About the Whitney's Race 2026
Whitney's Race is held in memory of a Fort Smith woman who kept running and cycling through chemotherapy before pancreatic cancer took her life. The event raises money for the Whitney Marsh Foundation, which supports patients and families across the state and funds research at major cancer centers. The cause is front and center here, and most people in the crowd have a personal reason for showing up.
After the runs finish, the morning opens into a Halloween festival at the Bakery District. Food trucks, live music, carnival games, costume contests, and pumpkin activities fill the grounds, so families tend to stay well into the afternoon.
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Finish-Time Stats
Going by the 2025 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.
5K · 2025 results
161finishers
16:17winner
37:59median
1:14:30cutoff
Top 3: Braden Palmer (16:17) · Malcolm Harper (16:54) · Joshua Jenkins (18:19)
10K · 2025 results
25finishers
39:26winner
1:04:05median
1:30:19cutoff
Top 3: Dustin Cloutier (39:26) · Z. Hollander (48:55) · Finley Rossi (49:19)
The Whitney's Race 2026 has been held every year since at least 2019. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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 Jul 27, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K10/31/2026 10:00$30
10K10/31/2026 10:00$40
Supporting Spectator10/31/2026 10:00$25
1 MILE KIDS FUN RUN!10/31/2026 10:00$15
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