The 2013 Fayetteville Half Marathon, 5K and Fun Run has been canceled. Race staff along with municipal, state and federal emergency agencies, University of Arkansas athletic facilities, and City of Fayetteville officials has determined that we cannot provide a course or venues that will be safe for participants. Safety of our participants, as well as our volunteers and spectators, is our primary concern. Equally so, the safety of our community residents must be considered. Due to current street and trail conditions along with continued below freezing temperatures at night and the forecast for heavy precipitation for this weekend; the decision was collaboratively made to cancel the 2013 event. The roads, trails and venues will simply not be safe to hold a running event.

We are extremely disappointed to cancel the 2013 Fayetteville Half Marathon, 5K and Fun Run. We regret that the race will not go on as planned, but are confident this decision is in the best interest of our runners, volunteers, spectators and the general public. Additionally, the Health & Fitness Expo for Saturday has been canceled. We appreciate the runners who have trained for months to participate in our race and we have a tremendous amount of respect for their efforts. We worked diligently to make a decision as late as possible in order to consider all factors, but quickly enough to ensure the safety of our participants and volunteers and to be respectful of travel considerations for out-of-town participants traveling to Fayetteville.

Lipton Green Tea is once again the presenting sponsor of the Fayetteville Half Marathon and companion races.  Lipton, one of the many Unilever brands, is one of the world's great refreshment brands, making a big splash in the global beverages market with tea-based drinks including leaf tea, infusions, ready-to-drink tea and other healthy, refreshing alternatives to soft drinks. Lipton continues to lead as the global tea beverage market, making a big splash with a variety of tea-based drinks.

The Fayetteville Half Marathon and All Sports Productions for the second year in a row is partnering with University of Arkansas graduate-level students to give them practical and hands-on experience in promoting a major event.  Students are given responsibilities ranging from marketing to volunteer coordination.

All Sports Productions is a sports event management and consulting company formed in 2002. All Sports Productions promotes cycling, running, duathlons, triathlons, adventure runs and other outdoor events. The goal of the company is to produce races at the highest standards which are locally, regionally and nationally recognized events with a festival-like atmosphere. The mission of each event is to engage new participants and spectators in a healthy, multi-sport lifestyle.