Equalizer 5K
About this race
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.
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Running
Equalizer 5K
Start located at Mohawk Park Shelter #3, 4301 Creek Dr, Tulsa, OK 74115. 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-so-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 awards! 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.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Tulsa, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:20 AM and sets at 8:39 PM local time (CDT) in Tulsa on July 18, 2026 — 14h 19m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Equalizer 5K
Equalizer 5K · 40 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Dolph | 21:36 | 12:12 /mi |
| 2 | Cameron Sawyer | 18:39 | 12:17 /mi |
| 3 | Jeff Fisher | 20:54 | 12:21 /mi |
| 4 | Derek Hogan | 19:00 | 12:23 /mi |
| 5 | Alan Robles | 19:49 | 12:39 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 69 Tulsa events
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