<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-3363" href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/01/oklahoma-races-marathons-training-winter-spring/tulsarun/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3363" title="Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma" src="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/tulsarun.jpg" alt="Tulsa Run Tulsa Oklahoma" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
I've written lots about <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/?s=running">the benefits of running in a state plagued by the worst of health statistics and how, somewhat ironically, Tulsa is a famously runner-friendly community</a>. We have miles upon miles of trails that weave and meander through the city, our running community is large and welcoming, and our running stores are an integral part of the running and race scene in our city.

This doesn't happen because someone takes a magic wand and smacks every local runner with love, togetherness and trails as smooth as butter. Just as their statuesque glutes and calves of steel, these things came with persistence and hard work. This weekend, you, too, can be part of the effort to ensure that Tulsa's running community remains one of the most coveted in the country.

And you can do a little something to earn a <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2010/06/sno-cone-mystique-erin-sees-tulsa/">Josh's Sno Cone</a> or <a href="http://www.tashadoestulsa.com/2011/02/cherry-berry-brookside-frozen-yogurt-recipes/">extra-large fro yo</a> at the same time.

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The race is the 2011 Mohawk 5000, a 5K/1-mile fun run this Friday night through Mohawk Park.

<strong>The 2011 Mohawk 5000 with <a href="http://tulsarunningclub.com">Tulsa Running Club</a></strong>
When: Friday, June 24; fun run begins at 6:30pm, 5K at 7pm
Where: Mohawk Park, north of 36th Street North between Sheridan and Memorial

Online registration has already closed, but you can sign up for the fun run at either Fleet Feet Tulsa location (there's one at 61st and Yale in the KingsPointe Shopping Center and one in downtown Tulsa in the Blue Dome District) until Thursday. After that, you can register before the race at Mohawk Park.

The folks at Tulsa Running Club have decided to keep the price of registration for the Mohawk 5000 low so that this race is within reach for any runners and their families who have been hit hard by the crappy economy. Any non-TRC member pays $15 for the 5K, $10 for the fun-run, which makes this race one of the most affordable you'll find between now and the end of racing season.

Even so, TRC wanted to offer two free passes to the run to the unbelievably good-looking TDT readers, all of whom run purely for the joy of movement because they're already the sexiest beasts around.

For your chance at the passes, where's what I want you to do: Head to the comments section of this post and tell me your favorite place to run in Tulsa. Yeah, your treadmill counts as an answer, but if you're telling the truth, you're probably a robot without feelings or shame and are not eligible to enter this contest in the first place. Only organic beings need apply.

Enter your answer by Wednesday night (June 22nd) and 8pm and I'll let Random.org choose a winner. If that winner wants both passes, s/he gets 'em. If the winner needs just one pass, though, I'll let Random.org choose a home for the second registration.

Good luck, everybody, and happy running!

<em>This post is sponsored by the <a href="http://tulsarunningclub.com">Tulsa Running Club</a>.</em>