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Midnight Recon

Midnight Recon

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States View on map
Oct 03, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Trail running

About this race

This is Midnight Recon - The 36 mile ultra marathon covering all of Northwest Arkansas and takes place at midnight. Get your head lamps ready and run vests loaded. The course starts at the Fayetteville Square, goes through Springdale and Rogers, and ends at the Bentonville Square. 

Signup at https://www.readygoeat.com/event-details/midnight-recon

What's in it for you?

  • Custom BOA race shirt
  • Post Race Meal prep
  • Finisher's Challenge Coin
  • Bragging rights
  • Oh, and if you win? $2,000 cash

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Trail running

36 Mile Ultra Marathon

Welcome to Midnight Recon - The ultra marathon covering all of Northwest Arkansas and takes place at midnight. Get your head lamps ready and run vests loaded. The course starts at the Fayetteville Square, goes through Springdale and Rogers, and ends at the Bentonville Square. What's in it for me? A finisher's challenge coin, a race shirt, meal prep, bragging rights -- Oh, and if you win? $2,000 cash. Life doesn't give countdowns. READYGO.

Oct 03, 2026 Ultra 12:00 AM
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Fayetteville, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 15.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 26.6°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 15.5° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 27.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
13.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.7mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
64.5%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 3, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 3, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 44m

The sun rises at 7:13 AM and sets at 6:57 PM local time (CDT) in Fayetteville on October 3, 2026 — 11h 44m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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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, 28 Fayetteville events

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