by Beverly Smith | Feb 25, 2019 | Race Updates
Run the Line is probably my favorite half marathon. First, this race is sentimental because it’s run in both Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas and I have family there. The race starts and finishes in the downtown area and both times I have run this race I imagine my...
by Beverly Smith | Nov 23, 2018 | Race Updates
When I set my running goals for 2018, the 10K was a distance I knew I wanted to focus on. This year’s Spa Running Festival was the week after the Breakaway 10K so the timing was perfect. However as life got in the way and I had issues in late August and September with...
by Beverly Smith | Nov 15, 2018 | Race Updates
The Breakaway 10K was my A race for 2018. The 10K plays well into my strengths and this is a great flat course in Searcy, AR that runs through parts of town that have been home to several special people in my life as well as the Harding campus where I attended...
by Beverly Smith | Oct 23, 2018 | Race Updates
What do you do when your friend sends you a text two days before a 10K race asking you to pace her? You enter the race and support her of course! I’m not really one to jump into a race unprepared or last minute, but I love my friend Shelly and she’s got...
by Beverly Smith | Oct 17, 2018 | Race Updates
This is a special 5K in Searcy, AR that I include on my schedule most years. At the time of Micah’s passing, her brother was my son’s youth minister. Micah was a runner and her family started this 5K as a way to honor her memory and raise money for the...
by Beverly Smith | Oct 8, 2018 | Race Updates, Running & Training
New to the Arkansas Grand Prix Series this year is The Great Pumpkin Run 5K in Lonoke, AR. This race was started in 2011 as way to raise money and awareness for the Open Arms Shelter for abused and neglected children. In addition to the race, there are all kinds of...
