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| 2007 SPA 5 K RACE RESULTS 2007 SPA 10 K RACE RESULTS | ||||
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IN COOPERATION WITH HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK
Starting at the Summit Arena, this challenging course runs past historic Bathhouse Row, around Whittington Park, over West Mountain Drive in Hot Springs National Park into the Quapaw-Prospect Preservation District, ending at the Summit Arena. Special Race Packet this year including lots of goodies. This is a chip timed event. | ||||
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NEW 'FAST COURSE'
Shuttle or stretch out to the top of West
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| A fun race for children! Starting at 10:00, the 1 K loop around Hot Springs Transportation Depot finishes by the awards ceremonies for the Spa 10 K and the Spa 5 K. There's lots of support and encouragement. Each finisher gets an award and the winners get special recognition. | ||||
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Fri, Nov. 16, '07 |
@ Arlington Hotel Mezzanine |
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Arkansas Spa Pacer Reception | |||
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Sat. Nov. 17, '07 | @Hot Springs Convention Auditorium Hall | ||
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Late registration and packet pick-up | |||
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Shuttle to Spa 5 K Race Start @West Mountain Summit | ||
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8:00 am |
Spa 5 K Race start @West Mountain Summit | ||
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Spa 10 K Race Start @Convention Blvd. | |||
| 9:00 am | Post Race Party @ Transportation Plaza | |||
| 10:00 am | Spa Squirt Race Start @ Transportation Plaza | |||
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Race Director
Brian Reilly 711 Albert Pike Hot Springs, AR. 71913 501-321-2225 brianreilly@hotsprings.net Fax 501-623-1255 Click here for a printable registration form you can mail in.  |
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| The Spa 10K has been run in Hot Springs since 1982. In 1983, the Spa 10K was included in the Arkansas Grand Prix Series, which was also in its second year. The race has been a part of the Grand Prix ever since, often serving as the final race of the year in the Series. This climatic position has lead to many compelling showdowns in Hot Springs over the years, as championships are often won or lost on the Spa 10K course. | ||||
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The race starts at the Hot Springs
Convention Center and travels west into the downtown area. Runners then
turn onto historic Central Ave with the Hot Springs National Park
Bathhouse row on one side of the street and the shops of downtown Hot
Springs on the other. After passing the first mile marker, the course
turns left at the Arlington Hotel to head onto Whittington Ave. The
route then heads west along Whittington around a small park and passes
the two mile marker. The race turns back east on Whittington on the other side of the park and continues ahead for 1/2 mile. These first 2.5 miles have been a long uphill section, so gradual that many runners think the race has thus far been flat. The climb is no longer deceiving as the runners now turn right to face a monster climb up West Mountain in Hot Springs National Park. After a tough 1/2 mile hill, runners pass the 3 mile and 5K markers and are rewarded with a flat and slightly downhill section. Inexperienced Spa 10K runners will speed down this section thinking the hard part is over. The course punishes novice runners with another monster uphill section, hidden from view by the course curves, which lasts over 1/3 of a mile and takes the race past the 4 mile marker. The fifth mile is the course's true reward for those who run smart in the first four miles. Runners can fly down the back of West Mountain, out of the park and onto Quapaw Ave to the 5th mile marker. The sixth mile is not as dramatic, but also features a nice downhill section from Quapaw to Market Street, then back to Convention Blvd to pass the 6th mile marker. Only a short, gradual downhill remains before finally crossing the finish line. |
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