- Weather
- 52°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~2,500 runners
- Course
- Rolling
- Elevation
- 500 ft gain
"Run to Remember" memorial tribute
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Mid-November · Southwest · Loop
Tulsa Route 66 Marathon
Tulsa, OK · Sunday, November 22, 2026
Offers a detour to Tulsa's "Center of the Universe," a small concrete circle downtown with a genuine, unexplained acoustic anomaly: stand in it and your voice echoes back louder to you, while people just outside the circle hear nothing unusual. Rolling course themed around the historic highway.
"Center of the Universe" detour option
Opens the race organizer's website
Typical start
48°
Cooler than 49% of U.S. marathons
Modeled historical conditions
Elevation gain
700ft
Flatter than 20% of races
Estimated total climb
Field size
1.5K
Larger than 60% of races
Estimated field
PR potential
7.3/10
Ahead of 37% of races
Almanac model
Percentiles compare this race against all 224 U.S. marathons in the Almanac.
Course profile
700 ft gain
Rolling course, loop.
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Race-day weather
Modeled from location, month and coastal proximity, not verified race history.
6 AM
40°
Start
48°
Midday
58°
ExcellentGoodWarmHeat risk
Typical start sits at 48°F, excellent marathon conditions.
Typical dew point 36°F, 16% chance of precipitation, wind around 10 mph. All modeled.
The bottom line
A balanced race that suits most goals without specialising in any.
Tulsa Route 66 Marathon is a strong choice for a first marathon, and the course rolls gently without any sustained climbing. The tradeoff is that nothing about it is extreme in either direction.
Why runners choose this race
A loop course around Tulsa, OK, with steady rollers that reward even pacing.
The case for it
- Not enough verified data yet.
The tradeoffs
- No notable warnings in the data.
Course and logistics
- Course type
- Loop
- Surface
- Road
- Profile
- Rolling
- Total gain
- 700 ft(estimated)
- Field size
- ~1,500 runners(estimated)
- Crowd support
- Pockets of spectators
- Entry
- Data coming soon
- Start / finish
- Start and finish in the same area
Race details
- Typical timing
- Mid-November
- Next confirmed date
- Sunday, November 22, 2026
- Region
- Southwest
- Editorial tier
- Featured
- Data last reviewed
- 2026-08-26
- Loop course
- Destination race
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- Weather
- 54°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~2,000 runners
- Course
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- Elevation
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- Weather
- 54°Ftypical startModelled estimate
- Field size
- ~2,000 runners
- Course
- Rolling
- Elevation
- 400 ft gain · 0 ft net
Event: 2026 - Marathon
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