Join the Melonvine Striders for this USATF-certified 5K in Hope, Arkansas, where every runner takes home a locally grown watermelon and competes for awards across numerous age groups (0-9 through 80+), plus special categories for walkers, wheelchair participants, and high school track teams. The race offers extensive recognition with top-3 finishers awarded in Open, Masters, Grandmasters, and Senior divisions, along with deep age-group awards, and you can order XXL shirts for just $2 extra if you sign up before July 6th. The starting line is easy to find: take Exit 30 off I-30 onto AR-Hwy 32/73, head southeast into Hope for about 1.5 miles, turn right at the third traffic light onto US-Hwy 67, go west three blocks, then left onto Fulton