Races Near Me: Upcoming Running Races

Overview The Possum at Woolly Hollow is a 6-hour, 4-person team running event at Woolly Hollow State Park on November 1st, 2025. It will be run on November 7th, 2026, with an 8:00 AM start time on the roads and Huckleberry trail circumnavigating Lake Bennett. This is a 6-hour team event involving four participating runners. Rules Each team will be comprised of 4 team members. All 4 members must run the first loop together. After that any number of team members may run together (1-4) but must stay together for the entire loop.Each loop completed per runner will receive one entry into the post-race drawing.The team with the most entries automatically gets to select their prize for finishing first overall. In the event of a tie, the first placed finishing member of a team on loop 1 will be the tie-breaker.After the first overall team has selected their prize all remaining entries from all teams will be put in the drawing for 2nd and 3rd place prizes. No team can win more than once. If a t

This is an annual trail race in memory of Curtis Colt Childress, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 26, 2024.   The race distances are 10, 4, and 1 miles through the trails at Woolly Hollow State Park.  All proceeds will go to the Cabugcayan Mission/Biliran Church of Christ in the Philippines, which is where Curtis's wife, Ruby, and daughter, Curtlyn, live.  Donations are appreciated! The Triple C takes place on the first Saturday of December because Curtis was born on December 6th.  Curtis loved children and never met a stranger in his life, so the 1 mile fun run/walk is set up for children or anyone else who doesn't want to run or just wants a short trail experience.  The 10 miles course takes place along a short paved section at the back of the park and follows the Enders Fault Mountain Bike Trail, ending at the top of the dirt access road in the Enders Fault gravel parking lot.  The 4 miles course begins on the paved road by the pavilion, follows the Huckl

A trail half marathon at Woolly Hollow State Park near Greenbrier, Arkansas.