HalfRuns
Boston or Bust Marathon

Boston or Bust Marathon

Race Date

Sep 13, 2026

Location

Huntsville, AL

Standout69

The Experience

The Boston or Bust Marathon & Half Marathon USATF Certification information for our 2024 Boston Qualifiers! USATF Certification Certification code: AL22025JE 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.  The guaranteed t-shirt deadline has passed however we will have extras along with RunningLane shirts for those last minute signups so you don't go home empty handed.  All aid stations will have water, gatorade and GU energy gels.

Logistics

Race Day

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Start Time

6:00 AM

Giveaway

T-Shirt (Adult Unisex)

Start Location

293 Ditto Landing Rd SE, Huntsville, AL, 35803

Directions

Course Info

USATF Certified

Course Type

Loop Course

Terrain

road

Difficulty

Ultra-Flat

Elevation Gain

0'

Net Drop/km

0 m (Flat)

Separation

0.0%

Also Offers

26.2 Miles

USATF Certified Course

AL22025JE · Boston or Bust Half Marathon

Relatively flat with minimal net elevation change. Loop course — start and finish are close together.

Quality Score

Standout69
Methodology
Heritage8/20

4 years running

Size15/15

~3,351 finishers a year

Momentum5/5

growing or steady

Loyalty15/20

15% returning runners

Course & details13/15

USATF certified · 2 timing sources · 8 photos

National draw8/10

runners from 20 states

Front-pack speed5/5

winner 0:05:02

Weather0/10

typical high 83°F

Race Day Weather

5-year historical avg

Start (Low)

65°

Afternoon (High)

83°

Hot conditions — adjust pace expectations, prioritize hydration

0.1"

Precipitation

8 mph

Wind

71%

Humidity

Historical Finish Times

How 10,651 finishers actually crossed the line across 4 years.

Most recent

2025

Total finishers

10,651

Median time

2:10:37

Latest turnout

5,187

States

28

10%
25%
75%
90%
0:05p50 median ≈ 2:104:10

Turnout by year

20222025

'22'23'24'25
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