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Rocket City Marathon

Name: Rocket City Marathon
Start: 2026-12-12
End: 2026-12-13
Location: Huntsville

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

12 Dec, 2026 – 13 Dec, 2026 30 days left

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Date 12 Dec – 13 Dec, 2026

Races 6 distances

Entry fee $15.00 – $70.00

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Rocket City Marathon

About the event

Rocket City Marathon Race Weekend – Huntsville, Alabama

For over 49 years, the Rocket City Marathon, organized by the Huntsville Track Club, has been one of the premier marathon events in the South.

The weekend kicks off with the Health & Fitness Expo and Packet Pickup, opening Friday, December 11th, at 2:00 PM and running through Saturday, December 12th at 6:00 PM.

Saturday Races
10K – Starts at 7:00 AM in front of the Von Braun Center on Monroe Street. This flat, fast, and walker-friendly course takes runners through Old Town
5K – Begins at 9:00 AM, winding through Downtown Huntsville
1 Mile Family Friendly FUN RUN/WALK – Starts at 10:30 AM, offering everyone a fun and rewarding experience.

Sunday – Marathon & Half Marathon Day
The Rocket City Marathon - Kicks off at 7:00 AM (with an early start at 6:00 AM for those requiring extra time). The course showcases Huntsville’s charm and the US Space & Rocket Center.

The Rocket City Half Marathon - starts later at 9:00am joining the full marathoners through the Botanical Gardens a and US Space & Rocket Center.

All Races Start and Finish in Downtown Huntsville, Alabama at the VBC.

All registered runners will receive:
✅ A custom race shirt
✅ A finisher medal
✅ Post-race food
✅ Bragging rights for completing Rocket City Marathon Race Weekend!

Marathoners and Half Marathoners will also receive a special finisher gift, and those who take on three events ("The Hat Trick") will earn a RCM hat.

Join us for an unforgettable race weekend in Huntsville!

Races offered

12Dec

Rocket City 10K

Running

Distance: 6.2 Miles
Start time: 07:00
Entry fee: $35.00

12Dec

Rocket City 5K

Running

Distance: 3.1 Miles
Start time: 09:00
Entry fee: $25.00

12Dec

1 Mile Family Run/Walk

Running

Distance: 1 Mile Family Run/Walk
Start time: 10:15
Entry fee: $15.00

13Dec

Early Start Marathon (ONLY for those needing 6-7 hours to complete the marathon)

Running

Distance: 26.2 Miles
Start time: 06:00
Entry fee: $70.00

13Dec

Rocket City Marathon

Running

Distance: 26.2 Miles
Start time: 07:00
Entry fee: $70.00

13Dec

Rocket City Half Marathon

Running

Distance: 13.1 Miles
Start time: 09:00
Entry fee: $70.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for December in Huntsville.

Temperature3.0° / 12.3°

Feels like-0.9° / 9.3°

Sunshine hours6h 38m

Rainfall2.8 mm

Snowfall—

Wind11.6 km/h (Light breeze)

Humidity72.7%

Max UV indexLow (2.0)

Sweat lossLow

Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft

Sunrise07:45

Sunset17:37

About Huntsville

Learn more about the host city, 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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Video

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Rocket City Marathon.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Jennifer Martin	F	41	Grantsville, UT	—
🥈	Jim Skibo	M	74	Cedar Hill, TX	—

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Josh Whitehead	M	40	Madison, AL	1:13:17
🥈	Drew Haro	M	33	Metairie, LA	1:15:23
🥉	Beck Mitchell	M	31	Harvest, AL	1:19:13
4	William McCarty	M	27	Auburn, AL	1:24:17
5	Tim Horvath	M	52	Huntsville, AL	1:34:50
6	Anonymous Anonymous	M	34	—	1:38:02
7	Yolanda Sanchez	F	38	Suwanee, GA	1:38:07
8	Brindon Sutton	M	24	Vestavia, AL	1:38:08
9	William Angotta	M	59	Madison, AL	1:42:09
10	Andrew Jenkins	M	32	Birmingham, AL	1:42:43
11	Trey Commander	M	42	Ooltewah, TN	1:43:35
12	Jim Schutzbach	M	54	Madison, AL	1:43:38
13	Jeremy Sherer	M	39	Oneonta, AL	1:45:30
14	Chase Horsfield-Hardyniec	M	23	Grand Rapids, MI	1:47:42
15	Josh Martin	M	34	Huntsville, AL	1:48:47
16	Thomas Harley	M	31	Decatur, GA	1:49:06
17	Ângelo Cristante Neto	M	29	Huntsville, AL	1:49:11
18	Jeremiah Fountain	M	32	Birmingham, AL	1:49:12
19	Raley Fountain	F	30	Birmingham, AL	1:49:12
20	John Lyda	M	44	Birmingham, AL	1:49:16
21	Alex Morrow	M	46	Birmingham, AL	1:49:38
22	Ronald Childress	M	53	Madison, AL	1:50:24
23	David Chadwick	M	57	Huntsville, AL	1:50:27
24	Abigail Key	F	29	Madison, AL	1:50:57
25	Todd Metcalf	M	45	Louisville, KY	1:51:37
26	Kyle Brown	M	50	Tuscumbia, AL	1:51:43
27	Andrew Curl	M	56	Decatur, GA	1:51:57
28	Paul Dawson	M	59	Decatur, GA	1:52:02
29	Jennifer Jaeger	F	47	Owens Cross Roads, AL	1:53:29
30	Lisa Rutledge	F	45	Oneonta, AL	1:54:24
31	teresa fudge	F	48	Suwanee, GA	1:54:43
32	Christie Harris	F	45	Huntsville, AL	1:55:44
33	Allen Jones	M	38	Birmingham, AL	1:55:48
34	Zach Wroblewski	M	24	Sandy Springs, GA	1:56:25
35	Amanda Morris-Shrum	F	41	Gallatin, TN	1:56:33
36	Scott Hartman	M	59	Oak Forest, IL	1:56:35
37	Lauren Sampson	F	29	Huntsville, AL	1:56:54
38	Thomas Ingram	M	49	Decatur, GA	1:57:00
39	Carole Gross	F	37	Gallatin, TN	1:57:12
40	Lauren Borden	F	28	Huntsville, AL	1:57:15
41	Andrea Holscher	F	34	Vincennes, IN	1:57:34
42	Lee Allen	M	35	Madison, AL	1:57:34
43	Bill Gaghan	M	53	Glastonbury, CT	1:57:47
44	Tyler Roe	M	27	Huntsville, AL	1:58:08
45	Adam Dauro	M	34	Huntsville, AL	1:58:17
46	Sarah Manning	F	30	Madison, AL	1:59:08
47	Steven Phillips	M	49	Hazel Green, AL	1:59:20
48	Rebecca Syratt	F	37	Madison, AL	1:59:58
49	Lori Stephan	F	42	Huntsville, AL	2:00:05
50	Claudia Corrales	F	43	Suwanee, GA	2:00:14

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Mike Deren	M	30	Louisville, KY	2:24:15
🥈	Arturs Bareikis	M	31	Crestwood, IL	2:32:23
🥉	Jason Bumb	M	32	New Reigel, OH	2:34:08
4	Michael Wardian	M	43	ARLINGTON, VA	2:41:34
5	Adam Benefield	M	22	Haleyville, AL	2:42:12
6	Chris Schulten	M	45	Middlefield, CT	2:42:26
7	Ben Pare	M	25	Huntsville, AL	2:43:18
8	Orinthal Striggles	M	41	Columbia, SC	2:44:51
9	Jason Land	M	40	Newburgh, IN	2:46:20
10	Matthew Pulle	M	45	Nashville, TN	2:49:08
11	Shawanna White	F	37	Columbia, SC	2:49:26
12	Stephanie Place	F	30	Bristol, VA	2:49:32
13	Dmitry Levko	M	33	Huntsville, AL	2:50:03
14	Josh Whitehead	M	39	Madison, AL	2:50:18
15	Eric Hall	M	30	Evanston, IL	2:51:26
16	Ryan Laganke	M	26	Florence, AL	2:53:01
17	Justin Watson	M	21	Florence, AL	2:53:03
18	Andrew Mullins	M	32	Columbus, GA	2:56:13
19	Gatlin Holland	M	22	Fultondale, AL	2:56:40
20	Eric Green	M	42	Suwanee, GA	2:57:43
21	Jason Long	M	38	Readyville, TN	2:58:18
22	Chris Key	M	34	Huntsville, AL	2:58:46
23	Malin Terry	F	46	Birmingham, AL	2:58:57
24	Benjamin Walls	M	31	Carrollton, GA	2:58:58
25	Justin Brown	M	35	Murfreesboro, TN	2:59:01
26	John Gregg	M	36	Birmingham, AL	2:59:02
27	Dewayne Satterfield	M	53	Huntsville, AL	2:59:08
28	George Dewitt	M	59	Madison, AL	3:00:18
29	Daniel Sillivant	M	31	Huntsville, AL	3:00:26
30	Owen Bradley	M	38	Birmingham, AL	3:00:34
31	Mike Briggs	M	44	Cookeville, TN	3:00:55
32	Kelsey Moser	F	25	Huntsville, AL	3:01:03
33	Andrew Hodges	M	34	Huntsville, AL	3:01:04
34	Nathan Berry	M	40	Memphis, TN	3:01:53
35	Brett Wilks	M	37	Huntsville, AL	3:02:14
36	Steven Kyle Stokes	M	31	Huntsville, AL	3:02:30
37	Brian Hackenberg	M	44	Owens Cross Roads, AL	3:03:42
38	Andy Patton	M	40	Nashville, TN	3:03:46
39	Robert Warden	M	37	Centerville, TN	3:04:17
40	Brandon Chambless	M	45	Madison, AL	3:05:13
41	Tracy McKinnon	M	43	Irmo, SC	3:05:29
42	Lester Burris	M	29	Bedford, IN	3:05:38
43	Denis Osin	M	43	Nashville, TN	3:06:12
44	Kari Salomaa	M	40	Dora, AL	3:06:12
45	Stuart Lamp	M	34	Decatur, AL	3:06:27
46	Matthew Hunt	M	38	Madison, AL	3:06:45
47	Alice Anderson	F	35	Marion, IA	3:06:45
48	Philip Helbig	M	51	Cincinnati, OH	3:07:37
49	Ian Carrico	M	35	Bardwell, KY	3:07:55
50	Matt McMillian	M	32	Owens Cross Roads, AL	3:08:09

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Morgan McComb	F	29	Birmingham, AL	3:21:45
🥈	Marla Lenox	F	41	Somerville, AL	3:28:31
🥉	AMANDA GOEKE	F	35	Madison, AL	3:34:32
4	Trish Newsom	F	50	Soddy Daisy, TN	3:38:12
5	Juliana Mucci	F	21	Huntsville, AL	3:38:44
6	Leslie Beech	F	30	Auburn, AL	3:47:49
7	Tom Buss	M	50	Dyersburg, TN	3:47:53
8	Carlos Agea	M	32	Hoover, AL	3:48:04
9	Matthew Kliesner	M	45	Madison, AL	3:53:30
10	Philip Benefield	M	52	Madison, AL	3:55:09
11	Julie Craig	F	43	Huntsville, AL	3:56:20
12	Vivian Eckmann	F	37	Atlanta, GA	4:06:42
13	Ginger Huffman	F	38	Madison, AL	4:09:13
14	Amanda Steinmetz	F	25	Brownsboro, AL	4:12:38
15	Rebecca Maxson	F	50	Birmingham, AL	4:18:49
16	Nicole Roden	F	34	Huntsville, AL	4:20:28
17	John Flint	M	40	Madison, AL	4:21:11
18	Vicki Pignataro	F	39	Madison, AL	4:27:25
19	Steve Lacy	M	58	Huntsville, AL	4:28:34
20	Katie Blackmar	F	40	Madison, AL	4:31:37
21	Sharise Riether	F	30	Sterrett, AL	4:42:53
22	Carter Turbeville	M	24	Chattanooga, TN	4:46:06
23	Ann Mix	F	51	Owens Cross Roads, AL	5:01:57
24	Anonymous Anonymous	F	43	—	5:04:24
25	Angela White	F	56	Bessemer, AL	5:10:48
26	Summer Allmon	F	38	Fayetteville, TN	5:13:02
27	STACY BROWN	F	52	Gurley, AL	5:14:02
28	Yvonne Moreland	F	60	Birmingham, AL	5:21:18
29	Theresa Durboraw	F	49	New Market, AL	5:23:52
30	Susan Leshinsky	F	57	Huntsville, AL	5:27:57
31	Harry Reed	M	68	Benton, KY	5:37:35

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