Heart Sole Half Info

3rd Annual Heart & Sole Half Marathon & Half Marathon Relay

USATF Certified 5K Course AR11016DLP

Race Starts
Half Marathon @ 7:00 A.M.
5K @ 7:15 AM
Coporate Walk TBA

Race Director
Paula Panneck @ 870.882.9403 or Email

New course New course New course. Race will be Sept 29th. Starts behind Central Auto dealership on Stadium Boulevard.

The half marathon will be a mix of flat and rolling hills but a lot flatter than years past. The course will be USATF certified. We are working on course now and will have course information posted by May. There will be water stations around every mile and a half with Gatorade, water and some will have food. Gu will be given around mile 6. The course will be well marked and lots of volunteers on the course. Police will be present in certain places.

Half marathon will offer cash prizes to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place male and female finishers. 1st place - $500, 2nd place - 350, and 3rd place $150. The half marathon will have a 3 1/2 hour time limit which is 16 min pace . Participants not meeting that time requirement will be picked up and brought to finish.

The half marathon and 5k will be part of the ridge rider running and walking series. Series points and participation credits will be given for both events.

Please note - IF YOU REGISTER AS A CORPORATE TEAM MEMBER, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE CORPORATE TEAM PRIZE STRUCTURE TO GET A SHIRT. IF YOU ARE WANTING TO DO THE 5K AS A TIMED RACE, YOU NEED TO REGISTER FOR 5K ONLINE . NO CORPORATE WALKERS ARE TIMED.

Online registration is available at www.racesonline.com. Registration fees for the half are now until Aug 15th $55. August 16th until Sept 28th $65 and race day $75.
5k registration fees are $20 until August 15th, August 16th till Sept 28th $25, and Race day $30.
There will be NO refunds given once you have registered. We can't refund one person and not another so just set that NO refunds. Please dont email asking for refund or swapping runners becaue we can't do that. This race is for a charity so your funds will go to charity. Charity this race goes for is Cardiology Associates Foundation that are ear marked for health screenings and heart disease risk assessment throughout NE Arkansas for the general public and high school athletes.

Half marathon runner awards will be 1st - 5th overall male and female, masters and grandmasters. Awards will also be given 3 deep in 5 year age divisions male and female. Half marathon walker awards will be 1st - 5th male and female but no age division awards. 5k awards will be 1st - 5th overall , masters and age division awards. 5k walkers will be 1st - 5th overall but no age awards.

This race will be a chip timed event by Stearns Race timing, LLC.

More information will be posted later about the course and packet pick up, etc.

All in town runners MUST pick up their race bib Friday the 28th. Out of town runners can pick up the morning of. Participants for the Half Marathon and 5k must register by Sept 15th to be given a t-shirt . Half participants must also register by August 15th to be guaranteed a finishers medal at the finish line. If not you might have to get one mailed to you.

Contact Paula Panneck 870-882-9403 or ppanneck@yahoo.com or Mary Jackson 870-926-6880 or maryjackson@suddenlink.net for questions you have.

This will be a Champion Chip timed event by Stearns Race timing, LLC. You are responsible to return the chip assigned to you to the volunteers at the finish line.