Spa Running Festival

The Spa Running Festival presented by Window Mart - Half Marathon, 10K, 5K & 1K Squirt Race

The Spa Running Festival is an event that has a race for everyone ..... kids, walkers, beginners to elite runners and those that like a challenge!  |This year will be the 37th running of the Spa 10K and it has been selected by the RRCA Grand Prix Series to be a State Championship Race. The 5K is fast and flat course and is for  both walkers and runners! The 1K Squirt Race is for kids 2 - 10 years of age and so much fun to watch!  The challenging Half Marathon returns for the 4th year! It's a challenge but you get to run through the National Park and take on the Summit! Are You Up To The Challenge? 

The Festival has receive national recognition in the running community. Runner’s World Magazine featured the Spa Running Festival in the November 2015 edition and the 10K received recognition as a Bucket List event in the Runner’s World Bucket List: 10 Races In or Near National Parks.

Benefits of the Spa Running Festival:
♦ Spa Running Festival Website at www.sparunningfestival.com
♦ Expo on Friday from 12:00 - 7:00 pm at Convention Center Grand Lobby 
♦ RRCA State Region 10K Championship Race  
♦ Long Sleeve Technical Shirt 
♦ Non-Returnable Souvenir Timing Chips 
♦ Finisher Medal for Summit² Challenge Half Marathon 
♦ Finisher Medal for 10K and 5K participants
♦ Fast and Flat Course for 5K
♦ Corral Starts
♦ Team Registration 
♦ Finish Line Festival area includes Hot Soup, Pizza and Beer Tent

Come and enjoy the Expo on Friday at our new location in the Hot Springs Convention Center Grand Lobby; then after the race hang around to enjoy great food, the beer tent, picture taking, socializing and bragging rights that you conquered the mountain.   

Proceeds from the race benefits 3 great organizations:  Friends of the Parks, Teen Challenge of Arkansas and the Spa Pacers Running Club - Buzz Wilson Scholarship Program. 

The Spa Running Festival has a race for every family member so Come Run With Us through the National Park, Saturday, November 17th for the 37th running of this landmark event in beautiful, historic downtown Hot Springs!