Early Registration Ends Oct. 10

Early registration for the Fifth Annual Los Vaqueros Tarantula Run ends on Oct. 10.

After that day, you'll be charged an extra $5.

So please register early and save yourself some time.

You can register by mail through Oct. 11 or on Active.com through Thursday, Oct. 21.

We already have more than 100 people signed up for the race. Thanks to all who have signed up.

Bonnie Couch Memorial Will Be Part Of The Race This Year

This year we'll be remembering CCWD employee Bonnie Couch, who worked at CCWD for 36 years and also ran in the first four runs, winning her age group one year and the women's division of the Los Vaqueros Dam Trials bike race one year. In addition, she always was a behind-the-scenes contributor to the staging of the Tarantula Run.

We'll have a plaque remembering Bonnie at the one-mile mark of the 5K, 10K and half-marathon.

As the runners pass the marker, we'll do our best to keep track of who is first and 36th in each race, and will then honor those folks with a gift of PEZ candy dispensers at the awards ceremony. Bonnie loved PEZ, and kept part of her huge collection in her office at CCWD.

It should be a fun way to remember Bonnie, who passed away earlier this year.