Run the Check 2025

Dec. 7 - Dec. 9, 2025 (postponed from Nov. 30 - Dec. 2)

Donations Open Nov. 2025

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 Medical Sciences (UAMS) from $20,000 to $40,000.

Run Schedule

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

December 7, 2025:

  • 2PM: Kids and Families 5 Mile Run the Check

  • 3:15PM: Bentonville Square Celebration/Ice Cream

December 8, 2025:

  • 12AM: 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 9, 2025

  • Atkins > Blackwell

  • Blackwell > Morrilton

  • Morrilton > Menifee

  • Menifee > Conway > Clinton

  • Conway > Little Rock

  • 9:30am (est): UAMS Press Conference


Meet the Runners

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

Runners & Mileage

KIDS:

  • Karlee Klotz, Asher Fortin, Amelia Perry, Chandler Worley & Aubrey Paslay .9 miles

  • Scott Bornkessel, Davis Himmelberg, Charlotte Himmelberg, Josephine Lee, Jax Hooe, Vivan Flynn, Wyatt Flynn, Judah Worley & Kenneth Worley 1.2 miles

  • Chase Klotz, Isaiah Lee, Jace Pasley & Luke Mitchen 1 mile

  • Presley Whitmire, Nora Himmelberg, Charlotte Black, Addaleigh Jai Martin, Collins Worley, Louisa Gaebe, Lacey Gaebe, Annabelle Brooks, Beatrice Brooks .9 miles

  • Charity Perry, Isla Findley, Evan Findley, Hudson Whitmire, Jax Whitemire, Abel Tucker, Easton Whitmire & Will Paslay 1 mile

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    ADULTS:

  • Kate and Justin Palmer & Kevin Barton, 10 miles

  • Joe Liles, Adam Lewis, Nate Whitmire & Tally Whitmire 10 miles

  • John Griese, Mark Himmelberg, Adam Martinez, Sean DeWitt, Rob Lambert & Pat Ferguson 8 miles

  • Mindi Tucker, Kate Austin, Keera Tucker & Parker Dickinson, 6.5 miles

  • Erin Paslay, Del Sloneker, Alex Buckley & Ellen Buckley , 11 miles

  • Todd Sission & Matt Akins 11 miles

  • Logan Willis, 11 miles

  • Steven Lykins 9 miles

  • Crystal Perry 11.5 miles

  • Hadi Dudley & Scott Rampy 9.5 miles

  • Jeff Spencer 10.5 miles

  • Josh Manning 12.5 miles

  • Jason & Danya Johnson, 7 miles

  • Brittney Skelton 9 miles

  • Grant Skelton 12.3 miles

  • Parker Davis & Jeremy Swearingen 12.6 miles

  • Adam Fortin 10.9 miles

  • TBD 8.9 miles

  • Tim Dockery, Eddie Bailey, Jeff Turk & Garret Hartman 8.5 miles

  • TBD 8.5 miles

  • Amanda Gaston & Scott Rampy 6 miles

Get Involved

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.

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