Free and Public Events


Tulsa's Backyard Blaze - Saturday, June 1, 2024 - Herman & Kate Kaiser YMCA, 5400 S Olympia Ave, Tulsa OK

Kick off National Trails Day with the Tulsa’s Backyard Blaze, a 5K race through Turkey Mountain. Stick around for the Herman & Kate Kaiser YMCA Grand Opening.

The Backyard Blaze includes:

  • Beautiful trails.
  • Finishers award to all that finish the 5K.
  • Custom shirts to all participants that register before we run out.
  • Awards to the top three overall male & female.
  • Standard five-year age group awards.

Race begins at 7:00am.


Tags: Walk | Fun Run | 5K  Dirt Trails  "Some" Hills  Family  Promo 

Backyard Adventure and Backyard Book Fair - Sunday, August 18, 2024 - Herman & Kate Kaiser YMCA

Tulsa's Backyard Book Fair is an overnight scavenger hunt. Your goal is to solve clues and find books hidden in the area around the Herman & Kate Kaiser YMCA. You can run sundown to sunup and complete for the most books found. Or you can find a few, hang by the campfire, and campout to watch a beautiful Oklahoma summer sunrise.


Tags: Ultra Marathon  Dirt Trails  Family  Promo 

Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd - Saturday, October 19, 2024 - Eagle Bluff Resort, Tahlequah Oklahoma

The Pumpkin Holler 100 Mile, 100K, 50K, 25K, and 10 Mile races will take part in the beautiful J.T. Nickel Preserve. The largest privately protected conservation area in the Ozark, the Nickel Preserve is a 17,000-acre remote area northeast of Tahlequah, Ok, and runs alongside the scenic Illinois River. The preserve was formed in 2000 as the result of a land gift from the John Nickel Family. The course consists of gravel country roads with a few nice climbs. It is home to grassy prairies, oaks and pines, and an extensive system of tributaries feeding the Illinois River to the south. The tree covered trail will be bursting with yellows, and reds and browns as the trees are just beginning to turn colors and show off their magnificent fall foliage.


Tags: Ultra Marathon  Volunteer  Dirt Trails  "Relatively Flat"  Oklahoma Dirt Trail Series  Bike  Promo 

Other events by: TZ Trail Runs

Pumpkin Holler Gravel Smasher - Sunday, October 20, 2024 - Eagle Bluff Resort, Tahlequah Oklahoma

The Pumpkin Holler Gravel Smasher is held alongside the Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd 100-mile running race. The Gravel Smasher shares the road with the 100 mile runners as they are finishing thier final loop.

The Pumpkin Holler Gravel Smasher is an introductory course into gravel riding. This is the ride for you if it is your first endurance gravel event or an experienced gravel smasher. This ride is all about the fun and challenge of just finishing. Aid stations every 4-6 miles will provide just what you nee to finish this race!

Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd runners will be on the course during the Gravel Smasher. They may not be perfectly sane after 24+ hours of running. Cheer them on with yells, chants, and other encouragement.


Tags: Volunteer  Dirt Trails  Promo 

Tulsa's Backyard Bonanza - Sunday, November 3, 2024 - Herman & Kate Kaiser YMCA, Tulsa Oklahoma

Join us for the third trail race in the Tulsa's Backyard series - Backyard Bonanza. With options for all runners - 5K, 12.5K, and 25K - you are sure to have a blowout of fun. Running or not, also join our Chili Cookoff Competition.


Tags: Walk | Fun Run | 5K  Dirt Trails  "Some" Hills  Promo 

Half N Half Marathon - Sunday, December 1, 2024 - Turkey Mountain, Tulsa, Oklahoma

The RunnersWorld Tulsa Half and Half Marathon allows you to run a half marathon on the Turkey Mountain trails or a half marathon on paved pedestrian trails. All races will be going at the same time for some fast-paced finish line action.

  • Half Marathon on Turkey Mountain Dirt Trails
  • Half Marathon on Riverside Paved Trails
  • Full Marathon with First Half on Trails and Second Half on Paved Trails
  • Full Marathon Entirely on Riverside Paved Pedestrian Trails

Every finisher receives a unique medal for each half completed. These medals connect together to form a Taijitu - the symbol for Yin Yang. Together the medals represent a balance between running on trails and pavement.

The races start and finish at the Turkey Mountain main (lower) parking lot located at 6850 S. Elwood Ave. The Trail Half Marathon is an out and back course with a turn around at the Westide YMCA. The Paved Half Marathon is entirely on the Riverparks paved trail system. There is a nine hour time limit for all races. All courses will be marked with pink ribbons and signs.


Tags: Half | Marathon  Volunteer  Road | Pavement  Dirt Trails  "Relatively Flat"  Oklahoma Dirt Trail Series  Promo 

Other events by: RunnersWorld Tulsa


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