The Spa Running Festival is presented by Window Mart – Half Marathon, 10K, 5K & 1K Squirt Race. Come Run November 13, through beautiful Hot Springs National Park. It’s a BIG year for the festival. Celebrating 100 years of Hot Springs National Park. Celebrating 40 years of the Spa 10K race, which started this festival, and celebrating the return of the Summit2Summit Half Marathon.
The Spa Running Festival is an event for everyone… kids, walkers, beginners to elite runners, and those that like a challenge. The 1K 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 started this event 40 years ago and runners enjoy the beauty of running West Mountain.
This will be the 6th year of the Summit2Summit Half Marathon. Do you like a challenge – well you got it – the course takes you through the scenic National Park going summit to summit on Hot Springs Mountain/North Mountain AND West Mountain.
Come enjoy the Expo on Friday at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Partner with friends from the Gudrun Northwoods Mountain Bike Festival that also happens that weekend. 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 race benefit three great organizations: Friends of the Parks, Adult and 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 13, a landmark event in beautiful, historic downtown Hot Springs! Register at www.sparunningfest.com.
Squirt Race Details
The Squirt Race is November 13th, 2021, at 11 AM and will start on Convention Blvd across from Embassy Suites. The cost is $10 and participants will receive a T-shirt and a medal. 1st-3rd place awards will be given to each boy and girl in their age group.
The age groups and distances are:
Ages 2 – 4: 2/10 of a mile Ages 5 – 6: 3/10 of a mile
Ages 7 – 8: 4/10 of a mile Ages 9 – 10: 5/10 of a mile
Parents are allowed to run/walk with the younger kids.
Immediately after each age group race, the awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers for each age group, both girls and boys. Onsite registration will be available the morning of the race from 8 AM – 9:15 AM inside the Bank of OZK Arena. For more information, contact Cindy Wade, Squirt Race Director at 501-545-3458, or visit www.sparunningfest.com.
