NYE Last Chance Trail Run - Corkscrew Edition
2025-12-31 07:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Come join us for a fun 10 mile (or less) route on service roads around Lake Sylvia area.
Good friends. Good beverages. Bring your own snacks and beer to share.
I’m sure Charlie will have the fireball.
We will have snacks, water, beer, and laughter to share! We will have a few chair to sit in after if it is not too cold so we can all gather and discuss the year going out and the new year coming in!
ALL paces are welcome. Walkers, Joggers, Runners, Elites, Horseback riders, dogs, whatever!!
Let’s celebrate the end of the year with good people and our runderful community!!!
So — the LOCATION:
34°50’06.6″N 92°53’01.0″W
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XEGyeEpvrXVB5Mq8A
Google maps will take you the HARD way — please do not take the short route. going up the corkscrew is hard on a lot of vehicles.
Recommended Route:
1. Turn on AR-324 Headed towards Lake Sylvia and the AT100 start/finish.
2. Follow that road until you hit gravel and continue forward (this is the Full moon and catsmacker route you are headed down now). This is Co Rd. 58
3. Continue on Co Rd. 58 until you hit a T in the road — Turn RIGHT onto Forest Tr 132
4. Keep on Forest Tr 132 until you get to another turn > Turn LEFT
5. After turning LEFT > keep on this road until you hit a triangle and hang another LEFT
6. Stay on this road until you get to the end of the road which is the top of the corkscrew and just about a quarter of a mile from E-Tower aid station (AT100 reference).
I will send a picture of a map in an email as we get closer to the date, I promise!!

Black Eyed Pea New Year's Run
2026-01-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Brookhaven, 3509 Buckingham Drive, Fayetteville, 72703, United States
The Black Eyed Pea New Year’s Day Run
Kick off 2026 at the 12th Annual Funky Faytown Family Run – The Black Eyed Pea Run/Walk!
5K • 10K • Kids Fun Run
Gather your family and friends to run in memory of someone special or race just for yourself—then enjoy steaming black-eyed peas, cornbread, and hot cocoa. Every runner gets a goofy finisher medal—the perfect New Year’s Day brag!
Trophies for first place Male and Female 5K & 10K finishers
Family-friendly fun, fresh air, and a hopeful start to the year
This year’s run benefits Parents Left Behind, supporting families after the death of a child.
Please visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/share/14Hhmfrobwg/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Kids Run starts at 9:30 AM
10K and 5K starts at 10:00 AM
Start/Finish 1591 E Winfield Dr. Fayetteville, AR 72703.
Medals for all- Trophies for overall male and female in the 5K and 10K
Prices
$30 for 5K and 10K
Kids Run $15
Not chip timed.

Resolution Run
2026-01-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Greene County Tech High School, 4601 Linwood Drive, Paragould, 72450, United States
The 16th annual Resolution Run is a flat 2 miler through lower Carriage Hills subdivision. The race is an out and back course from Greene County Tech High School starting at 11:00. We will have access to the GCT Community Room so registration and awards will be inside out of any weather conditions. All runners and walkers are welcome.
Shirts will be provided to participants as they register until sizes are gone. Encourage everyone to participate.

Athens Big Fork Trail Marathon & 17 Mile Fun Run
2026-01-03 08:00 - 16:00 | Big Fork Community Center, 6118 AR-8, Mena, AR, 71953, United States
Welcome to the 27th annual Athens Big Fork Trail Marathon and 17 Mile Blaylock Creek Fun Run. Both events are on an “out-and-back” well marked course beginning and ending at the Big Fork Community Center, utilizing the Athens-Big Fork trail. Full Marathon runners will climb eight mountains twice with ~7,000′ of cumulative gain. The event is free/donation based. A minimum $25 donation is suggested to cover our costs. All proceeds over our cost will be donated to the Big Fork community Center and the Ouachita Amateur Radio Association, who help us keep our runners safe.
We will have three fully stocked aid stations. All aid stations will be fully stocked with your typical aid station fare. In addition, each of our aid captains provide their own bougie concoctions for you to enjoy. This event is free but you wouldn’t guess it based on the food offerings. Please bring your own cup or handheld because the race will be cupless this year. There will be an option to purchase a post-race meal ticket. The post race meal will be catered once again by Cheryl with the Big Fork Mall (details coming soon for race swag and meal tickets via email). Buy early because there will be no race-day meal ticket purchases and swag is pre-purchase only.
We encourage you to bring a chair, blanket and other comfort items and plan to stick around to cheer in the finishers. The community experience at the finish is one of the many things that makes this race so unique and popular.
Awards:
We will have awards for overall male and female in both the full and fun runs. We also offer unique awards to our 10 and 20 year finishers. We do not offer finish awards because this race experience is reward enough.
Aid Stations:
MARATHON RUN:
Little Missouri Trailhead
Mile 3.8 Outbound & Mile 22.4 Inbound
3:42PM Cutoff (Mile 22.4)
Blaylock Creek West Trailhead
Mile 8.5 Outbound & Mile 17.7 Inbound
10:30AM Cutoff (mile 8.5) for marathon runners
Turn Around (Forest Rd B23F – Southern Trailhead)
Mile 13.1 – the turn around
*Marathon runners may drop to the 17 mile fun run on race day. This can be a game day decision. We highly encourage all marathon runners to take a good assessment of how you are feeling when you reach Blaylock Creek (mi 8.5) and if it just isn’t your day switch to the Fun Run.
*There is an early start option for those requiring more than 8 hours. Do NOT take this option if you are capable of finishing in the 8 hour timeframe. (Early start details will be included in race email.)
*Due to the remote nature of this event, there is NO SHUTTLE SERVICE with the exception of a medical emergency. You go in on your own two feet and you come out on your own two feet. Again, this is good reason to take an honest assessment of how you are feeling when you arrive at the Blaylock Creek aid station. It can be a long and tough slog if you do not heed this warning.
17 MILE FUN RUN:
Little Missouri Trailhead
Mile 3.8 Outbound
Blaylock Creek West Trailhead – Turnaround
Mile 8.5 Outbound – Turnaround for 17 mile fun run only
Safety/Required Gear: a hydration system (handheld or bladder) and a light source (handheld or headlamp). A windbreaker or space blanket is strongly suggested but not required. Runner safety is a high priority for us. We will have HAM radio operators at every aid station and they will be in communication with us at Net Control at all times. We also have several medical entities on stand by. It is worth taking your cell phone because runners are often able to get service on the top of some of the mountain peaks. I will provide my cell number in the December runner email.
NOTE: This event is NOT for trail-newbies.
If you are not an experienced trail – or ultra-runner (or adventure racer), we happily invite you to one of the other UTS runs, BUT NOT THIS ONE. This is a difficult event on a difficult trail that presents many opportunities for one to get lost, injured, exhausted, or incapacitated–with sparse access for rescue.
Please do not be enticed into trying this run because of the difficulty warning–it is merely an honest attempt at preventing the run organizers from having to find and rescue someone ill-equipped for the event.
A cut-off time of 10:30am (2.5 hours) will be enforced at the turn-around (half-way) point for the 17-mile run. Runners reaching that point after 10:30 must turn around (–NOT proceed on the marathon course).
