Woolly Hollow Trail Half Marathon

06/15/2026

05/31/2026

Hey Woolly Runners,

Thank you so much for supporting our race.

We’re still a bit short on our library funds for the new library in July so we’re getting a little creative. For all of you in the Conway area please consider eating Canes on Monday June 15 between 4&9pm and they’ll donate 15% of net sales. Just mention the library and they’ll attribute it to us.

It you don’t mind liking this post it’ll get it in the feeds of others. Thanks as always!

RD Kevin

05/15/2026

Hello friends and supporters of the Woolly Hollow Trail Half Marathon and The Possum at Woolly Hollow. We are spinning off our non-profit notifications into a separate page for our non-profit "The Arrow Project". The Arrow Project is where all of your funds go to help with the educational needs in Honduras. Please give our new page a follow.

We'll be posting a few back stories over the coming weeks and then proceed with all future stories here. We hope that you'll follow us here and help to get us noticed in the Facebook world. As always thanks for your support.

We'll start with a photo of our first ever library established in Honduras in 2019 just a few months before our first ever race. This was the event that led to the founding of our non-profit.

05/07/2026

Our registration isn't open yet, we typically open it on Labor Day weekend, but our friends over at Grit and Guts on Nebo have their registration open for their September race. I just signed up, come join me, it's just a couple small climbs (he said in an evil voice).

The Grit and Guts Trail Race 2026 is on Saturday September 12, 2026. It includes the following events: Full Grit and Guts (20 miles) . Nebo and Half Grit and Guts (13.1) . Nebo.

04/02/2026

I’m taking a team of 10 from the states to install a new library at a new school this summer. This is why we do it. Libraries are not a standard part of public education in Honduras, thus we help in a small way to fill that gap. We believe nothing helps raise people out of poverty like education and an integral part to education is reading comprehension. Can’t wait until July! Thank you Woolly Runners for your support!

03/12/2026

Hello Woolly Runners,

I was blessed to travel to Honduras recently for several reasons, including building relationships for the library we will install this summer. While uniforms were not part of the original plan this year, we realized we had a little extra thanks to your generosity, so we were able to purchase a few new ones for the kids.

Each year we do our best to steward every dollar you provide through race entries and donations so that it directly benefits the children. Your continued support of the race truly makes a difference, and we are deeply grateful.

We can’t wait to share the library project with you when we return in late July.

Keep running and keep doing good,
RD Kevin

01/25/2026

We only have 5 people signed up as of right now. If we get another 11 by sundown today 1/25 then I'll finish out the bracket and do the rest of the work this week. You do not have to sign up before running your miles, if you've run any miles this weekend outdoors in the snow then you're already eligible. If we don't get 11 more , then I'll initiate a refund through the system.

I tried posting this through a couple of other hardcore groups of runners in Arkansas on Friday to draw a larger crowd, but their admins didn't approve the post, not sure why.

Thanks all for your consideration, I only did this for fun, it wasn't meant to be a hardcore fundraiser.
Be safe out there!
Kevin

The Blizzard Bracket Run 2026 is on Saturday January 24, 2026 to Sunday January 25, 2026.

01/24/2026

Look, if you’re a runner and you depend on an accurate forecast to pick your layers, who are you going to trust? A meteorologist that runs trail races or one that doesn’t? We’ll go with Meteorologist James Bryant.

01/23/2026

Ok, you crazy runners that are going to get out in the snow this weekend. Here is a an almost totally free way to compete with others now that all our other races in state have had to postpone. All proceeds go to the charity of choice of the winner of our competition this weekend. Entry is only $5. It's really quirky, but could be fun. Please like and share. Let's see if we can get 16 participants. Registration closes Sunday night and miles run closes Sunday night. If we don't get 16 people then I'll cancel and refund everyone's money. Here are the full rules.

Rules
$5 entry fee plus runsignup processing fee. Winner of the Blizzard Bracket Run gets to select their charity to donate the money to and 100% of the $5 entry fees will be sent to the charity of choice. Kevin Griffin cannot participate nor win and his charity cannot be selected by the winner.

Run as many miles as you want in the snow between sunup on Saturday January 24th and sundown on Sunday January 25th. Submit your distance through the link in the automated email from runsignup and email a picture of you running in the snow along with a picture of your garmin/coros/apply watch or other tracker to [email protected]. Pictures of runners in the snow will be uploaded to the photos section of the race website.

Participants running 16 or more total miles during the timeframe will be entered into a pool for a random drawing for the 1 seed in the bracket.
Participants running 15 or more total miles during the timeframe will be entered into a pool for a random drawing for the 2 seed in the bracket. This means runners not selected for the 1 seed will have another chance for the 2 and so on.
Participants running 14 or more total miles during the timeframe will be entered into a pool for a random drawing for the 3 seed in the bracket.
This will continue on until participants running just 1 mile will be entered into a pool for a random drawing for the 16 seed in the bracket.
Once a participant is chosen at random for a seed they will be removed from all other pools. Thus a participant can only secure 1 seed for the tournament and it will be the best seed they are drawn for.
If we don't get 16 participants we will cancel and refund everyone's money.
If no runners make it 16 miles then we grade on the curve and curve the highest to 16 miles and everyone else accordingly to fill out the field.

After the tournament is seeded on the night of Monday January 26th then the head to head competitions will begin on Tuesday night the 27th. Head to head is just a random drawing based on their number of entries. You do not have to run again.

Tuesday night the 27th
1 (16 entries) Vs 16 (1 entry)
2 (15 entries) Vs 15 (2 entries)
3 (14 entries) Vs 14 (3 entries)
4 (13 entries) Vs 13 (4 entries)
5 (12 entries) Vs 12 (5 entries)
6 (11 entries) Vs 11 (6 entries)
7 (10 entries) Vs 10 (7 entries)
8 (9 entries) Vs 9 (8 entries)
Thus the higher seeds always have an advantage, but since the drawing is random their can be Cinderella upsets.

Wednesday night the 28th
Winner of 1Vs16 against Winner of 8Vs9
Winner of 2Vs15 against Winner of 7Vs10
Winner of 3Vs14 against Winner of 6Vs11
Winner of 4Vs13 against Winner of 5Vs12
Each round the participants have the same number of entries as they were assigned at tournament start time. Thus if 1 plays the 9 in the 2nd round the 1 gets 16 entries and 9 gets 8 entries)

Thursday night the 29th
Winner of 1,16,8,9 pool versus Winner of 4,13,5,12 pool
Winner of 2,15,7,10 pool versus Winner of 3,14,6,11 pool

Friday night the 30th
Championship Game

The Blizzard Bracket Run 2026 is on Saturday January 24, 2026 to Sunday January 25, 2026.

01/15/2026

And ... that's a wrap. We've cleaned and put away everything and shipped what needed to be shipped. So before I go dormant on this page for a few months, my final post of thanks. A million thanks to all of you. This past weekend was absolutely fantastic, and I’m overflowing with gratitude so please bear with me, because there are a lot of people to thank.

First, thank you to all of our runners and supporters who year after year jump into this crazy little adventure of running 13.1 miles over the trails of Woolly Hollow. You do it not just for the challenge, but to help raise money for projects that serve children in Honduras. Because of you, this year we’ll be installing a library in a brand-new elementary school. That’s something to celebrate.

I’m also deeply thankful for our tireless volunteers who make this race possible every single year. My wife Tracy, Jailen, Emily, Luke, and Jenni at packet pickup. Joe, Amy, and Peyton from Greenbrier Family Chiropractic, along with Kathy at the aid station. Kay and Julie handling medical. Russ, Becky, and Scott at the finish line. Robert, Eddie, and the entire Woolly Hollow staff for parking and runner extraction when needed (and yes, we sadly needed it twice this year but both runners are ok). Sergio and the Taco Local crew for the incredible tacos. KM Productions for the hoodies. The Blake family and Arkansas Pelvic Health for providing aid station food. David Hill and Hill Construction for faithfully supplying the porta potty every year. Trevor and Tiny Twig for the beautiful finisher woodallions.

And while I’ve already mentioned her, I need to thank one more time my wife Tracy, she does more for this race than probably anyone. This isn’t her calling, but she shows up to support mine and she is truly amazing.

This was our 7th year holding the race, and somehow it just keeps getting better. This race was born out of my desire to follow Jesus by helping those in need, a deep calling toward Honduras after seeing the realities there firsthand, and a love for trail running and the trail running community that God chose to use for something bigger than I ever imagined. And then you all showed up, believed in it, and turned it into something far greater than I ever expected. I went from praying for 50 runners that first year to praying for how we're going to manage 340 runners this year (side note 340 is our hard limit going forward). From the bottom of my heart one last time, thank you all so much!