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As one of the oldest running clubs in Northern California, we strive to bring an all inclusive community together for group runs, club gatherings, team competitions, and fun!

🔥A small but stalwart crew showed up at Mill Valley ArchRival for a little 4 mile shakeout run.Markelle took the lead an...
10/01/2026

🔥A small but stalwart crew showed up at Mill Valley ArchRival for a little 4 mile shakeout run.

Markelle took the lead and Victor took to the back with his four legged teammate Doji dragging him along.🦮 Sarah had snacks and refreshment afterwards.🍻

This little experiment was one of our first ArchRival run-meetups. Future day and time still needs to be tweaked a bit, but be on the lookout for another run sometime later this month. Our goal is to offer yet another group run opportunity for folks. Our start/finish location will offer club members an opportunity to do a little shopping with a specific club discount.👍🏼

Tamalpa is excited to partner up with ArchRival, one of the oldest run specialty stores in Marin, and Tamalpa's longest supporting sports business.

Stay tuned for the next run announcement!🔥

🫡Volunteer, Volunteer, Volunteer, for Tamalpa Fun, Fun, Fun! Or, Run!🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻💪🏽Tamalpa Volunteers are needed Saturday and...
09/28/2026

🫡Volunteer, Volunteer, Volunteer, for Tamalpa Fun, Fun, Fun! Or, Run!🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻

💪🏽Tamalpa Volunteers are needed Saturday and Sunday October 3rd and 4th for the SGRAIL (which stands for Swim, Gravel, Trail) Triathlon Trail Festival! The event will traverse throughout China Camp with the Start/Finish at McNear’s Beach.🤜🏼🤛🏻

Tamalpa will be sponsoring one of two aid stations on both days. The shift for both will be 6:30AM-1:30PM. Each shift will need about 8 folks. It’s open to anyone, so it won't be exclusively Tamalpans. Who knows, you might be able to recruit new members? The event sponsor is Inside Trail. It’s still to be determined how the RD, Craig Schmidt, will assign AS Captains. Victor Ballesteros will be running the B**r Garden at the Start/Finish.🍻

✔️To sign up for Saturday’s TRI aid station, go to: “Saturday – Triathlon – Run Course” in the link below. https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/CA/SanRafael/MarinTri #81136

✔️For Sunday’s Half Marathon aid station, go to: “Sunday – Trail – Half Marathon – Aid Station” in the link. https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/CA/SanRafael/MarinTri #81137

Of course, you could sign up to participate, but we'd rather you volunteer!

🔥If you do want to run Tamalpa is being offered a 20% off discount code: marinnow20%

If you have any questions, you can contact Victor at: [email protected]. He might not have all the answers, but will do his best.

A little more info on the event folks:

The name SGRAIL describes the specific off-road multisport discipline featured in the event. Founded in 2021 by legendary three-time Ironman World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Jan Frodeno (alongside his wife Emma Snowsill and friends), the SGRAIL series was created to reinvent traditional triathlons.

To see the full event homepage:

https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/SanRafael/MarinTri

“🏃 TRC, “Tamalpa Running Club”, monthly run launches at ArchRival Mill Valley, Wednesday, September 30 at 5:30 PM! AR ad...
09/28/2026

“🏃 TRC, “Tamalpa Running Club”, monthly run launches at ArchRival Mill Valley, Wednesday, September 30 at 5:30 PM! AR address and Strava route link are below. 👇🏽

🔥If you're on Strava, you might have to sign in to see the link.
🔥If you don't have Strava, and can't open the link, have no fear. The route is super easy and safe. We'll provide a map. You'll also have a leader and back of pack leader. 👇🏽

🦵🏽We're kicking off a brand-new monthly tradition, and you're invited!

We'll be heading out on a gentle, all-level, run to beautiful Blackie's Pasture and back. It'll be a perfect way to shake off the workday, catch the early evening light over the bay, and connect with fellow runners. All paces welcome!🫡

The forecast is looking fantastic, so lace up and come run with us. See you Wednesday! 👟”.

In the future, we're hoping to join forces with Dave Covey, who has a regular weekly run along Blackie’s Pasture.

Thanks for helping to get this one off the ground - Markelle Taylor will be leading this run! New Tamalpa president, Victor Ballesteros, will be struggling to keep up the rear!

👇🏽See you there!👇🏽
ArchRival
800 Redwood Highway Frontage Rd #206, Mill Valley, CA 94941

Check out this route on Strava: https://strava.app.link/JGCpouKLM6b — ArchRival Blackie's Pasture Run

09/24/2026

🌅The weather was perfect for a morning run at the recent Bahia/Rush Creek TCRS!

Worthy of this short 30 second video snippet. Trust us, they're getting shorter! 🫡

Results can be found here:
https://www.tamalparunners.org/results/index.php?event=1092

The next “Tamalpa Club Race Series” event on the calendar will be October 18th, at ‘Pickleweed’, which will actually start at Starkweather Shoreline Park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/erjAAhQneXNdfwd96

🚗🚙🚕 Parking will be better at this location. As well, there's a beautiful view of the Bay and Richmond/San Rafael bridge! So, that's that.

🧐 See you there! 🫵🫵🏽

🏃‍♀️🏃🏻There were some night moves last Saturday evening from Tennessee Valley!🌜A stout crew of five gathered at twilight...
09/23/2026

🏃‍♀️🏃🏻There were some night moves last Saturday evening from Tennessee Valley!🌜

A stout crew of five gathered at twilight’s last gleaming: Liz “the mastermind” Warner, Van “husband” Cornwell, Carol “non-stop” Preisig, Thierry “speedy” Nguyen, and Victor “fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants” Ballesteros.

The plan was to tackle a hefty, seven mile, Pirate's Cove loop. Victor volunteered to be the no-drop sweep, and mapped out the route. Having not run for six months, the big baby got last minute stage fright and convinced everyone to do a shorter five miler, cutting out the Cove.

With Thierry on point, Victor was incredibly thankful. Everyone crushed him! Not only did he fulfill his job of being the sweep, he was almost dropped by the no-drop crew!😅

All in all it was a really fun night of running together, catching up and enjoying the relative quiet of the night.

More night runs will be planned with the goal of possibly making it another Tamalpa group run/training opportunity. Or, just a fun time with friends, a headlamp, and the night sky. Stay tuned.🫡🔦🌌✌🏽

📸📹 Thierry Nguyen

The USATF PA Coss-County Series: 💥TAMALPA CHALLENGE💥Affectionately known as:🏃‍♀️THE JOHNNY 🏃🏻Is going down👇🏽 🗓Sunday, Oc...
09/17/2026

The USATF PA Coss-County Series:
💥TAMALPA CHALLENGE💥
Affectionately known as:
🏃‍♀️THE JOHNNY 🏃🏻

Is going down👇🏽
🗓Sunday, October 11!
🏕Miwok, Meadow, China Camp State Park.
✔️Register NOW!
💥There is no race-day registration!

Start times for each race divisions:
Women – 9:00 AM
Master’s Men – 10:00 AM
Open Men – 11:00 AM

Race-day bib pick-up: Miwok Meadows picnic area.

🙏🏽 PLEASE visit the Tamalpa website for ALL detailed info. 👇🏽
Cross Country: Tamalpa Challenge – Tamalpa Runners https://share.google/vJVFUUhFnnB9JghtI

Register online at RaceRoster. 👇🏽
Race Roster — Registration, https://share.google/lCc1rmzlp1BAe5rua

Or, via US Mail 📬
USATF 2026 Waiver Form link and mailing address is also on the Tamalpa website link.
$30 if post-marked by Oct 1st/$40 after.

Big KUDOS to all the Tamalpa Runners who ran at the Stevens Creek Reservoir Half marathon!
09/13/2026

Big KUDOS to all the Tamalpa Runners who ran at the Stevens Creek Reservoir Half marathon!

🏖The ‘End of Summer’ Tamalpa Picnic at McNears Beach was held under a spectacular sky this past weekend.☀️The grill was ...
09/11/2026

🏖The ‘End of Summer’ Tamalpa Picnic at McNears Beach was held under a spectacular sky this past weekend.☀️

The grill was fired up, food and drink were plenty, and for the first time in who knows how long, there were “speeches”!🗣

It might sound intense, but actually it's truly been an awesome experience in the club's history. Victor Ballesteros and Carol Preisig are vying for the new Tamalpa president leadership.

Both candidates had compelling speeches to share. Hopefully, both will be available to read on the Tamalpa website, if not a new, special, club newsletter.

🙏🏽Major THANKS to Allison Kegley for everything she does in organizing the club's special events!

🙏🏽Also special thanks to Sarah Chao for the super-limited w**e raffle prizes!🍷

💥USATF Pacific Association Cross Country Season is open for business!✌🏽Perfect conditions lead to some awesome Tamalpa i...
08/31/2026

💥USATF Pacific Association Cross Country Season is open for business!✌🏽

Perfect conditions lead to some awesome Tamalpa individual and team finishes at the 25th Annual SCTC XC Challenge!

🏅The 50+ Women placed 3rd with the team of: Verity Breen, Edda Stickle, and Bridie Dillon.

🏅Our 70+ men: Eric Spector, Gene Frenc, and James Morris landed on the podium for 2nd team series scoring!

🏅Mark Turner, Don Porteous, and David Dailor took 6th in the 60+ division with some stiff competition!

🙌🏽Congrats to all!🙏🏽

Results can be found here:https://www.pausatf.org/data/2026/XCSCRUZ2026.html

Looking forward to the results for this past weekend's 33rd Annual Phil Widener Empire Open in Santa Rosa.

🔥With the Summer race season in full swing, and shooting us full throttle into June, we needed to hop into our race-time...
06/11/2026

🔥With the Summer race season in full swing, and shooting us full throttle into June, we needed to hop into our race-time, time-machine and get back to 05/25/26!

On a long, fast, stretch of paved road in northern Novato, with the dawn of a beautiful Memorial Day morning, 85 eager runners toed the line for the inaugural Tamalpa Marin Memorial Day 5 miler!

👉🏽Leading up to race day, many were mystified by the appearance of 🦫 in event posts and stories. All was finally revealed upon the sighting of the first dam building beaver seen in Marin County since the 1800s! And damn, was that beaver fast!💨

🥇Medals were earned in the Kid's One Mile Challenge! 🏃🏽‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️Fast times were thrown down in the main event, and most importantly, 🇺🇸 the memory of our gone, but never forgotten, friends and family service members were honored with an emotional tribute wall.

Major KUDOS to .krone and his dedicated crew, who made this event come together with love, hope, sweat, tears, and a few pieces of bubble-gum.

When the day was done, and all hopes of bringing the beavers back to Marin were offered up to the universe, our intrepid little adventurer, Doji, stumbled upon a miracle. The last picture in this post reveals all!🙌🏽🐾💙

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