It’s (almost) time to book your tickets to run Boston! The Boston or Bust Marathon will be an extremely flat and fast course along Aldridge Creek and Tennessee River in South Huntsville. The course will start and finish at Ditto Landing Marina and is entirely on the Alridge Creek Greenway.
We will have Chip Timing and both half and full marathon courses will be certified.
…And then there’s the post-race party. We will have post-race food for all finishers, 2 drink tickets, post-race music, all at the Ditto Landing Marina Pavilion. We believe in training hard, racing hard and celebrating hard and this race will be no different!
Historically the last window to qualify for the following April Boston race is the second weekend in September. This is one of the very few last minute qualifiers in the South. Average temperatures at this time of year are 64F/ 87F which is why we will start at 6:00AM.
Shirts & Awards & Cutoffs
The Boston or Bust Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K will receive all receive a t-shirt.
The Marathon & Half Marathon runners will also receive a blingin’ Boston or Bust finisher medal. There will not be medals for the 5K participants.
Age group awards will be top 3 in each AG: 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+ for the Boston or Bust Half Marathon & Marathon. For the 5K AG awards will be to the overall winner of each AG: 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
There are VERY generous cutoffs for the Half Marathon. We want everyone that wants to tackle their first half to have the opportunity to do so. Therefore, the Half Marathon cutoff is 5 hours. The Marathon cutoff is 6 hours. This is due to many factors including road & park permits. If you cannot run under 5:45, please consider signing up for the Half. Plus you get to eat post-race hamburgers and hot dogs sooner 😎
All runners that hit a Boston Qualifier will receive a commemorative pin that can be pinned to the bottom of your finisher medal!
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