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Arkansas Road Runners Club of America announces 2014 Grand Prix Schedule

October 8, 2013

The Arkansas RRCA is pleased to announce the 2014 Grand Prix Series schedule:

January 26, One Hour Track Run, Danville, championship race
February 1, River Trail 15k, North Little Rock, championship race
February 8, Valentine’s Day 5k, Russellville
February 16, Run the Line Half Marathon, Texarkana
March 8, Chase Race 2 Mile, Conway, championship race
March 22, Spring Fling 5k, Cabot
April 5, Capital City Classic 10k, Little Rock, championship race
May 3, Toad Suck Daze 10k, Conway
May 24, Rock Run 8k, Little Rock
June 14, Go! Mile, championship race, also national RRCA 1 mile championship
June 21, Arkansas Runner 2 Mile, Benton
August 2, White River 4 Mile, Batesville, championship race
August 9, Watermelon 5k, Hope
August 30, ARK 5k, North Little Rock, championship race
September 20, Arkansas 20k, Benton, championship race
October 4, Chile Pepper XC 10k, Fayetteville, championship race
October 18, Survivors’ Challenge 10k, Fort Smith
November 1, Midsouth Marathon, Wynne, championship race
November 22, Spa 10k, Hot Springs
December 13, CASA Half Marathon, Pine Bluff

The general public and media are always welcome at Arkansas Grand Prix races.

Something bad wrong here, what happened to Soareing Wings?

RC,
I along with the LDRC decided to not include Soaring Wings in the 2014 Grand Prix. Since it has been selling out every year, there's the possibility that a GP competitor doesn't get in and therefore could lose out on points. The Soaring Wings people have been great with making exceptions for these runners but really we want a race in place that doesn't have to make exceptions. Soaring Wings is having great success and we wouldn't ask them to change how they do things just to accommodate our needs; in their situation, they have to have a cap on registrations. Our runners need races that are not capped. Because of this incompatibility, we are going to use a different race for 2014.

The future is not set for 2015 and beyond.