The course starts and finishes at a riverfront pavilion and covers historic downtown streets, quiet neighborhoods, and paved trails along the way. The terrain rolls throughout, with a few genuine climbs and descents that make this one to prepare for rather than assume is easy. The half marathon follows the full course early on, then branches off and rejoins it for the return leg.
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Going by the 2026 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
Top 3: Tyreek Gilkey (1:15:56) · Devin Hlavenka (1:22:55) · Joshua Jenkins (1:25:39)
Top 3: Drew Wiles (3:01:28) · Kenny Garner (3:05:30) · Alexander Van Herpen (3:06:53)
The Fort Smith Marathon, Half Marathon, 5 Leg Marathon Relay, & 2 Leg Half Marathon Relay has been held every year since at least 2017. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
Enter a finish time to see where it lands against the most recent 13.1 Miles results.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 13.1 Miles field finished slower than 2:25:15, and the last recorded finisher came in around 4:06:16, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 200 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 13.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 13.1 Miles winner ran 1:15:56 while the median finisher took 2:25:15. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
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