The Annual Dipsea Race Dinner

Every year since the early 1980's, a pre-race dinner for runners, volunteers, and friends of the race has been held on the Friday before the race to generate interest and enthusiasm before the race on Dipsea Sunday.

By the mid-1990's, the dinner had become a little more formalized and was run by The Annual Dipsea Race Committee, largely to provide a cross-generational dialogue...where today's enthusiastic racers could swap race experiences with previous era standouts, with each other, and with the volunteers and friends who all are a part of the community tradition.

In 1997, the responsibility for the Dipsea Dinner was transferred to the newly formed Foundation. It was a perfect time for that adjustment because the Dipsea Race was approaching the 100th Anniversary of its first running in 1905, and the popularity of the race was exceeding the capacity of the trail, which required the imposition of the current 1,500 runner limit,. It's possible that frustrated runners who were unable to get into the Race signed up for the dinner as a way to stay connected. In any case, interest in the dinner continued to build. In 2005 there was a gala dinner event at the Mill Valley Community Center to celebrate the first century of Dipsea Racing. It was produced by the Foundation and was attended by almost 300 enthusiastic runners, volunteers, sponsors, patrons and well-wishers.

The 102nd Annual Dipsea Dinner & Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held at the Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club, 1 W. Blithedale Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, on Friday, June 8, 2012.

6:00 pm no-Host Cocktails

7:00 pm Dinner, Program, Auction

(Dinner by reservation only)

• An evening of Dipsea Stories, Legend & Lore

• Meet some of the Dipsea Hall of Famers

• Congratulate the 2012 Scholarship Recipients

• Support the Dipsea Race Foundation at the Auction: two entries into the 2012 Dipsea Race

Individual ticket $50 ($35 Teenager and under):

Dinner includes appetizer and wine. Prepay by June 1, 2012. Space is limited. Please reserve early.

The dinner reservation is completely separate from the Dipsea Race Application.

Please make checks payable to:

The Dipsea Race Foundation, PO Box 10, Mill Valley, CA  94942

Along with your payment, include the below reservation form.

DINNER RESERVATION FORM

Name: __________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________________

Number of tickets @ $50 _____ Number of tickets @ $35______

Total Enclosed $___________

(Dipsea Race Foundation is a 501, C-3, non-profit, #680405142, providing financial support for young Dipsea Runners and Volunteers through its scholarship program, maintenance of the Dipsea trail, and the Dipsea Hall of Fame.)