Growing up in the country gave Barbara Robben the chance to run free, and she keeps running, even in her 80s. Robben estimates that she has run in more than 2,800 races — including 44 Dipsea Races — ...

The Dipsea Trail is riddled with grueling ascents, and the 690-stair climb up and out of Mill Valley’s Old Mill Park is one of the most notorious along the 7.4-mile stretch. The annual Dipsea Race — ...

At just 5 years old, Mary Etta Boitano Blanchard was ready to lace up for the Dipsea Race in Marin County, but the year was 1968 and girls were not permitted to participate. So she registered as a boy ...

The Dipsea Race began as a bet between friends 115 years ago and now passes through two national park sites on its strenuous 7.5-mile route. The history and rules of this longstanding contest are as ...

A 16-year-old Petaluma girl who passed out and had to be taken to a hospital by helicopter during Marin County’s famed Dipsea trail race was one of six people hospitalized Sunday during the punishing ...

Yet, on record, only one person has ever completed the fabled Quad Quad Dipsea, which is 16 crossings of the trail (eight out and backs) for 113 miles and nearly 38,000 feet of elevation—8,000 feet ...