Rocket City Marathon
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2019 - Rocket City Marathon

Huntsville, Alabama, United States View on map
Dec 14, 2019 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

2019 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 14, 2019 Marathon 7:00 AM
$130.00
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 14, 2019 Half-Marathon 9:00 AM
$65.00
Closed

RELAY

Up to a five person relay team will run the full Rocket City Marathon. This event has a strict 6 hour time limit. A relay runner will be asked to leave the course if the runner is behind the cutoff pace (13:44 min/mile). Runners slower than 3:15 at the half way point will not be allowed to continue. If a relay runner is removed from the course, the team will not be allowed to continue. No relay runner will be allowed to pass the Marathon leader. Any team who gets close to the leader will be held at the exchange point. This is a safety issue related to traffic management. The first runner in the relay team may also run the full marathon if also registered as an individual. That runner will start the race wearing both the individual bib and the relay bib.

Dec 14, 2019 Marathon 7:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 14, 2019 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 6.0° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 11.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 3.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 11.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
15.1
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
0.1mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
84.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 14, 2019 (CST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 14, 2019 (CST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 51m

The sun rises at 6:45 AM and sets at 4:36 PM local time (CST) in Huntsville on December 14, 2019 — 9h 51m of daylight.

Course

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2019 results — Rocket City Marathon

1,680 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the Marathon

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Leading finishers of the 2019 Rocket City Marathon
Place Name Time Pace
1 Spencer Fields 2:25:08 5:32 /mi
2 Andrew Lesser 2:26:01 5:34 /mi
3 Wayne Blas 2:31:04 5:46 /mi
4 Cody Moore 2:32:52 5:50 /mi
5 Josh Whitehead 2:36:33 5:59 /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, 84 Huntsville events

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