2025 - Hero Half Marathon
2025 distances
Running
Half Marathon
Certified 13.1 Mile Course
Half Marathon Firefighter Challenge- For Firefighters Running in Full Gear!
Are you a firefighter ready to take the ultimate running challenge?! By selecting this option you are committing to running the 13.1 mile Hero Half Marathon in full bunker gear! Eligible participants must be active duty firefighters (volunteers accepted too) Must run in full bunker gear provided by participant: helmet, coat, pants, and air pack (liners optional) Wildland gear acceptable Running shoes encouraged!
Quarter Marathon- 10k with some bonus running
Instead of a relay, run half of the half with your buddy! This will be slightly more than a 10k, 6.5 miles. https://www.strava.com/routes/2982722423683397536
Virtual Half Marathon
Can't make the race on race day? Sign up for the virtual option and we will mail your packet, shirt, and giveways to your door!
Virtual Quarter Marathon
Can't make the race on race day? Sign up for the virtual option and we will mail your packet, shirt, and giveways to your door!
Run for Your Hero 5k
Hero Half Marathon 5k will start at the Northwest Arkansas Mall and be an out and back course that runs towards the skull creek and mud creek train intersection then returns to the Northwest Arkansas Mall. Proceeds go to support The Spark Foundation and Fayetteville Firefighters’ IAFF – Local 2866 Awesome Finisher Medal!! No race shirt provided.
Race date Weather
Conditions on November 8, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
Course
Route map and elevation profile
No course map published yet.
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Fayetteville
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Fayetteville 5K Races 17 races
- 10K Run Events in Fayetteville 9 races
- Fayetteville Half Marathons 8 races
- Fayetteville Running Calendar 2026 19 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 27 Fayetteville events
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