What a great time we had at the Biosphere 2 on Saturday!

We'll send another email with a full race report later this week, but we wanted to get this quick note out before the end of the weekend.

Over 800 of you signed up and over 700 of you finished the scenic Biosphere 2 course -- plus another 30 kids and families in the Great Lawn Kids Dash.

Results and Awards

Click here for the full race results at www.roadrunnerracetiming.com, including a click-through to the finish video for every participant.

Click here for the age-group listing.

If you did not pick up your award at the race, you can stop by the Running Shop at 3055 North Campbell to pick up awards, starting April 23rd.

We've unloaded the truck and put most everything away, but we cannot find any extra shirts so we won't have any leftovers at the Running Shop.

Photos

Our photo sponsor is Damion Alexander of Long Realty. He is still working through the thousands of photos he took. Later this week, you'll be able to find them at his Smug-mug account here: https://thetucsonphotographer.smugmug.com/

In the meantime, we've included some great photos put together by John Harris, a student at the University of Arizona. You can find his collection of photos here.

When you share your photos on social media, please tag @runtucson, @tmc, @runningshipaz, @actonclimateus and @biosphere2.

Thanks to the Biosphere 2

Special thanks to the whole team at the Biosphere 2. We're especially grateful to John Adams, the Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer, for all of his support on this event. The Biosphere 2 has been gracious hosts to the running community and we look forward to producing more events at this special location. Below is a list of the 100 participants who donated over $1300 to the Biosphere 2 -- thanks so much to all of you for your support of this beautiful venue.

Thanks again for being part of this wonderful Arizona running community!

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

THANKS TO THESE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS!

Agata Orlinski

Gary Giese

Carlos Garcia

Tylor Phillips

Zaret Greenwood

Brandon Greenwood

Jasmine Greenwood

Dave Dixon

Ryan Clausen

Connie Lopez

Jeremy and Len

Doreen Davis

Victor Estrada at the turnaround spot

UofA Neuroscience Club at the water station

Kelly Lefforge

Caroline Gardiner

Cherie Johnston

Luke Helmick

John Ward

Golder Ranch Fire Department

Southern Arizona Roadrunners: It was great to see our long-time partner, the Southern Arizona Roadrunners, at the Biosphere 2. We enjoyed being a Good Neighbor race with SAR this year -- thanks to them for their yoga mats and foam rollers and PR Bell!

Their next race is the Cinco de Mayo 10k, with a 5k walk/run and a FitKidz free mile. See registration information at www.runsar.org.

Chair Athletes and Team Hoyt: We are mightily impressed with all of our chair athletes -- congratulations to all of you, both self-propelled and those partnerships. A special thanks, too, to the Team Hoyt Arizona community for being such a great part of our fitness community.

Do Good! This event raises funds for the world-renowned Biosphere 2's Ocean Reef Lab. 

Thanks to the 100 folks who donated a total of $1,332 to the Biosphere 2. We'll send 'em a check on your behalf:

First Name Last Name

Savannah Acevedo

Rebecca Aguayo

Jana Alva

Denise Arellano

Monika Bartko

Carol Bassim

Bridgette Bauer

Kristine Bennett

Holly Bidwell

Karin Bivens

Mia Blaine

Keith Borland

Drake Broussard

Loran Candlish

Christina Carrillo

Linda Consani

Teresa Cook

Nick Corey

Angelica Correa

Donald Currie

Marcos Diaz Rodriguez

Chrystel Duarte

Ray Duran

Micah Eargle

Deborah Everett

Heather Fantry

Lori Fantry

Stephanie Fink

Carol Fisk

Deborah Fruechtenicht

Jean Gerfen

Jessica Good

Alexandra Goodrich

Michelle Gossen

Margaret Hadley

Jordan Hamilton

Sandy Hansen

Charlene Hatton

Joel Hauff

Allison Hauff

Nicole Haven

Nathan Highley

Nathan Hruby

Chardette Jameson

Veronica Jeffs

Jessie Jones

James Judd

Linda Kangas

Merrill Kemp-Wilcox

Lora Kerr

Joel Knouff

Autum Kosco

Emily Krapf

Franziska Kuehner

Vicente Lopez

Layla Lucas

Jennifer M Elder

Iwona Machi

Ben Madrid

Nikane Mallea

Maria P. Marroquin Gomez

Samantha Marshall

Demetria McCaa

Corey McDaniel

Cory Moctezuma

Christine Murphy

Moorea Neimeier

Jan Nordmeyer

Noah Ortega

Mandy Osborne

Daisy Pelayo

Shannon Petorak

Natalia Phillips

Zachary Poit

Randall Port

Jane Redmann

Kaytlin Reilly

Madison Renteria

Crystal Richmond

Kathleen Rodine

Santiago Salazar

Jose Salinas

Claudia Salmoni

Claudia Salmoni

Barbara Sattler

Heather Savage-Peckham

Haylee Short

Paul Smith

Lucy Soriano

Rachel Soukhome

Kyleigh Staples

William Swarts

Michael Toth

Gayle Traver

Anita Varner

Bahar Vural

Marci Whitehead

Paige Whiteside

ANDREW WILSON

Heidi Wimmer

Special thanks to Climate Action Campaign for sponsoring this event. And thanks to them for all their work on ensuring that our planet stays healthy and vibrant!

Their goal is to reduce climate pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy and a sustainable society in ways that support justice, jobs, improved health, and quality of life for all.

According to the Climate Action Campaign, the Biden administration has allocated more than $53 billion to deliver cleaner air, tackle climate pollution, and advance environmental justice. This includes $6.9 billion for tackling climate pollution, $270 million for cleaner air, and $45.7 billion for environmental justice.

If you want to get engaged with this sort of Earth Day action, please see https://www.actonclimate.com for more information on their national work.