Gum Tree 10k

United States flag Tupelo, Mississippi, United States

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Gum Tree 10k runsignup.com
Date 09 May, 2026
Races 3 distances
Entry fee $20.00 – $25.00
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Gum Tree 10k

About the event

Second Saturday in May in Tupelo can only mean...Gum Tree 10K

 7:30am start!

Started in 1976 as an out and back challenge on the Natchez Trace Parkway the second Saturday in May has become a Tupelo tradition entering it's 3rd generation! Bring your friendly, leashed, vaccinated dogs and register to run with them in the new Strut Your Mutt Fun Run! Stay after the race with your family and friends and enjoy the Mississippi Market bringing over 50 art and craft vendors and food trucks right to Fairpark!   

 

Come celebrate 50 years of running Tupelo!

 

**Proceeds from this race benefit Hunger Coalition of NE MS & Tupelo Lee Humane Society**

Races offered

09May

10K Run

Running

Distance
10K
Start time
07:30
Entry fee
$25.00
09May

10K Self-propelled Wheelchair

Running

Distance
10K
Start time
07:30
Entry fee
$25.00
09May

Strutt Your Mutt Fun Run (untimed)

Running

Distance
2K
Start time
07:45
Entry fee
$20.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for May in Tupelo.

Temperature16.8° / 27.1°
Feels like17.0° / 27.5°
Sunshine hours10h 32m
Rainfall5.3 mm
Snowfall—
Wind9.6 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity76.2%
Max UV indexHigh (6.0)
Sweat lossHigh
Course conditionsHard and dry surface
Sunrise05:52
Sunset19:50

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Tupelo is a city in Northeast Mississippi that is known best for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley.

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