Races Near Me: Upcoming Running Races

Run in two states at once! Course crosses the Texas-Arkansas state line. Unique photo ops and southern hospitality.

3rd Annual Turley Turkey Trot 5K Run & Walk, Genoa Central High School. This year’s 3rd annual Turley Turkey Trot is dedicated to the memory of Amanda Huett-Turley, who passed unexpectedly on November 30, 2023, at the age of 45. In her honor, the Nicu nurses at CHRISTUS St.Michael have established the Amanda Huett-Turley Memorial Healthcare Profession Scholarship, awarded to Genoa High School seniors, and nursing students from local colleges. This scholarship celebrates Amanda’s legacy of care, compassion, and commitment to helping others.

Start your holiday season with this year's Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K! Community Healthcore Foundation presents its 13th annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot on November 26th, 2026. Community Healthcore is a non-profit agency that is the local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Authority for 9 counties in Northeast Texas, including Bowie, Cass, and Red River Counties. Community Healthcore provides mental health services to children and adults, programming for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders and assisting homeless Veterans. All proceeds from this FUNdraiser will go to the Community Healthcore Foundation to be used in various forms of client services, unmet needs, and other assistance without a funding source. Your support is greatly appreciated! The race will not be refunded due to weather or other circumstances beyond our control.

Join us for a competitive 5k race around Spring Lake Park OR join us for a stroll of any speed around Spring Lake. The Walk or Run for Life benefits 1st Choice Pregnancy Resource Center in our mission to help empower women to choose life. We aim to raise awareness about abortion issues, provide comfort, peer counseling, pregnancy tests, and limited ultrasounds to expectant women, and help families with physical and referral resources.

The Run the Line Half Marathon is a unique opportunity to run in one half marathon in Texas and Arkansas on a USATF certified single-loop course.  The race starts at W. Broad Street and Texas Blvd in downtown Texarkana, Texas, quickly moves into Arkansas, crosses back into Texas, and finishes in Texarkana, Arkansas. The course includes 10-ft wide asphalt trails that wind through residential neighborhoods on city streets. The finish line is downtown at 3rd and Wood Streets in front of the Hopkins Ice House about 5 blocks from the start.   A portion of the course is on the Texas/Arkansas State Line. The 2027 course is USATF certified (AR19015WJT). The race includes chip timing, runners, walkers, and 2-person and 4-person relay teams.

"DO THE HAVEN HUSTLE 5K" The Haven Hustle 5K" is a fundraiser to benefit Haven Homes of Texarkana. Haven Homes is a faith-based, non-profit organization that serves both men and women in the Texarkana/Four States area who are struggling with life issues such as drug abuse, alcoholism, and addiction. Through safe housing, work and service programs, counseling, and spiritual guidance, we help individuals in need grow and thrive. The Haven Homes mission is to bring restoration to broken people through grace-based discipleship. We seek to reach those in pain from addiction and, through God's grace, help these individuals receive love, joy, hope, and healing. Haven Homes offers a Transitional Home for women coming out of Bowie County Women's Center. We also offer 12 to 18 month Recovery Centers for both men and women, and sober-living homes for program graduates. EVENT WEEKEND INCLUDES: FRIDAY NIGHT: *RUN PACKET PICK-UP - FROM 4:30 PM TO 6:30 PM AT THE PEROT THEATRE - 221 MAIN STREET, TEXARKANA, TX SATURDAY MORNING: 5K RUN - 221 MAIN STREET, TEXARKANA, TX (PEROT THEATRE- DOWTOWN TEXAKANA) 8AM-11AM $35 EARLY REG @RUNSIGNUP.COM, INCLUDES TSHIRT $45 LATE REG. ** A Light Continental Breakfast served at our grand central start and finish station of the Perot Theatre to all of our runners and participants. Following with awards for each category. RACE COURSE INFO: The "Do the Haven Hustle 5K" is a 3.1-mile course in historic downtown Texarkana. The 5K Race will start and end at Texarkana's very own historic performing arts venue and a cultural landmark of the region, originally built in 1924 building (physical address: .221 Main Street, Texarkana, TX 75501. Runners will RUN past all the MAJOR Texarkana Landmarks: starting at the beautiful Perot Theatre, the classical Ace of Clubs House, see the stained glass at First United Methodist, the railyard, the only "two state" Stateline Federal Building & Post Office, the Hotel Grim, Silvermoon on Broad, City Hall of Texarkana, multiple war memorials, the Arts Park, along with the many fun and interesting murals of famous locals, like Scott Joplin, and other amazing local favorite murals! You don't want to miss out on this 5K run! PLUS!! All proceeds go to help EVEN MORE men and women find FREEDOM in RECOVERY!!