Athens Big Fork Trail Marathon & 17 Mile Fun Run

Welcome to the 28th annual Athens Big Fork Trail Marathon and 17 Mile Blaylock Creek Fun Run. Both events are on an “out-and-back” well- marked course beginning and ending at the Big Fork Community Center, utilizing the Athens Big Fork trail. Full Marathon runners will climb eight mountains twice for a total of SIXTEEN mountains with ~7,000' of cumulative gain! The event is free/donation based. A minimum $35 donation is suggested to cover our costs. All proceeds over our cost will be donated to the Big Fork Community Center, who graciously allow us to use their facility as our race headquarters, and the Ouachita Amateur Radio Association, who help us keep our runners safe. We will have three fully stocked aid stations. All aid stations will be fully stocked with your typical aid station fare. In addition, each of our aid captains provide their own bougie concoctions for you to enjoy. This event is free, but you wouldn't guess it based on the food offerings at these stations! Please bring your own cup or handheld because we are a CUPLESS race. There will be an option to purchase race swag and post-race meal tickets. The post race meal will be catered once again by Cheryl with the Big Fork Mall. Buy early because there will be no race-day meal ticket purchases, and swag is pre-purchase only. We encourage you to bring a chair, blanket and other comfort items and plan to stick around to cheer in the finishers. The community experience at the finish is one of the many things that makes this race so unique and popular, and we love catching up with our trail family!! Awards: We will have awards for overall male and female in both the full and fun runs. We also offer unique awards to our 10 and 15 year finishers. We do not offer finisher awards, as the unique experience of this race is an award in itself! Aid Stations: MARATHON RUN: Little Missouri Trailhead Mile 3.8 Outbound & Mile 22.4 Inbound 3:42PM Cutoff (Mile 22.4) Blaylock Creek West Trailhead Mile 8.5 Ou