Race The Flame

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR RACE DAY REGISTRATION : 

Race Day registration will be available ON-LINE until 7:45 AM on October 17.   You must use your phone or computer to register before getting to the start line area.   So if you wake up and decide to run sign up before you leave home or use your phone once you get onsite.  The registration system will close at 7:45.   Once you have registered please come to the start line area and join the bib pickup line and we will assign your bib number.  

Give yourself plenty of time to get to the start from the parking area at East Remote Parking.  Race introductions and race announcements will start at 7:45 and we plan to start this event on time at 8:00 AM as a gun start.  So if you’re late it just adds to your time and there won’t be adjustments to the timing for late starts. 

Are you ready? If you had to escape a wildfire in Santa Cruz how long would it take you to run or walk to reach safety?  Would you know which way to go? Here’s your chance to test yourself and gain knowledge about wildfires and their impact on our community. 

Join the second award-winning emergency preparedness run/walk in Santa Cruz - hosted by the City of Santa Cruz and The University of California at Santa Cruz. 

Adults are only $20 and kids 12 and under are $15.  This will automatically be calculated at check-out. 

Each participant will receive a bib with a timing chip regardless of which category you select. Competitive runners should pick the run option.  Walkers and strollers will start after competitive runners.

Because this event takes place on the UCSC campus there is a strict "no dogs" policy, so please plan on leaving your pooch at home. 

Background 

Race the Flame combines a community fun run, and an wildfire and emergency preparedness fair hosted by the City of Santa Cruz at the finish line. 

This event reinforces the community commitment to emergency preparedness and hazard mitigation. It highlights the shared responsibility to protect our community. 

The race begins on the UCSC campus at the East Field and follows a route down Coolidge Drive with an ending at the Bay Tree Campus Bookstore and High Street. The total distance is 2.3 miles from start to finish. 

At the finish line, an emergency preparedness fair will celebrate community resilience. Community-based organizations will share emergency preparedness information with the community. The fair will focus community attention on the need for 72 hours of personal and household preparedness.

During the registration process you will be asked if you would like to opt into Cruz Aware, the local emergency notification service. Find more information by clicking tab above. 

Parking will be available at the East Remote Parking Lot on Hagar Drive. Shuttle busses will be available to take you from the finish line up to your car or bike.