by Beverly Smith | Aug 29, 2019 | Race Updates
River City Ministry is a day shelter for the homeless in North Little Rock, AR. They also provide medical, dental and vision services for the under-served in the community. 16 years ago, Michael, my husband, sat on the Board of Directors for River City Ministry and...
by Beverly Smith | Jun 24, 2019 | Race Updates
Mid May this year I made a tough choice, but it felt right in my spirit. I had been down with a cold the last few days of April and first few days of May. When I returned to training the following week, I just couldn’t get motivated. I gave myself another week...
by Beverly Smith | May 6, 2019 | Race Updates
This was the 6th year for the Russvegas Half Marathon which takes place the last weekend of April in Russellville, AR. Until this year, the race has always conflicted with the BV Memorial 5K+1 and so I have never run it. My friends that have run it, can’t say...
by Beverly Smith | Apr 22, 2019 | Race Updates
The BV Memorial 5K+1 is a special race put on by friends, Linda and Stan Valley in memory of their son Brian to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas. You can read more about Brian’s story here. The race distance is actually 4.1 miles as...
by Beverly Smith | Apr 16, 2019 | Race Updates
The 2019 Run Bentonville Half Marathon took place on Saturday March 30th. It was my second race in the Natural State Running Series. In addition to some crazy elevation changes, we also had to contend with cold and rainy weather. A thunderstorm and heavy rains delayed...
by Beverly Smith | Apr 8, 2019 | Race Updates
Initially I had not planned to run any 5Ks this spring since I am training for two half marathons that are 5 weeks apart from each other. However, I was really starting to question whether my goal of 1:52 for the Bentonville Half Marathon was realistic based on how I...
