Starts and finishes at the Von Braun Complex. Runs through downtown, historic neighborhoods, through the US Space and Rocket Center and the Botanical Gardens. Mostly flat and fast. Boston Qualifier.

Rocket City Marathon

Post-Race Review/ Results

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

Rocket City Marathon notebook

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.

Cox makes Rocket City win a reality

Human Interest Story

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.

Rocket City Marathon Set For Saturday

Pre-Race Review/ Lineup

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.

Marathon Summary

Marathon Results