Name: Frank Captain Memorial Route 66 5K
Start: 2026-09-26
End: 2026-09-26
Location: Chelsea

About the Event

Come run our inaugural event in honor of Coach Frank Captain. An avid runner for years and a coach passionate about encouraging young people, Frank spent countless hours coaching track and cross country. He loved seeing his team work hard, improve and succeed even if it was just a small accomplishment. He taught his runners to believe in themselves and to have fun at a sport that challenged them. This Memorial Race celebrates his love of running and the legacy he leaves behind, in Chelsea, the town he called home.

Come run our brick-paved streets in our beautiful town on historic Route 66 and stay for our 91st Annual Jamboree. Journey under Historic Route 66 in the Route 66 Underpass; tour our new Chelsea Area Historical Museum; visit Pryor Creek Bridge (built 1926), the last remaining unaltered “Modified Pratt through Truss” bridge standing in America; learn about Oklahoma’s first oil well (1889); and see the Sears & Roebuck House—ordered by catalogue and delivered by railway in 1912. Get your kicks on Route 66, stay for our post-race breakfast, and then enjoy some small-town Jamboree fun!

All proceeds to benefit Coach Captain’s passion, Chelsea Public Schools Cross Country teams.

Pre-Registration open now until September 25th. All runners receive custom finisher medals & post-race breakfast. Register by September 13th to be guaranteed a race shirt.

Pre-Registration:
Fun Run starts at 8:15am: $25
5K starts at 8:30am: $35

Race Day Packet Pickup and Same Day Registration:
7:00am- 8:10am.

Same Day Fun Run: $30
Same Day 5K: $40

Awards for Overall Male & Female Winner
Additional Male & Female Age Group Recognition Pins for Finishing 1st-2nd-3rd

Races Offered

Fun Run

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 1.6K

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Type — Running

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08:15

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$25.00

5K

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:30

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$35.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Chelsea.

thermostat Temperature

18.3° / 28.8°

wb_sunny Feels like

18.2° / 29.2°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

10h 37m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.5 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.5 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (5.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

67.8%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:04

nightlight Sunset

19:27

About Chelsea

Learn more about the host city, Chelsea.

Chelsea is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Chelsea had a population of 1,991. Chelsea was named after the area in London, England, by Charles Peach, a railroad official who was a native of London. The town was the site of the Chelsea-Alluwe Oil Field, which produced a significant amount of oil from circa 1910 until the early 1920s, before it played out. Will Rogers attended a subscription school on Cherokee Land in Chelsea.