For 6 years, the Slaughter Pen Trail System in Bentonville has been host to the Slaughter Pen Jam Mountain Bike Festival. This year several city government and private entities joined forces
My friend Cassandra came by to pick me up on the way to northwest Arkansas for our long awaited girls weekend with Stephanie and Lara. When most people think of
Tonight I’ll pack my bag. I’ll pack my trail running shoes and my favorite shorts; I’ll pack wicking socks and a band for my sure to be sweaty forehead; I’ll
“I’m going to sleep like a bear tonight” was the last thing AO contributor and friend Justin Cloar said to me after his 6:54 finish at the Ouachita Trail 50K.
As I stood on the starting line of the Devil’s Den “Styx N’ Stones” 30k Trail Race, I realized it had been just over five months since I had an
What does it feel like to hit a rocky trail, to climb and descend over and over again for 31 miles? What does it feel like to get up the
Not so long ago the Lake Ouachita Vista Trail (LOViT) was a brand new, modest span of 13 miles between Denby Bay and Joplin Road on the southwest side of
The Sylamore trail holds very special memories for me and the annual Sylamore 25/50K race has been on my races I want to do radar for a couple of years.
The Arkansas Trail Run Series isn’t new, I think this is my third year of participation, but it needs to grow. And to grow the word needs to spread so
After the temperatures rose out of the single digits, the rains started. The polar vortex left a slightly warmer but soaking wet blanket over much of the state. By the
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