Little Rock Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Little Rock Marathon is a USATF-certified, Boston-qualifying marathon through Arkansas's capital, held on the first weekend of March since 2003 as a project of, and fundraiser for, Little Rock Parks & Recreation. Race weekend also includes a half marathon, a 10K, a 5K, a kids' marathon and an All Abilities marathon, with the 5K and 10K on the Saturday and the marathon and half marathon on the Sunday. All races start and finish on LaHarpe Boulevard behind the Statehouse Convention Center. The course begins in downtown Little Rock, runs through the River Market District and the Quapaw Quarter, and passes the Clinton Presidential Center, City Hall and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, with aid stations along the way in North Little Rock, by the State Capitol, on Kavanaugh Boulevard and beside the Arkansas River on Rebsamen Park Road and the River Trail. The organisers say of the hills: "What hills? It depends on your perspective." The marathon starts at 7:00 am. An early start at 5:00 am is available, by pre-approval, to walkers and slower runners who need more than six hours, and the time limit is eight hours. There are 19 aid stations on the course, and finishers receive a deliberately oversized medal.