Spa Running Festival

Enjoy your day, whether with family or friends! Hopefully even enjoy a run!
𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐘❗️

📣 Sunday Shout-Out! 📣

The Spa Running Festival has some amazing sponsors and
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs is one of them! 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ They have been a proud Platinum Level Sponsor since 2010! Their support and partnership has brought awareness of the race to the community and has help make the race one of the premier road races in Arkansas! Thank you CHI St.Vincent Hot Springs for your many years of supporting the race!🏃🏻‍♀️🏃‍♂️🤝

🍁🙌🏽 Fall weather is almost here and that deserves a cheer! Wave your hands in the air because we’re almost there! 😌
We can’t wait to share the beautiful scenery of Hot Springs National Park with you all this fall as the breeze between the trees 🌳🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ cools and the mountains boast the rainbow of changing leaves 🍂.

But there won’t be anything cooler 😎 than that feeling when you cross the finish line 🏁 and find celebration awaiting you! 🎉🍻
Following the race you can enjoy 😋delicious soups (Hello Soup Season!! 🥣😊), burgers, pizza, snacks and the beer tent thanks to our sponsors Capo’s Tacos The Purple Cow Restaurant, Sam's Club, Hiland Dairy Foods, Arkansas Beverage Sales

It’s almost time to tune in to and we’re curious what’s on your official run day playlist! 🎶🎧

🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️Lots of runners maintain their run cadence with a curated list of tunes. Some of the most popular run songs range from 120-165 beats per minute according to playlists from popular music streaming services.

🎵⏯ Here’s a few tunes and their cadences in case you’re on the hunt for some new additions: ↙️
- Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars 164 BPM
- Love Shack - The B-52s 134 BPM
- Temperature - Sean Paul 125 BPM
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers 132 BPM
- We Built This City - Starship 144 BPM
- Shake It Off - Taylor Swift 160 BPM

Share some of your favorites in the comments 📩👇 to help your fellow runners build their best . ↘️

Window Mart thank for your continued support at the Spa Running Festival presenting sponsor!

⏳🙀 Race day is quickly approaching, and the kids are ready for a run, too.
Letting them join in on the fun of a run is a great way to instill healthy habits in them and foster a love of fitness. 😁❤️💪

What’s in a run, anyway?
There are loads of benefits including
💪Strengthened bones
💕Better cardiovascular health
😎Increased confidence and determination
🙂Improved focus and concentration
😴Better sleep
🏆Accomplishing a goal with their peers
And this one comes with an awesome limited edition t-shirt and finisher’s medal!🎽🏅

Register them today at ➡️➡️➡️ SpaRunningFest.com

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Sponsor Shoutout! 🎉
We all know how important hydration 💦 is for runners! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃🏻‍♂️ So when race participants cross the finish line, your thirst will be quenched with bottled water waiting for you THANKS to the sponsorship of
GenWealth Financial Advisors

We appreciate GenWealth's support and partnership with the Spa Running Festival
as our hydration 💧💧sponsor!!! We thank you and so do the runners! 🙌🙌 👏👏

GenWealth's Mission Statement is to help clients discover, protect, and share true financial independence with their dedicated retirement teams with offices located in Little Rock, Bryant, Conway, El Dorado, Hot Springs and Bossier City, LA. For more information visit
getreadyforthefuture.com

🚨ATTENTION RUNNERS ➡ It’s time to complete your race day fit 🎽👟

🧢 Add a Spa Running Festival trucker hat to your registration (or purchase separately) to shield you from the sun ☀️ AND guarantee a swagged out run 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️!
You’ll want to look great for the 🤑FREE professional race day photos 📸 provided by RunBikeSwim this year thanks to Hot Springs.

These hats feature a mesh back to keep you cool 🌬 and a plastic snap for a comfortable fit 😌. The bill is also pre-curved, so we’ve got you covered from all angles. 😉👍

➡️➡️➡️ You can find these at 🔗 SpaRunningFest.com

✅Pre-orders strongly encouraged as a limited number will be available.

🤔How do we know you’ll have a blast at the Spa Running Festival?
Over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runners had such a great time, they’re coming back this year! 🤯🤩

That’s right! This year, we’ll be welcoming over 1,000 returning racers between the 5️⃣K, 🔟K, and Summit➁Summit Half Marathon 🌄!
That’s 1,000 smiles, 2,000 feet, and one absolutely fantastic race weekend.

👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽If you are a returning runner, 🗣 tell us in the comments ⬇️ what your favorite part of race weekend is and what brings you back year after year!

😊 And we certainly couldn’t give our grandest welcome without the support of our presenting sponsor, Mart. Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to continue presenting this event as we have for a decade now! 🤗

🧒🏼👧🏾👦 Get your little runner out on the course with our Spa Sq**rt Race for kids 2-10 years old!

🎉Celebrating the rich history of Oaklawn in Hot Springs Arkansas, we’re excited to announce this year’s theme...
🥁🥁🥁
OFF TO THE RACES 🏇🏻
Each child receives
🎽a t-shirt
🏅finisher’s medal
➕Age Group Awards
😁😁😁

Show the kids the beauty of 🌳🏨⛲️ Historic Downtown Hot Springs while you get them moving on a beautiful Saturday morning outdoors. ☀️��

This race will begin at 🕐 11:00 AM! and grown ups are allowed to join their tiny trotters in age group 2-4 on the route🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻After all their hard work, they’ll be ready to run to the fun for snacks and water 🍌💦provided by our incredible sponsors Relyance Bank Bennett's Recycling Bennett's Plumbing, LLC BioLink Medical Waste Management
Moquett Racing Rave Grafix
All American Awards Engraving Co. Inc.

‼️Registration is only $10 & can be done online at ➡️➡️➡️ SpaRunningFest.com

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If you never been to the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade in Hot Springs you’re missing! Look who’s coming!!!😱😱

YEAH, BOYEEEEEE! ⏰🎤☘️ Hip-hop performer Flavor Flav will be the Official Parade Starter on March 17 for the First-Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas!

“Flavor Flav is one of the most recognizable legends in entertainment, and in March he will bring his contagious energy to our big little parade,” Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison said Monday. “He’ll be the perfect person to fire the official starter’s pistol when our parade steps off on 98-foot Bridge Street.”

The Hall of Fame rapper, co-founder of the pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy, is a musical prodigy who is proficient on 15 instruments. He first burst onto the scene in the late 1980s, where he emerged as a co-founder of Public Enemy. Possessing the most sampled voice in the history of hip-hop, Flavor Flav (along with his group) was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2020.

In addition to his culture-shifting career in hip-hop, Flavor Flav made a foray into reality television, where his series, “Flavor of Love,” achieved 7.5 million viewers during its Season 2 finale and was the highest-rated non-sports programming that year, and highest rated show for VH1 all-time.

As he continues to perform with Public Enemy, including the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, Flavor Flav has expanded his talents to scripted television, feature films, narrative film, voice-over acting, podcaster, documentary production and book author.

The World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade annually attracts upwards of 30,000 fans to downtown Hot Springs where a zany array of floats, marching bands, Irish Elvis impersonators, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, wacky costumed groups and guest celebrities cover the 98-foot Bridge Street parade route on the World’s Shortest Street in Everyday Use.

Where you rest😴🛌 is just as important as where you run 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️!

❗️Don’t forget to reserve lodging. 🏨

Race Day is just over 9️⃣0️⃣ days away and our partner hotels still have rooms blocked for runners as of now. 😌Dream about your big day the night before in cozy accommodations and rest easy after your run at the Suites Hot Springs, Hot Springs, or Resort & Spa. Move one 👆🏼 more thing from your “to-do” list to your “I did it! ✅” list today.

Learn more about our host hotels and special rates for those visiting from out of town at ➡️➡️➡️SpaRunningFest.com >> 🔎 look for “𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘀”

🏁The Finish Line Festival just turned into an absolute 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊 🎉 as we introduce live music 🎤🎶 for the first time to the Running Festival featuring Flores Music!

If you are local, you may have caught his crowd-pleasing crooning at any one of several restaurants 🍽 at which he’s featured regularly…or maybe you’ve seen him on 🎥 THV11’s music feature…or even LIVE at the Hot Springs Historic Downtown Farmers and Artisans Market where he’ll be making another appearance TOMORROW (8/10/2024) 🤩.
BUT if you haven’t had the pleasure yet, 😁 it’s coming your way along with a number of other festive ways to celebrate at the Finish Line including:
🍌🍏snacks provided by ’s Club Hot Springs
Hot soup 🥣 provided by ’s Tacos
🍔Grilled Beef and Vegan burgers
Chili provided by 🐮 Cow Hot Springs
🍕 Caesars Pizza
Delicious beverages including chocolate milk🍫🥛, water💧, and Michelob Ultra Beer🍻 (2️⃣1️⃣➕, don’t forget your ID‼️)

📣 Sponsor Shout-Out! 🥳🎉 We would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to Oaklawn Hot Springs for continuing as our 🅶🆁🅸🅻🅻 🆃🅴🅽🆃 🆂🅿🅾🅽🆂🅾🆁‼️ After runners finish the race and get their awesome medals, 🏅they can go to the Food Court area to get a delicious Grilled Burger (all beef and vegan options) thanks to Oaklawn! Just look for Oaklawn’s Tent and yummy aroma! 🍔🍔 Also, Oaklawn Hot Springs is a host hotel so checkout their luxurious hotel for your race weekend getaway.

Thank you, OAKLAWN for your partnership and community involvement as a proud sponsor of the Spa Running Festival!

sparunningfest.com
Oaklawn.com

🗺 From here to there and everywhere - Spa Running Festival has reached 29 U.S. States/Districts! 😱�

🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️Runners, where are you visiting from?? 📍

☺️ Wherever your journey is beginning, we couldn’t be more excited to share our beautiful city with everyone visiting from near and far. It’s truly an honor to have you all traveling to join us in the heart of the Natural State. 🌱💖�

�If you haven’t been to Hot Springs National Park, race weekend is the perfect opportunity 👌🏽 to catch a quick tour.

Delight yourself with some delicious dining 😋 in the heart of Downtown Hot Springs, hydrate with our fresh spring water🚰, and plan your next visit when you can stretch those legs out and explore even more that the city has to offer. ⛲️🌳🏨��

Learn more about things to do in Hot Springs at Visit Hot Springs.��😎

We can’t wait to see you on race day — 📆 November 16th!

Even though the 5K, 10K, and Summit 2 Summit Half Marathon are ❌ SOLD OUT ❌ , there are still bibs available for your lil’ sq**rt 🧒🏻👧🏿🧒🏽👧🏼

Welcome the kids to a world of enjoying health and fitness with this fun run. 👟

The 𝗦𝗽𝗮 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝟙𝕜 race will begin at 11 a.m. and grown-ups 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ can join their littles on the route featuring a full-length view of the Hot Springs Convention Center as they make their way up Convention Boulevard! Once they dart off from the starting line, we know they’re off to great places. 🙌🏽

➡️➡️ Register them today at SpaRunningFest.com

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🗣We’re calling all volunteers!🤝

��There is more than one way to be part of THE Spa Running Festival, and we’d love to have your helping hands. ❤️🤗

��😓Race day would catch quite the cramp without our amazing volunteers helping runners pick up their race packets, manning the Start/Finish line, monitoring the course, serving food at and maintaining the Finish Line Festival. After all those miles, it’s the volunteer smiles that make the finish line truly festive. 😁��

In fact, it’s our volunteers that make race day magical for our nearly 2000 runners! 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️�
Whether you are guiding runners to their starting line 🏁 or serving up smiles in the form of H2O💧, you’ll be appreciated by many. ☺️

�🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️If you are interested in volunteering, please visit sparunningfest.com & choose “more” to find the volunteer link.��

‼️‼️‼️𝕊𝕆𝕃𝔻 𝕆𝕌𝕋 ‼️‼️‼️

The Spa Running Festival 5K, 10K, and Summit 2 Summit Half Marathon have officially SOLD OUT!

🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️Runners, now begins the ⏱countdown to your jauntiest jog of the year. As if this stunning run isn't enough to look forward to itself 🌳🛁🏨🌄,
there's also the Runner's Expo, Finish Line Festival with new additions🎶, epic medals 🏅 awaiting you at your big finish, and building new run-lationships to be found with all your race mates 🤝!!

😊 If you aren't registered but still want to be part of the big day, check out our volunteer opportunities that allow you to join in on the fun without the run 😅

👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽Find race day and volunteer information at sparunningfest.com

🤯WOW! The 10K & 5K have officially 𝙎𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙊𝙐𝙏 😱 with the Half-Marathon hot on their heels! We are so excited to welcome over 1800 runners to our extraordinary national park this fall. 🌳🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️⛰
Explore stunning views of historic Downtown Hot Springs from the shade of our mature magnolias to the magnificent murals marking the bricks of buildings over 100 years old.

‼️‼️‼️Only 1️⃣2️⃣ spots remain in the Summit 2 Summit Half Marathon, and we can easily think of a dozen reasons why one of those should be YOURS like
👉🏽the chance to tackle a new challenge
👉🏽take in breathtaking views
👉🏽pound the pavement of one of the nation’s earliest national parks…
but we won’t list them all. 😅

☺️Come be a part of one of the most beautiful and historically rich runs the Natural State has to offer.
Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Window Mart, for helping us make these magical miles possible for all visiting from near and far for the event.

We’ll see you all at the finish line. 🏁🎉

➡️➡️Register today at sparunningfest.com

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Attention runners! 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️

It’s official - The 5K race for the Spa Running Festival is 🆂🅾🅻🅳 🅾🆄🆃!🎉 The 10K sold out last week!

🏞️ Only 20 spots left for the Summit2Summit Half Marathon, where you'll conquer those challenging hills and breathtaking views. 🌄 Hurry, these spots won't last long!

🏁 For our little champions aged 2-10, sign them
up for the Sq**rt Race - a fun and exciting adventure! 🎈

We look forward to seeing all
of our Running Friends on November 16th!💪🏅 🏆

📣 Sunday Shout-out! 📣
The Spa Running Festival is happy to have
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs
👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️as a Platinum Sponsor for the 2024 race! 🎉 CHI -St. Vincent has been a proud sponsor of the Spa Running Festival since 2010, and we are so grateful for their support and community partnership!🏃‍♂️🤝

🎉 CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs was recently named as one of the Best Places to Work by Arkansas Business for the 6th year in a row! The CHI team is proud to be recognized for their commitment to creating an incredible work environment. Congratulations to all of their employees who made this possible! 🏆👏

☀️It’s a Run-derful Friday in Spa City, and a great day to make your moment happen! 🤩

Why is the Summit 2 Summit the best memory you’ll make this year?

🔹Breathtaking views from the summit of Hot Springs Mountain and West Mountain ⛰😲
🔹The quaint charm of bathhouse row 🛁
🔹The shade of our magnolias 🌳🌳
​​🔹The unique architecture of some of Hot Springs most historic streets 🏘🏨
🔹The spinning Finisher Medal with 🚨BLINKING LIGHTS🚨 🏅
🔹FREE Professional race photos through RunBikeSwim 📸🤑
🔹The runner’s high, friends, snacks, & celebration waiting for you at the Finisher Festival Area 🍕🍔🍺

🤔The only thing left to consider is if you’ll wear your ¼ zip tech pullover during or after your run.

🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️💥RUN, don’t walk, to get registered now at sparunningfest.com

Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Window Mart , for making all of these magical moments possible this year. Their continued support makes it all possible. 💕

Congratulations Kaitlin Bounds! 👏👏 🏃🏻‍♀️🇺🇸

Kaitlin is going to Paris to represent the country on Team USA's Paralympic track and field team! 🏆

Those of us from Arkansas have followed Kaitlin’s running career and she has run the Spa Running Festival 10K several times while competing in the Grand Prix Series!

We are so proud of Kaitlin and will be cheering her on!
Run strong Kaitlin! 🏃🏻‍♀️💪
Team USA!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Congratulations, Kaitlin!

Kaitlin Bounds has been making us proud on an international stage for years with her talent and determination in distance running.

Now, this 2014 Arkansas Tech University graduate is on her way to the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games.

Fight On, Kaitlin!

Fight On, Arkansas Tech!

Read more: https://www.arkansastechnews.com/bounds-qualifies-for-team-usa-in-paralympic-games/

Believe it or not, less than 1️⃣% of the country’s population has completed a half-marathon! 😱 Be part of the 1% with us at the Spa Running Festival making your way through the miles surrounded by the beauty of Hot Springs National Park. 🏃🏻‍♂️🌳

‼️The 10K registration has SOLD OUT! ‼️

👉 Only 5️⃣0️⃣spots left for the 5K and 8️⃣0️⃣ for the Half Marathon so you better register NOW!

👉🏽 Don’t miss out on your chance to make your mark and unlock your potential with our flat 5️⃣K route or at the tippity top of our two mountains, too, at the Summit 2 Summit Half Marathon. 🌄

⭐️Register today at sparunningfest.com 😊

🦄✨Need a little magic in your life? Come make some magic and some memories at the Spa Running Festival 5K! 🤩

Frolic through your new favorite place when you visit Hot Springs National Park! This fascinating flat route winds through historic downtown Hot Springs 🌳🛁 and the unique scenery leading up to Whittington Park.

🤯🤯🤯Less than 100 spots for the 5K remain - they’re sure disappearing like magic!

Don’t miss out;
➡️ Register Now at sparunningfest.com

👏Huge 🆃🅷🅰🅽🅺 🆈🅾🆄 to our Finish Line Sponsor, Trail Mix Outdoor & More!
Once you cross the Spa Running Festival’s Finish Line that awesome Finisher’s medal 🏅will be waiting for you! Then head on over to the food court area to refuel with snacks, grilled burgers, hot soup, pizza and much more! 🍔🥣🍕🍺

Visit Trail Mix Outdoor & More for all of your outdoor activities🥾⛰️🏕️ , such trail running, hiking and camping. They have a great selection of both trail running and casual shoes. They are located in beautiful downtown Hot Springs at 518 Central for everything you need for your outdoor activities! Thanks again to our incredible Finish Line Sponsor, Trail Mix Outdoor & More!

Like them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/trailmixoutdoor

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📍Visit Hot Springs wants to welcome you to America’s First Resort. 🌄🛁🌳��

🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️Runners, this year we’re excited to capture the moment 🤩 as you make your way through historic Downtown Hot Springs at the Spa Running Festival! 📸 Race photos through RunBikeSwim will be provided FREE 🙌🏽 to race participants this year!!

Get your 🎽👟 race fit ready and 👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽register today for the Summit2Summit half marathon at sparunningfest.com��

While you’re here, enjoy all
Hot Springs National Park
has to offer from outdoor sights to indoor delights.

# downtownhotsprings

👍👍 Here’s some midweek motivation to remind you YOU’VE GOT THIS!
Whether you’re working hard to be race ready with registration in hand 🏃🏻‍♂️🎽 or working up the courage to REGISTER TODAY ✅, you’re on track for a wonderful time at the Spa Running Festival.

We’ll see you with two big thumbs up and a lot more fun after your run at the Finish Line Festival area! 🍔🥣🍻🍿

Register TODAY at sparunningfest.com 🔗

🚨🏃‍♀️ ATTENTION RUNNERS! 🏃‍♂️🚨
The 10K race is officially 🆂🅾🅻🅳 🅾🆄🆃! 🙌 But, the Spa Running Festival still has plenty of running excitement for you in the 5K and Summit 2 Summit Half Marathon!
👧👦 And we can’t forget about our littlest racers (ages 2-10) in the Spa Sq**rt Race!

⏩ Hurry and secure your spot before they're gone! Register today at sparunningfest.com.

👟It's time to lace up those running shoes and join the fun at the Spa Running Festival on November 16th🏅

It’s always poised to be a beautiful day for a run 🏃🏼‍♀️🌞 in Hot Springs National Park. We’re just a few months away from race day & we’re all smiles 😁😁😁

We can’t wait to see the runners from near and far 🗺📍 gathering for the Spa Running Festival. Your runner’s smile won’t be your only race bling – 🏅 The Finisher Medal for the Summit2Summit Half Marathon SPINS and has 🚨BLINKING LIGHTS🚨!!

Who’s meeting us at the Summit? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️
Register TODAY at sparunningfest.com