOnOMA sPOnsORs • InnOVATIVE MARKETIng • MARIn AMATEuR RADIO sOCIETy - COMMunICATIOns • ThE BuCKEyE ROADhOusE REsTAuRAnT - MIll VAllEy For more information, visit http://www.clifbar.com/. Page 3 Page 6 2017 DIPsEA RACE InFORMATIOn DIPsEA sChOlARshIP COMMITTEE “In MEMORIAM” whAT yOu nEED TO KnOw! PACERs: e Dipsea Foundation Board has created a schol- Carl Jensen, the 1966 winner of the Acceptance notifications will be mailed on April Pacers are absolutely forbidden in the Invitational arship committee to review the applications and report Dipsea and the last runner to win the trail race 21, 2017. Acceptance notifications will contain pickup Section. Pacers will be allowed in the Runner’s Section, back to the Board. from scratch without a head start, died on Janu- if: (1) the pacer is officially registered in the race, and Chuck Miller has undergraduate and law degrees times and locations for chest numbers and timing chips ary 17 from a lung infection. as well as other pertinent race information. (2) the pacer does not start before his or her assigned from U.C. Berkeley. He has been in private practice as a starting group.The pacer and runner must leave the starting According to Dipsea Race historian Barry Applicants who were not successful in entering litigation attorney in San Francisco for over 40 years. He line in Mill Valley in the later of the two assigned starting has run the Dipsea and Double Dipsea races. Chuck has Spitz, Jensen, running for College of Marin, was the 2017 race will be mailed a refund check less a $10.00 groups. Pacers should only be used to avoid a first-time been on the Dipsea Foundation Board as its legal advisor processing fee on April 17, 2017. The fee is intended to child runner from getting lost or a sight-impaired runners. in peak form in 1966 and used his intimate for many years and has enjoyed his role as a Board mem cover some of the costs of paperwork, handling of appli- NOTICE: 2017 RACE course knowledge and fearless downhill running cation and postage and does not subsidize the race. We ber in awarding scholarships and meeting the recipients at ability to prevail with a winning time of 48:57. We have refined the entry process, notification is March the annual Dipsea dinner. impose the fee by cashing your entry check and return- 5. Runners for whom we have emails will be notified by e following December, Jensen was Jason Cheng is strategy director at kaiser Perma- ing the refunds by separate check with your notice. email and those runners who we do not will be notified nente. Prior to joining, Jason was Vice President at Quo- drafted by the U.S. Army. A week before the REMEMBER: Cancellation of your check by post card. They will be instructed to download the rum Consulting, a boutique health care consultancy in 1967 Dipsea Race, Jensen stepped on a land DOES NOT mean you have been accepted in the Race. application this year when the application is released on the web. Those who have given us their email will San Francisco.