Highway 264 and N39, Kinlichee AZ
Saturday, June 27th, 2026
Marathon: 6:30am | Half Marathon: 7am
Miss Navajo Nation 2025-26, Camille J Uentillie, Office of Miss Navajo Nation, Rocky Mountain Timing and Navajo YES are bringing you to the local hometown of Kinlichee. Kinlichee is the hometown community of Miss Navajo 2025-26, Camille J Uentillie. As part of promoting physical fitness, running is a strong teaching instilled on the Dine teachings and stories. Miss Navajo Nation’s Fluted Rock’s Half and Full Marathon welcomes all participants to highlight Hózhó Naasha' Dooleeł, focusing on one’s individual path.
In certain areas of Kinlichee’s landscape, there’s the Navajo Sandstone that surrounds small canyons. Among those walls and on top of ridges of the canyon, there are Anasazi homes built by our Anasazi beings long before our arrival. Today, some of Anasazi homes still remain and are unbothered. My grandparents are Peggy Cornfield and the late Tom Cornfield. In honor of the stories she continues to share with me, one of them is how Kinlichee got its name.
Course Description: Out and back course, HWY 264, Kinlichee turnoff (Start/Finish Line), running past Kinlichee Chapter, continues North on the gravel road. Gradual rolling hills with the elevation increasing. At each race’s halfway turnaround point, the route back is smooth sailing. As runners take on the course, they will be greeted by the beautiful scenery of the Kinlichee wash, Navajo sandstone canyon, grazing livestock and trees.
Full Marathon: 6:30am
Half Marathon: 7:00am
Ahe’hee,
Sponsors, Water Stations, Volunteers, and Runners: On behalf of Miss Navajo Nation 2025-26, Camille J Uentillie, your participation in the event adds to the success of Fluted Rock’s Half and Full Marathon. We greatly appreciate your time spent with us on the course and in the planning stages. To our Traffic Control Team, we appreciate your support from the first planning meeting and safety of the public is our main priority.
Please contact the Office of Miss Navajo Nation - Office of Miss Navajo Nation
For more details, visit: Fluted Rock Marathon