Firecracker 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run
About this race
🚨 Heads up, Huntsville runners! 🚨
The Firecracker 5K entry fee increases April 30th — don’t wait to lock in your spot!
This year’s race is better than ever:
✅ USATF-certified 5K course
✅ NEW certified 1-Mile race – point-to-point, no turns, and flat as a pancake ⚡
✅ Post-race food & childcare provided by Morningside Baptist Church 🙌
The Firecracker 5K will be Huntsville’s go-to Independence Day Run.
Spots are filling fast — sign up now and celebrate the 4th with us the right way! 🎆🏃♂️
We are excited to bring you Huntsville's oldest and favorite local 4th of July Race!
Race start time is 7:00 a.m. at Morning Side Baptist Church. Woo hoo! We get to beat the heat.
The traditional post race food will be provided by the church in the followship hall as in the past
Great News! The church will also be providing child care from 6:45 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.
Volunteer:
coming soon
Packet Pick-up:
Packet Pick-up will be at Fleet Feet Huntsville on Thursday, July 3rd from 12-5
Race day packet pick-up will be at Morningside Church from 6:00 a.m. - 6:45 a.m.
Race Course:
The race will start at Morningside Church, Aldridge Creek Greenway, and run out and back on the Aldridge Creek Greeenway. There will be one aid station on the course at the turnaround.
Post Race Food:
Home baked food from the church.
Finisher Medals - yes there will be finisher medals!
Technical Tanks for early registrations!
Awards
Age group awards will be provided by Fleet Feet & Swift Recovery.
Pick your distance
Running
5K
1 Mile
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Huntsville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:38 AM and sets at 8:03 PM local time (CDT) in Huntsville on July 4, 2026 — 14h 25m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2026 results — Firecracker 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run
629 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Glass | 16:59 | 5:27 /mi |
| 2 | Nathaniel Pierce | 17:21 | 5:35 /mi |
| 3 | Tay Cavett | 17:52 | 5:44 /mi |
| 4 | Kevin Betts | 17:59 | 5:47 /mi |
| 5 | Nathan Butler | 18:28 | 5:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 84 Huntsville events
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