Arkansas Traveller 100

Results: 2026

The organizer labels this table preliminary and lists the over-30-hour finisher separately as unofficial. No starter count is asserted here.

Source: Organizer — preliminary Arkansas Traveller 100 results, 2026. Checked October 8, 2026.

Event Overview

A 100.3-mile Ouachita Mountains race combining a figure-eight opening with a long out-and-back on forest roads, trails, and limited pavement.

Course & Terrain

A 17-mile figure-eight section followed by an approximately 83-mile out-and-back, starting and finishing at Camp Ouachita.

Key course features to know before comparing this race:

• Historic Camp Ouachita race base
• Forest roads, jeep trails, Ouachita Trail, and brief pavement

The course is predominantly runnable forest road and jeep trail, with trail and paved segments adding surface changes across the full distance.

Why This Race Matters

Lou and Charley Peyton of Little Rock founded the Arkansas Traveller 100 and directed it for its first ten years; the first running was on October 5, 1991. In 1989 Lou Peyton was one of four women to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, the first year a woman did so, and the couple’s trips to 100-mile races in other states inspired the event. Chrissy and Stan Ferguson took over in 2001, Thomas Chapin in 2017 and Stacey Shaver in 2022. The race starts and finishes at Camp Ouachita, a 1930s Girl Scout camp built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration; for more than a decade, race proceeds went toward its restoration. The 100.3-mile course is a 17-mile figure-eight, including about 8 miles of the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, followed by an 83-mile out-and-back on forest roads and jeep trails, with about 12,000 ft of climbing and a 30-hour limit. The course has barely changed since 1998, so times compare across years. In 2025, 109 of 191 starters finished; across 34 editions the organizer counts 2,754 finishers from 4,303 starters.

Historical benchmark notes in the directory record (verify current records with the linked official sources):

• Men: Brendan Connell, 15:08:34, 2024
• Women: Nicole Laughton, 16:53:05, 2023

Preparing for a Race Like Arkansas Traveller 100

The 100-mile race guide covers the format as a whole. These guides go deeper:

• Walking strategy for ultramarathons: When and how to walk by terrain, effort and cutoffs.
• Crew and aid-station strategy: Crew tables, aid stops, drop bags and runner preferences.
• Gut training for ultrarunners: A six-week practice sequence for race-day fueling.
• Tapering for ultramarathons: Plan the taper and race week around your own recovery.

Planning Notes

• Treat intermediate cutoff gates as part of the course. Build enough margin for aid stops and late-race slowdown, and verify every current gate in the official rules.
• The directory does not mark this as having simpler logistics. Confirm qualification, terrain, support, registration, medical, and withdrawal requirements before planning around it.

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