Run the Check

This Giving Tuesday, December 2 & 3, 2024

36 hours

206 miles

Do you believe you can do hard things?

We do too. And together, hard can be fun.

This Giving Tuesday, you have the opportunity to help Run the Check from Bentonville to Little Rock, Arkansas. That’s 200+ miles in 36 hours to double-the-donation of our MS research grant to the University of Arkansas-Little Rock (UAMS) from $30,000 to $60,000.

Run Schedule

Over the course of 36 hours, we’ll be running through 17 Arkansas towns. Is your listed? Get in touch!

December 2, 2024:

  • 1am: Kick-off from the Bentonville Square

  • Rogers > Springdale

  • Springdale > Fayetteville

  • Fayetteville > Elkins

  • Elkins > Paul/Brashears

  • Paul/Brashers > Ozark

  • Ozark > Clarksville

  • Clarksville > Lamar

  • Lamar > Russellville

  • Russellville > Atkins

December 3, 2024

  • Atkins > Blackwell

  • Blackwell > Morrilton

  • Morrilton > Menifee

  • Menifee > Conway > Clinton

  • Conway > Little Rock

  • 9:30am (est): Chancellor’s 10k in Little Rock, UAMS Campus

Meet the Runners

21 runners have volunteered to run, relay-style along the route.

Runners & Mileage

  • Kate and Justin Palmer, 10 miles

  • Findlay Family, 10 miles

  • Crystal Perry and Sonya Jin, 8 miles

  • Adam Fortin, 6.5 miles

  • Ellen Sloneker-Buckley, 11 miles

  • William Askew, 11 miles

  • Drew Collum and Brent Anderson, 11 miles

  • Todd Sisson, 9 miles

  • Mark Himmelberg, 11.5 miles

  • Haddi Dudley, 9.5 miles

  • John Griesse, 10.5 miles

  • Steven Lykins, 8.5 miles

  • Alexandra Bornkessel, 11 miles

  • Brittney Skelton, 9 miles

  • Grant Skelton, 11.5 miles

  • Adam Fortin, 13 miles

  • Jason Klotz, 9.5 miles

  • Derek Lee, 11.5 miles

  • Parker Davis, 11 miles

  • Sarah Stanley, 8.5 miles

  • Chancellor's 10K, 6 miles

Get Involved

Share Your Interest

Want to meet us on the square for send-off? cheer a runner on? Live in a town we’ll be coming through? We’re creating a list of people interested in getting involved. Is that you?

Share Your Story

Whether you’re running, on the support crew or simply (and importantly) care about curing multiple sclerosis, we’d love to hear from you. Stories will be shared on socials during Run the Check.