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Gum Tree 10k

Name: Gum Tree 10k
Start: 2026-05-09
End: 2026-05-09
Location: Tupelo

Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

calendar_today 09 May, 2026

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sell $20.00 – $25.00

About the Event

Second Saturday in May in Tupelo can only mean...Gum Tree 10K

7:30am start!

Started in 1976 as an out and back challenge on the Natchez Trace Parkway the second Saturday in May has become a Tupelo tradition entering it's 3rd generation! Bring your friendly, leashed, vaccinated dogs and register to run with them in the new Strut Your Mutt Fun Run! Stay after the race with your family and friends and enjoy the Mississippi Market bringing over 50 art and craft vendors and food trucks right to Fairpark!

Come celebrate 50 years of running Tupelo!

Proceeds from this race benefit Hunger Coalition of NE MS & Tupelo Lee Humane Society

Races Offered

10K Run

May 09, 2026

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Distance — 10K

terrain

Type — Running

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07:30

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$25.00

10K Self-propelled Wheelchair

May 09, 2026

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Distance — 10K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

07:30

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$25.00

Strutt Your Mutt Fun Run (untimed)

May 09, 2026

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Distance — 2K

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Type — Running

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07:45

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$20.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for May in Tupelo.

thermostat Temperature

16.8° / 27.1°

wb_sunny Feels like

17.0° / 27.5°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

10h 32m

water_drop Avg rainfall

5.3 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.6 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

High (6.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

76.2%

wb_twilight Sunrise

05:52

nightlight Sunset

19:50

About Tupelo

Learn more about the host city, Tupelo.

Tupelo is a city in Northeast Mississippi that is known best for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley.

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Gum Tree 10k

About the Event

Second Saturday in May in Tupelo can only mean...Gum Tree 10K

7:30am start!

Come celebrate 50 years of running Tupelo!

Proceeds from this race benefit Hunger Coalition of NE MS & Tupelo Lee Humane Society