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2017 - Rocket City Marathon

Huntsville, Alabama, United States View on map
Dec 09, 2017 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

2017 distances

Running

Marathon

This Event Has a Strict 6 hour Time limit. You will be asked to leave the course if you are behind the cutoff pace (13:44 min/mile). Runners slower than 3:15 at the half way point will not be allowed to continue

Dec 09, 2017 Marathon 7:00 AM
$100.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 9, 2017 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) -5.7° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 5.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) -12.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 1.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
22.9
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
0.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
59.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 9, 2017 (CST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 9, 2017 (CST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 53m

The sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets at 4:35 PM local time (CST) in Huntsville on December 9, 2017 — 9h 53m of daylight.

Course

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2017 results — Rocket City Marathon

Marathon · 896 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2017 Rocket City Marathon
Place Name Time Pace
1 Mike Deren 2:24:15 5:30 /mi
2 Arturs Bareikis 2:32:23 5:49 /mi
3 Jason Bumb 2:34:08 5:53 /mi
4 Michael Wardian 2:41:34 6:10 /mi
5 Adam Benefield 2:42:12 6:11 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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  • 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, 83 Huntsville events

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