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Race for Chase!

📍 Tucson, AZ
Date
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Distance
Various
Region
Tucson
Est. Participants
Not specified
Race for Chase! Chase just turned 10, and on October 3 we’re celebrating him with miles, community, and a whole lot of hope. In the fall of 2025, Chase was diagnosed with pediatric chordoma, an incredibly rare cancer affecting only about 10 children each year in the United States. After an extensive surgery earlier this year, Chase and his family are now navigating what comes next. Chordoma is difficult to treat and frequently returns after surgery and radiation. If it does return, treatment options are extremely limited. With so few children diagnosed each year, research dollars are scarce. But research also represents something incredibly powerful for Chase and other kids like him: the possibility of better treatments. So we’re running. Chase’s mom, Cara, has been part of the Tucson running and triathlon community for nearly two decades. Now we’re inviting that community, and anyone who wants to join us from near or far, to show up for their family in a way we know how: one mile at a