LITTLE ROCK MARATHON
- 8-hour time limit (early start athletes only)
- USATF certified course
- The Little Rock Marathon is a Boston Qualifier (see Boston Athletics Association for qualifying times)
- Walkers are welcome in all race weekend events
- Early Start
DATE
Sunday, March 1, 2026
START TIME
5:00 am Early Start (only those needing more than 6:00 hours)
6:55 am Wheelchair & Hand Cycle
7:00 am General Start
LOCATION
Start/Finish Line – LaHarpe Blvd (click here)
MARATHON PARTICIPANT & FINISHER AMENITIES
The Little Rock Marathon is a project of and benefits Little Rock Parks & Recreation. We are incredibly grateful to all of you who participate the following amenities are included in your registration fee.
All marathon participants receive:
- Free training (click here for details)
- Digital Race Book
- Pacers (click here for details on our pace team)
- Participant shirt
- Personalized race number (deadline February 1)
- Scenic course featuring the Capital City’s famous landmarks
- Entertainment throughout the course
- Plentiful course support and aid station
- Loads of southern hospitality
All marathon finishers receive:
- Appropriately large finisher’s medal – yes, it’s huge!
- Digital Finisher’s Certificate (available online mid-April)
- Post-race festivities
MARATHON EARLY START
The Early Start (aka 5 am start) is for marathon athletes who need 6 to 8 hours to complete the 26.2-mile distance. It is NOT an optional start for athletes who run or walk faster than a 6-hour pace.
The athletes who toe the line at 6 am may not run faster than a 13:44 min mile (a 6-hour marathon finish pace) and they MUST stay with or behind the 6-hour pacers. Any athlete who goes ahead of the 6-hour pacers will be disqualified immediately (and we do have people on the course who will be monitoring the positions of the athletes who start at 5 am).
Athletes who start at 7 am will have 6 hours to finish the marathon, only those athletes starting at 5 am will have 8 hours to finish.
All athletes who request the Early Start will need to be approved by Hobbit Singleton, the Registrar. They will receive email notification of either approval or requesting proof of race finish times to support needing the 5 am start time. All athletes approved for the Early Start will have a different color bib and only athletes with those bibs will be allowed in the Early Start Corral race morning.
If you have questions, please email click here.
PREVIOUS WINNING TIMES
| Year | Division | Name, Age | City, State, Country | Time |
| 2025 | Men Women Non-Binary |
Aaron Soltmann, 23 Stefanie Rodell, 40 Daniel Deuhs, 53 |
Little Rock, AR Mount Pleasant, SC Cold Spring, MN |
2:32:20 3:10:58 3:03:28 |
| 2024 | Men Women Non-Binary |
Trevor Uyemura, 40 Abigayle Money, 23 Emily Green, 29 |
Vienna, VA Fayetteville, AR Little Rock, AR |
2:42:58 2:51:37 6:05:57 |
| 2023 | Men Women Non-Binary |
Colin Boerger, 26 Jessy Sorrick, 34 Devin Cordray, 31 |
Kingston, MA Columbia, MO Jackson, MI |
2:40:45 3:09:56 6:30:23 |
| 2022 | Men Women Non-Binary |
Cameron Beckett, 31 Elisabeth Dollas, 45 Fitzgerald Ortiz-Luis, 40 |
Little Rock, AR Amesbury, MA Bastrop, TX |
2:40:26 3:02:50 5:56:48 |
| 2021 | Men Women |
Joseph Hoch, 39 Tia Stone, 42 |
Stoughton, WI Searcy, AR |
2:49:18 3:01:41 |
| 2020 |
Men Women |
Jeremy Provence, 29 Tia Stone, 41 |
Florence, AL Searcy, AR |
2:42:47 3:07:10 |
| 2019 |
Men Women |
Jeremy Provence, 28 Jenny Massanelli, 36 |
Florence, AL Little Rock, AR |
2:42:23 3:14:42 |
| 2018 |
Men Women |
Drew Mueller, 23 Tia Stone, 39 |
University City, MO Searcy, AR |
2:32:34 2:59:13 |
| 2017 | Men Women |
Adam Bradbury, 31 Tia Stone, 38 |
Bryant, AR Searcy, AR |
2:45:44 3:00:45 |
| 2016 | Men Women |
Bryan Morseman, 30 Tia Stone, 37 |
Bath, NY Searcy, AR |
2:27:15 3:00:23 |
| 2015 | Men Women |
Yao Long, 25 Angie Zinkus, 38 |
Changchun, Jilin, China Eads, TN |
2:44:40 2:59:57 |
| 2014 | Men Women |
Mark Chepses, 37 Leah Thorvilson, 35 |
Des Moines, IA Little Rock, AR |
2:25:42 2:42:39 |
| 2013 | Men Women |
Mark Chepses, 36 Hellen Rotich, 33 |
Des Moines, IA Manor, TX |
2:19:45 2:47:12 |
| 2012 | Men Women |
Mark Chepses, 34 Leah Thorvilson, 33 |
Des Moines, IA Little Rock, AR |
2:29:42 2:37:26 |
| 2011 | Men Women |
Mark Chepses, 33 Leah Thorvilson, 32 |
Calle Sierra Morelos, MX Little Rock, AR |
2:24:08 2:45:53 |
| 2010 | Men Women |
Moninda Marube, 31 Leah Thorvilson, 31 |
Keller, TX Little Rock, AR |
2:29:40 2:48:28 |
| 2009 | Men Women |
Augustus Mbusya,32 Leah Thorvilson, 30 |
Albuquerque, NM Little Rock, AR |
2:20:46 2:44:23 |
| 2008 | Men Women |
Tamrat Ayalew, 33 Hellen Rotich, 28 |
Marietta, GA Manor, TX |
2:24:46 2:50:33 |
| 2007 | Men Women |
Przemek Bodbowski, 26 Maria Cloefe Portilla, 34 |
Searcy, AR Albuquerque, NM |
2:27:09 2:47:12 |
| 2006 | Men Women |
Charles Kamindo, 23 Claudia Camargo, 34 |
Superior, CO Danbury, CT |
2:19:48 2:56:48 |
| 2005 | Men Women |
John Weru, 25 Christy Nielsen, 30 |
Mountain View, CA Council Bluffs, IA |
2:24:10 2:58:45 |
| 2004 | Men Women |
Glen Mays, 33 Patricia Langum, 43 |
Washington, DC Brooklyn Park, MN |
2:34:30 3:17:40 |
| 2003 | Men Women |
Anatolie Vartosu, 35 Joyce Florance, 47 |
Stamford, CT Bossier City, LA |
2:36:53 3:20:25 |
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