location_city Huntsville
location_on Alabama
flag United States
calendar_today 17 Sep, 2026
directions_run Running
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RegisterWelcome to the Autumn Chase Fun Run: Kids Run for Kids
a Huntsville Track Club event
presented by The Huntsville Delta Zeta Alumnae Chapter
Since 1981, the annual Autumn Chase Fun Run has been a 1-mile fun run promoting healthy habits in our community's youth through running with a local philanthropic impact! This is a FREE event and all Preschool, Elementary & Middle (PreK-8th) school age children are welcome. School Faculty are also welcome to join in the fun and we encourage you to promote this event through your school and get all children engaged.
The Huntsville Delta Zeta Alumnae Chapter along with Huntsville Track Club are excited to provide our community and opportunity to get outside and give all children (PreK-8) in the Huntsville and surrounding areas the chance the run for the Autumn Chase Fun Run.
While the Autumn Chase Fun Run's focus is promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for our kids, the proceeds from sponsorships and donations go to benefit Huntsville Hospital's Pediatric Audiology Unit, along with local kids charitable organizations. If you would like to donate you have a couple of options!
Option 1: Online Donations. You can donate money to the unit via Paypal or Venmo!
Paypal: dzhuntsvillelaumnae@gmail.com
Venmo: @DZ-Huntsville
Option 2: Mail a check made out to Delta Zeta with a memo for ACFR/Autumn Chase Fun Run to:
Delta Zeta Huntsville Alumnae Chapter, Attn: Treasurer / ACFR
P.O. Box 835
Huntsville, AL 35804
Option 3: Day of race donation. Throughout the race area, find a volunteer with a donation bucket!
The lives of infants and children in our community and their families are important to us, and we know they are important to you. On behalf of the Delta Zeta Huntsville Alumnae Chapter and the Huntsville Track Club, we hope to see you on race day!
Pre & K Grades Boys 4:00 Girls 4:15
1st Grade Boys 4:30 Girls 4:45
Faculty Men & Women 4:55
2nd Grade Boys 5:00 Girls 5:10
3rd Grade Boys 5:25 Girls 5:35
4th & 5th Grades Boys 5:50 Girls 6:00
6th, 7th & 8th Grades Boys 6:10 Girls 6:20
There is day of race registration available! Please arrive with plenty of time before your heat to go through registration, put on your bib, and get warmed up.
Registrations after 9/1 are not guaranteed a t-shirt. If there are extra shirts, they will be available on race day.
Results can be found: https://huntsvilletrackclub.org/all-race-results/
Sep 17, 2026
Distance — 1 Miles
Type — Road running
16:00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Huntsville.
Huntsville is in northern Alabama, about 20 miles from the border with Tennessee. The city is a center for missile defense and aerospace technologies, with companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman having major operations here. Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the country, is home to many of these companies.
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