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2018 - Rocket City Marathon

Huntsville, Alabama, United States View on map
Dec 08, 2018 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

2018 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 08, 2018 Marathon 7:00 AM
$115.00
Closed

Half The Marathon

This event has a strict 4 hour time limit. You will be asked to leave the course if you fall behind the sweepers for the marathon who will be holding a 13:44 min/mile pace.

Dec 08, 2018 Half-Marathon 9:00 AM
$65.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 8, 2018 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 4.8° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 5.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 0.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 1.6°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
19.5
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
45.6mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
99.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 8, 2018 (CST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 8, 2018 (CST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 54m

The sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 4:35 PM local time (CST) in Huntsville on December 8, 2018 — 9h 54m of daylight.

Course

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2018 results — Rocket City Marathon

1,156 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Marathon

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Leading finishers of the 2018 Rocket City Marathon
Place Name Time Pace
1 Brandon York 2:23:37 5:29 /mi
2 Samuel Mueller 2:28:51 5:41 /mi
3 Adam Higham 2:29:15 5:42 /mi
4 Ben Pare 2:29:50 5:43 /mi
6 John Poray 2:33:07 5:51 /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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