RACES
The Spa Running Festival presented by Window Mart - Half Marathon, 10K, 5K & 1K Squirt Race
Come Run With Us, November 16, through beautiful Hot Springs National Park! The Spa Running Festival is an event for everyone .... kids, walkers, beginners to elite runners and those that like a challenge! The Squirt Race is for kids 2 - 10 years of age. The 5K is a fast and flat course and for both walkers and runners! The 10K, now celebrating its 43nd year, and runners enjoy the beauty of running West Mountain. This will be the 9th running of the Summit2Summit Half Marathon. Do you like a challenge - well you get to - the course takes you through scenic Hot Springs National Park going summit to summit on Hot Springs Mountain/North Mountain AND West Mountain!
Benefits of the Spa Running Festival:
♦The beauty of Historic Downtown and Bathhouse Row
♦ Running through the National Park
♦ Expo on Friday
♦ A great Long Sleeve Technical Shirt
♦ An awesome Finisher Medal for All Participants (5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Squirt Race)
♦ Fast and Flat Course for 5K
♦ Corral Start's for 5K and 10K
♦ Team Registration
♦ Finish Line Festival area includes Grilled Burgers, Hot Soup, Pizza, Snacks and a Beer Tent
Come enjoy the Expo on Friday at the Hot Springs Convention Center. We partner with our friends from the Gudrun Northwoods Mountain Bike Festival that happens that weekend so lots of fun things to see. Then, after the race, hang around to enjoy great food, the beer tent, picture taking, socializing and bragging rights that you conquered (BOTH) mountains.
Proceeds from the 2023 race benefited these non-profit organizations: Friends of the Parks, Arkansas Spa Pacers Buzz Wilson Scholarship Program, Samaritan Ministries of Hot Springs, Inc., Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic (CCMC), and the Warming Shelter.. The selection of the 2024 non-profits will be announced soon.
The Spa Running Festival has a race for every family member so Come Run With Us through the National Park, Saturday, November 16th, a landmark event in beautiful, historic downtown Hot Springs!
