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Our new Tarantula Run Poster for 2012 is now available. Send us your name and address, and we'll send you a copy, printed on card stock and ready for your wall! It's 11x 17.

 

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10k runners head up a hill -- one of many steep hills -- on the Tarantula Run in 2009.

Tarantula Run Returns!!!!
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012

Same low prices as in the past, you can signup now on Active.com
we expect to have mail-in entries available soon

After a year off due to the expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir, the Los Vaqueros Tarantula Run Returns in 2012!

The 5k, 10k, half-marathon and free kids' 1k fun run is set to for Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 at its regular start/finish line at the Kellogg Creek Picnic Area in the Los Vaqueros watershed.

These are all trail runs, and with the exception of the 1K fun run, all courses have lots of hills.

The course for the 5K will be the same as in the past, but the 10K and half-marathon courses will be different due to the higher dam and new trails cut through the watershed. The 1K course will be unchanged.

Because of the construction, and nearby golden eagle nesting, we haven't set up the 10K and half-marathon courses yet, but we'll get them designed soon.

The North Entrance to the watershed (where the course is located) is closed now, but will reopen to the public in July. We expect to have the courses marked by July.

We will have the same race timers as in the past, On Your Mark Events, and you can signup online now with Active.com (there will be a service charge).

You'll be able to park near the course again, so there will be no buses needed to get to the start/finish line this year.

Signup for the LV E-mail newsletter for more information.

If you have questions, comments or concerns please call (925) 688-8175 or send an e-mail.

Tarantula Run Photos

These photos are from the first-ever Tarantula Run
held in 2006.

 

 

 

     
Results from Previous Tarantula Runs
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
     
   
 
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