Please check back on Monday August 9, 2010 to view the new website for the 2010 Turkey Trot. 2010 promises to be bigger and better than ever. Do You Trot?

2100 of you braved the chilly morning air and came out to run the 10th Annual Oklahoma City Turkey Trot! Not only did you earn some extra calories you can cash in at dinner, but you also raised money and awareness for Eagle Ridge Institute. Thank you so much for joining us!

You can find RESULTS HERE.

Please accept our sincere apology if you tried to park in the Cox Convention Center garage and found they were charging for parking. We spoke with the Cox Center early in the week and were told the gates would be open and they would not be charging on the holiday. Apparently COPTA changed their mind and when we contacted them race morning when we saw them charging for parking they were unwilling to honor what they had told us earlier. We are sorry that we gave you incorrect information and hope that it did not dampen your holiday spirit or your enjoyment of the race overall.

The parking garage under the Cox Convention Center will be open and free on Thanksgiving morning for Turkey Trot participants. We recommend you park there. Metered parking spaces on the streets downtown are free on holidays, so you can find a spot the is NOT on the race course and park there also.

I was sitting in my OKC office the day before Thanksgiving last year (2008) when I received an email from a friend asking if I was going to run the Turkey Trot at Lake Hefner. I replied that I didn’t know for sure. I work with many other large events/races around the country. I rarely run in local events because I am usually somewhere else on any given weekend. However, I had a strange sensation about this particular race, not quite an epiphany, but a mild nudge to do something to help out in some way. One of my dearest friends, Gilbert Tuhabonye, told me during one of our runs together, “You need to listen to the voice in your heart.” This time I did, and after some quick research, I called Dorothy Herring, the race director, at Eagle Ridge Institute.

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Tuesday, November 24 – Eagle Ridge Offices
601 NE 63rd
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-840-1359
MAP
Packet Pickup and On Site Registration ($35.00)
12:00pm – 6:00pm

Wednesday, November 25 – Eagle Ridge Offices
601 NE 63rd
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-840-1359
MAP
Packet Pickup and On Site Registration ($35.00)
12:00pm – 7:00pm

Thursday, November 26 – Race Day – Downtown OKC
6:00am – 7:30am Packet Pickup and Race Day Registration ($35.00) - shirts subject to availability
8:00am 5K Start
8:05am 1 Mile Family Walk/Run