​Dipsea To Hold Award Ceremony Virtually

MILL VALLEY, CA — An awards ceremony for the 110th Annual Dipsea Race will be held virtually next month, organizers of the storied Marin event said.

The virtual ceremony, which is expected to last no more than 30 minutes, will be held March 5 at 5 p.m. on Zoom.

Runners who completed the Nov. 6 race were sent emails asking them to RSVP for the event, organizers said.

Runners who earned awards are asked are asked to send a photo to sam@dipsea.org by Feb. 21 so the Dipsea can include them in the Zoom call when their name is read whether, whether they attend the virtual ceremony or not.

Black Shirt winners should send a photo of themselves wearing their Black Shirt from the 2021 Dipsea race with their numbered finish facing forward toward camera.

Individual timed awards recipients should send a separate photo of themselves from the top of of their head to their torso.

Groups should submit photos of their entire teams.

The 110th Annual Dipsea, originally scheduled for June, was pushed back to November amid uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and concerns over fire season. The postponement was the race's first since 1939.

The historic race first held in 1905 traverses 7.4 miles of rugged terrain from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach.

The Dispsea on Nov. 6 crowned an out-of-state champion for the first time in more than 35 years.

Mark Tatum, 61 of Colorado Springs, Colorado, became the first non-Californian to win the Dipsea since Gail Scott of Durango, Colorado in 1986.

Tatum is the first male from outside the state to win the historic trail race since Joe Patterson of Queensland, Australia in 1975.

Tatum outran an impressive field that included the runner-up, Dan King, a 62-year-old Boulder, Colorado man, and four-time and defending race champion Brian Pilcher, 65, of Kentfield.

For more information about this event visit the Dipsea's Runners Information Page.

An invite for the virtual awards ceremony with the Zoom link will be emailed in late February.

“If you finished the 110th Dipsea and did not receive an email invitation, please notify sam@dipsea.org ASAP,” organizers said.