Equalizer 5K

About the Event

TRC’s Equalizer 5K 2026

Once again Tulsa Running Club is running its Equalizer 5K — a challenge among the ages.

This year the race will be held at Mohawk Park, Shelter #3, 4301 Creek Dr, Tulsa, OK 74115.

The Equalizer 5K is an atypical race, leveling the entire field with staggered start times based on every age/gender group’s 5K state record!

Each age/gender group has its own start time in reverse order. For example, males ages 85-over would start first at 7:30 a.m. (state 5K record is 35:24), followed 2 minutes, 26 seconds later by females ages 85-over (state 5K record 32:58). And so on, so forth until males ages 20-39 would start last at 7:51:38 a.m. (13:46 state 5K record).

The Equalizer 5K pits young and not-as-young against each other to recognize the best runners of any age and gender, so the first 10 individuals across the finish line will receive finisher flags!

We will have a running clock, but the event isn’t electronically timed as finish order is what we will record.

We won’t know the first age/gender group to start the race until all registrations are in, which will include race-day signups.

We ask that you be at your designated group corral 5 minutes before your start time.

The complete list of start times will be posted at the race. Be ready! Many groups are only seconds apart.

We’ll have a water station at about the halfway point of the race.

Pre-race day registration will be $25 until June 30, 2026.

PRICE INCREASE July 1, 2026, to $30.

Entrants will receive cool TRC logo running crew socks.

Packet Pickup

Packet pickup will be held at REI, 6939 S. Elwood Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74132 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on July 16 and July 17, 2026.

Race-day registration is $30 and race day packet pick up opens at 6:45 a.m., closing at 7:15 a.m. The first wave will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Races Offered

Jul 18, 2026

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Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

07:30

sell

$25.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Tulsa.

thermostat Temperature

23.3° / 33.2°

wb_sunny Feels like

25.1° / 35.0°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

12h 3m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.6 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

10.8 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Very high

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Very High (8.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

67.4%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:19

nightlight Sunset

20:38

About Tulsa

Learn more about the host city, Tulsa.

Tulsa calls itself the "Oil Capital of the World." Here, the age of the oil boom found its center. A small town by US standards, metropolitan luxuries such as theater, fine dining, nightlife, and shopping are found in a state known for sparsely populated farming communities. The picturesque downtown is surrounded by rolling hills covered with prairie grasses and ancient forests, a first impression that soon reveals world-class architecture and museums of art, miles of biking and walking trails, and huge parks. With a wealth of iconic sights and neighborhoods to explore, a trip to Tulsa can easily fit several weeks of touring.