Sweat Hot Oklahoma Summer Trials is a quintessential small town Oklahoma race, a throwback to old-school summer conditioning with the combination of a rural high school track, cracked asphalt and old dirt roads. All are welcome to run a 5K in the morning with family and friends. For those who …
MORE
Sweat Hot Oklahoma Summer Trials is a quintessential small town Oklahoma race, a throwback to old-school summer conditioning with the combination of a rural high school track, cracked asphalt and old dirt roads. All are welcome to run a 5K in the morning with family and friends. For those who want more of a challenge, runners will test themselves in the thick of the Oklahoma July heat with either a 6 or 12-hour endurance run and relay.
Participants run as many of these loops as they can in 12 or 6 hours. Only complete loops count. Most loops win. If there is a tie, the winner is determined by the fastest last loop. 5K runners will start further off of the track for safety reasons and make (1) single course loop and finish on the track.
LESS
Be Prepared for a HOT Race!
definitely glad I signed up for the 12 vs. 6 hour. Not trained at all to run in 90-100 degrees with Very Little Breeze today! Every little breeze we did … MORE
definitely glad I signed up for the 12 vs. 6 hour. Not trained at all to run in 90-100 degrees with Very Little Breeze today! Every little breeze we did feel was SO WELCOMED. 3.3 mile loop made for a PERFECT course for a HOT race–you have option of dropping if you feel too heat exhausted. DNF does not only mean ‘did not finish–it also means Did Nothing Fatal! Definitely train in HEAT if you want to have a decent experience. Late July in Oklahoma is no joke, similar to anywhere else, except the Southern Hemisphere! There’s a reason for this race being called, “SWEAT, not Sweet, HOT Oklahoma Summer Trials!” You’re definitely on “Trial” to see if you can pass the test for this extreme HEAT in an mostly hot asphalt, very little shade, course! Very nice to meet some KIND runners, and volunteers today!! I just needed a marathon distance to satisfy the requirements for the 50 State Full Marathon Club, and I’m so glad I came here! Met some runners who had finished some of the same races I ran in the years past. KIND, solo aid station worker in the middle of the loop helped me immensely! I am very grateful indeed!