After six years, Arkansas’s only overnight team endurance relay race is back just in time for fall colors. Outback in the Ozarks takes athletes through more than 200 miles of the Ozarks, beginning in Eureka Springs and finishing at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.
Runners will tackle country roads through the Ozark National Forest and power through multiple cities and state parks during the race. It takes a lot to organize an event like Outback in the Ozarks, so Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis reached out to the team behind the race to learn more.
Earlier this week, organizers Jason Thomas, Hanniel Schultz and Dale Gainey visited the Carver Center for Public Radio to discuss the event with Jack and reveal how it all came together. Jason Thomas explains that the event is one of a kind, and that even though the region has a few relay races, none are a challenge like Outback in the Ozarks…