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2025 - Rocket City Marathon

Huntsville, Alabama, United States View on map
Dec 13, 2025 – Dec 14, 2025 (America/Chicago local time)
Running

2025 distances

Running

Rocket City 10K

Runner and Walker friendly event with a two-hour cutoff time.

Dec 13, 2025 10K 7:00 AM
$60.00
Closed

Rocket City 5K

Runner and Walker-friendly event with a one-hour cutoff time.

Dec 13, 2025 5K 9:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

1 Mile Family Run/Walk

Runner and Walker friendly event with a 30 minute cut off time.

Dec 13, 2025 1.6K 10:15 AM
$25.00
Closed

Rocket City Marathon

This event has a 6 hour time limit. Please see the early start marathon if you need 6 - 7 hours to complete the marathon.

Dec 13, 2025 Marathon 7:00 AM
$155.00
Closed

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

If you need 6 to 7 hours to complete the marathon, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE EARLY START. The Rocket City Marathon has a 6-hour time limit, but our early start marathon starts at 6:00 am and allows participants up to 7 hours to finish.

Dec 13, 2025 Marathon 6:00 AM
$155.00
Closed

Rocket City Half Marathon

This event has a four-hour time limit.

Dec 13, 2025 Half-Marathon 9:00 AM
$125.00
Closed

Virtual Marathon

We will mail out your marathon finisher medal and marathon long sleeve shirt the first week of January. (You will not receive the marathon finisher gift.) There is no finishing time limit on this event.

Dec 13, 2025 Marathon 7:00 AM
$65.00
Closed

Virtual Half Marathon

We will mail out your half marathon finisher medal and half marathon long sleeve shirt the first week of January. (You will not receive the marathon finisher gift.) There is no finishing time limit on this event.

Dec 13, 2025 Half-Marathon 7:00 AM
$65.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 13, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) -3.6° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 11.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) -10.3° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 9.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
22.7
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
0.4mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
71.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 13, 2025 (CST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 13, 2025 (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 13, 2025 — 9h 51m of daylight.

Course

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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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