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News From: Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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   2023 Rocket City Marathon Has Excellent Run In 47th Annual Event (Madison County Record)
David Too won the 2023 Rocket City Marathon on December 10 in 2:27:40 while Maura Lemon won the women's race in 2:47:04.
 
News From: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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   Rocket City Marathon Set For This Weekend (The Madison Record)
The 2023 Rocket City Marathon, the 47th edition, will be held Sunday, December 10, with nearly 3,000 participants.
 
News From: Sunday, December 4, 2022
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   Rocket City Marathon 2022: New Format, New Course, New Day (Madison County Record)
The 2022 Rocket City Marathon will be held this Sunday, December 11.
 
News From: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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   Rocket City Marathon Expands In 2022 - Entry Deadline Nearing For Entire Family Event (Madison County Record)
The 2022 Rocket City Marathon will be held on a Sunday, December 11, one of the many changes for the event.
 
News From: Saturday, December 11, 2021
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   Rocket City Marathon cancels due to inclement weather (News 19)
The 2021 Bryan/College Station Marathon om December 12 was cancelled due to the storms.
 
News From: Saturday, December 12, 2020
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   Rocket City Marathon in full swing through the month of December! (WAFF 48 News)
The 2020 Rocket City Marathon has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns and gone virtual, for the entire month of December.
 
News From: Saturday, December 14, 2019
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   See results from the 43rd Rocket City Marathon (AL.com)
Spencer Fields won the 2019 Rocket city Marathon in 2:25:09 while Joy Miller won the women's race in 2:46:35.
 
News From: Saturday, December 8, 2018
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   Hundreds Race in the Rocket City Marathon (WHNT nEWS 19)
Brandon York won the 2018 Rocket City Marathon in 2:23:37 while Alana Scarano won the women's race in 2:29:55.
 
News From: Saturday, December 9, 2017
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   See pictures, results from a cold Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville (Alabama Local News)
A gallery of photos taken during the 2017 Rocket City Marathon which Mike Deren won in 2:24:15.
 
News From: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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   Be wary of Rocket City Marathon runners on the roads Saturday (ABC31 WAAY)
This provides the route of the Rocket City Marathon this Saturday, Dec. 17, that may affect motorists.
 
News From: Sunday, December 13, 2015
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   Runners hot-foot it to Rocket City Marathon (WSFA.com)
Organizers say the route is a flat-course Boston Marathon qualifying course, which attracts runners from across the globe.
 
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   Results from the 2015 Rocket City Marathon (Al.com)
Last year's Rocket City Marathon runner-up returned for the race's 39th edition and came away victorious this morning in Huntsville.
 
News From: Friday, December 11, 2015
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   Pastor dedicates Rocket City Marathon debut to South African orphanage (AL.com)
The journey to Saturday's 26.2-mile race has been grueling for Grissom. A foot injury delayed his training until March. He has battled back problems in recent years and the pain would rear it's ugly head during long Saturday training runs.
 
   Rocket City Marathon to impact traffic across Huntsville Saturday (WHNT.com)
The annual Rocket City Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, December 12. It begins at 7:00 a.m. on Monroe Street in front of the Von Braun Center. It will also end at the VBC inside the Propst Arena.
 
   Rocket City Marathon this weekend (WAAYTV.com)
3,000 runners are expected to hit the pavement for the 26 mile run. This year's route will take you through downtown Huntsville, The Botanical Gardens, The U.S. Space and Rocket Center and more.
 
News From: Friday, July 31, 2015
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   Runners begin training for the Rocket City Marathon (WHNT.com)
Late July is arguably the hottest time of year in north Alabama. The last thing most people want to do is begin training for a marathon in conditions like this, but its actually the perfect time. North Alabamas biggest road race is 18 weeks away and anyone who has ever trained to run 26.2 miles knows every workout is important.
 
News From: Sunday, December 14, 2014
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   Overall Race Results From the Rocket City Marathon (Al.com)
Chris Lemon won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 30 seconds. Erin Toothman won the women's division with a time of 2 hours 59 minutes and 41 seconds.
 
   Rocket City Marathon Winner Loved New Course, Didn't Mind Cold in His First-Ever Marathon (Al.com)
Chris Lemon of Springfield Ohio won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours and 25 minutes
 
News From: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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   Rocket City Marathon Coming December 13 with Brand New Route, Health Expo (WHNT.com)
The Rocket city Marathon will kick off on December 13. This year's race will feature a new marahton route and a large race expo that is open to the public. More than 3,000 runners are expected.
 
News From: Monday, December 16, 2013
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   Madison's Josh Whitehead Defends Home Turf in 37th Annual Rocket City Marathon (AL.com)
Josh Whitehead won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 25 seconds.
 
News From: Sunday, December 15, 2013
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   New Year's Rocket City Marathon Will Have New Route to Show Off More of Huntsville (AL.com)
The 2014 edition of the Rocket City Marathon will highlight more of the Huntsville area and less of a zig-zagging course.
 
   Rocket City Marathon Perseveres Through Weather (WAFF.com)
More than twenty-five hundred people turned out for the Rocket City Marathon despite the soggy weather.
 
News From: Thursday, December 12, 2013
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   Huntsville Gearing Up For Rocket City Marathon (WAAYTV.com)
The biggest race of the year in Huntsville Alabama kicks off on Saturday at 8 am with the Rocket City Marathon. Over seventeen-hundred runners are set to participate in the event.
 
News From: Monday, December 10, 2012
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   First-Time Marathoner Geofrey Terer Wins Rocket City. (AL.com)
Geofrey Terer, of Kenya, won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 18 seconds.
 
News From: Thursday, December 6, 2012
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   Rocket City Marathon 'Pacers' Will Offer an Early Christmas to Some Runners (AL.com)
Twenty runners in the thirty-sixth annual Rocket City Marathon will demonstrate the true spirit of the season by giving the gift of pacing to other runners hoping to achieve a specific time in the race.
 
   36th Annual Rocket City Marathon Set For Saturday (AL.com)
More than sixteen-hundred runners are slated to hit the streets of Huntsville for the thirty-sixth annual Rocket City Marathon this Saturday.
 
News From: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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   2012 Rocket City Marathon is Saturday, December 8 (WHNT.com)
Approximately fifteen-hundred runners will charge through the streets of Huntsville, Alabama this weekend after months of training for the Rocket City Marathon
 
News From: Sunday, December 11, 2011
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   Rocket City Marathon Volunteer Hit By Car (WDEF.com)
A 51-year-old volunteer at the Rocket City Marathon was hit by a car prior to any runner reaching the aid station where the incident occurred.
 
News From: Sunday, December 12, 2010
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   Daniel Ellis Wins 34th Rocket City Marathon. (Huntsville Times)
Daniel Ellis won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 37 seconds.
 
News From: Friday, December 10, 2010
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   Hopeful Dwells On His Rocket City Marathon Prospects (Competitor.com)
Madison, Alabama's Josh Whitehead, who finished 3rd in last year's event looks to square off against last year's winner David Riddle and 2:26 marathoner Daniel Ellis.
 
   Whitehead Hoping to Improve on First Marathon Time (Al.com)
After finishing third at his debut at last year's Rocket City Marathon, Josh Whitehead is looking to take the top prize this year, though he'll have tough competition, including former winner's Sammy Nyamongo and Daniel Ellis.
 
   Rocket City Marathon This Saturday (WAFF.com)
Among the 1,500+ runners at this year's Rocket City Marathon will be Jeri Browder, who's running her 2nd marathon, and looks to the event as tough, but an emotional high.
 
   Watch Out for Marathon Runners on City Streets Saturday Morning (Al.com)
With an estimated 1,500 participating in this year's Rocket City Marathon, look for runners to outnumber vehicles on the streets of Huntsville.
 
News From: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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   Local Runner Finish Strong In Rocket City Marathon (The Huntsville Times)
Runners from Madison Alabama were among the fastest finishers at the thirty-third annual Rocket City Marathon. Josh Whitehead was third with a time of 2 hours 34 minutes and 24 seconds.
 
News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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   Huntsville Therapeutic Massage Students Provide Relief to Marathoners (MMD Newswire)
The thirty-third edition of the Huntsville Rocket City Marathon made use of the VCH Therapeutic Massage students to provide massage support for the runners on December 12, 2009 and will continue to support the race day events
 
News From: Sunday, December 13, 2009
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   Local Runner Riddle Wins Rocket City Marathon (Huntsville-Times)
David Riddle won the Rocket City Marathon with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes and 23 seconds. Riddle broke away from the pack at mile 15 and never looked back. Janet Cherobon won the women's title in 2 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds.
 
News From: Thursday, December 10, 2009
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   Law Enforcement Gears Up For Rocket City Marathon (WAFF48News)
This Saturday the Rocket City Marathon will kick off and the Huntsville Police will be out to close down multiple roads and usher athletes along the largest event in the city with more than twenty-five hundred athletes.
 
News From: Sunday, August 30, 2009
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   Preparing For Marathon After His 70th (Daily Progress)
John Eros suffered cardiac arrest last November while jogging. The sixty-nine year-old is back in his running shoes as he prepares to celebrate his seventieth birthday by running in the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville Alabama.
 
News From: Monday, December 15, 2008
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   Cox makes Rocket City win a reality (The Huntsville Times)
Josh Cox cast off his shirt nearly twenty minutes into the Rocket City Marathon. Cox would go on to win the thirty-second annual event by over two minutes with a time of 2 hours and 21 minutes.
 
   Rocket City Marathon notebook (Huntsville Times)
Jill Horst of Rome Georgia won the womens Rocket City Marathon title with a time of 2 hours and 48 minutes. Josh Cox ran with the lead pack until mile eighteen when he broke away from the pack to win the overall marathon title
 
News From: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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   Rocket City Marathon Set For Saturday (WHNT)
Nearly 1400 runners are set to run the thirty-second annual Rocket City Marathon this weekend. Defending champion Sammy Nyamongo of Kenya will be back to defend his 2007 title and he will be challenged by several local runners.
 
News From: Monday, December 8, 2008
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   Rocket City Marathon to benefit from strong local entries (The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville's 32 Annual Rocket City Marathon will kick off at 8 am from downtown. Around 1400 runners will hit the streets with local runners David Riddle and Caitlin Heider who ran 1 hour and 8 minutes and 1 hour and 20 minutes respectively in the Huntsville half-marathon last month.
 
News From: Monday, December 10, 2007
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   Rocket City equals a fine 53rd birthday present. (The Huntsville Times)
Skip Vaughn, 53, has run every year in the Rocket City marathon. His finish this year in 6 hours and 43 minutes was full of emotion as the race date fell on his 53rd birthday.
 
   Cherobon true pace setter in Rocket City Marathon win (The Huntsville Timesw)
Janet Cherobon found some competition in Huntsville at least through 15 miles of her second marathon victory in as many years. She left the field at mile 15 and went on to win in 2:48:01
 
   Nyamongo's pass permanent in Rocket City Marathon win (The Huntsville Times)
Sammy Nyamongo dedicated his race to his late mother who passed away from liver cancer in Kenya two weeks ago. His victory in 2:27 marked his second marathon in 8 days as he competed in Memphis last weekend. Happy to be finished Nyamongo said "I feel better, but running 26.2 miles twice in a week is not easy."
 
News From: Sunday, November 25, 2007
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   Runners still have time to enter Rocket City Marathon (The Huntsville Times)
Huntsville's Rocket City Marathon still had 205 slots left for the 1500 runner field in the marathon. Runners from 41 states and several foreign countries will line up on December 8th at 8am to conquer the 26.2 mile distance.
 
News From: Sunday, December 10, 2006
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   No Cruising to Victory at Rocket City Marathon (The Huntsville Times)
Comments and top race results
 
News From: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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   DeWitt Hopes New Training Will Pay Off In The Long Run (The Huntsville Times)
George DeWitt, middle-distance expert, seeks strong finish in marathon.
 
News From: Sunday, December 11, 2005
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   Nyamongo Goes the Extra Mile And More: Wins Rocket City Marathon (AL - Everything Alabama)
Just a week after finishing second in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, the 30-year-old Nyamongo won the Rocket City Marathon on a cold Saturday in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 54 seconds.
 
   Fifth-grade Teacher Blisters Competition and Wins Rocket City Marathon (AL - Everything Alabama)
Bliss earned $1,000 for the victory and finished well ahead of second-place finisher Barbara McManus, in 2 hours, 51 minutes and nine seconds.
 

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