White River Marathon
About this race
Everyone loves finishing in the park!
- White River Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K
- Boston Qualifier
- Shoe Recycling Drive - bring your old shoes to us!
- Flat Course along the White River!
- Registration is limited to 750 participants - sells out!
- Family & Runner friendly atmosphere!
- Pasta Dinner is back!
Schedule:
Nov 21 | Friday: 5:30 - 7:30pm
Packet Pickup & Pasta Dinner at Cotter Schools
Nov. 22 | Saturday | 5:30 am - 6:40 am
Packet Pickup at Cotter Schools
Nov. 22 | Saturday | 7:00 am
All race start
Nov. 22 | Saturday | 2:00 pm
Race cut-off time (all distances)
Pick your distance
Running
Marathon
Half Marathon
5K
While the 5K starts at 7:30, you need to be at the Cotter School by 6:45 am. If you show up after that you may not be able to get to the start as the marathon & half will be lined up ready to start their race, and in the way of traffic.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cotter, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:53 AM and sets at 4:58 PM local time (CST) in Cotter on November 21, 2026 — 10h 05m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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Results — White River Marathon
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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, 1 Cotter event
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