{
  "meta": {
    "name": "RunDida Marathon API",
    "version": "1.1",
    "generated": "2026-11-05",
    "website": "https://rundida.com"
  },
  "marathon": {
    "id": "rocketcity2026",
    "slug": "rocket-city",
    "tier": 2,
    "name": {
      "en": "2026 Rocket City Marathon - Dec 13",
      "ja": "2026 ロケットシティマラソン - 12月13日",
      "zh": "2026 火箭城马拉松 - 12月13日"
    },
    "date": "2026-12-13T07:00:00-06:00",
    "timezone": "America/Chicago",
    "city": "Huntsville",
    "country": "US",
    "theme": "rocket-city-space",
    "defaultPersonality": "competitive",
    "featured": false,
    "status": "upcoming",
    "weather": {
      "avgTempC": 6.1,
      "avgTempF": 43,
      "humidity": 84,
      "windKmh": 13.7,
      "precipPct": 35,
      "conditions": "Cool, crisp mid-December morning in north Alabama — prime PR and Boston-qualifying weather"
    },
    "course": {
      "type": "Loop / out-and-back through the city",
      "elevationGain": 203,
      "profile": "A fast, gently rolling road course through Huntsville — the home of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, where the Apollo program's Saturn V rocket was built. The single-loop route starts and finishes downtown at the Von Braun Center and winds past Big Spring Park, the Huntsville Botanical Garden and the US Space & Rocket Center (home of the towering Saturn V display) before returning through quiet tree-lined neighborhoods. It is not pancake-flat — expect gentle, runnable rollers totaling roughly 670 feet (about 203 m) of climb over 26.2 miles — but with no big hills, cool December air and a USATF-certified, accurately measured layout, it has been one of the South's most reliable PR and Boston-qualifier courses since 1977. About 8.6% of finishers qualified for Boston in 2025 (7.4% in 2024). The 2026 race marks the event's 50th-anniversary running.",
      "terrain": "Road (paved city streets and tree-lined neighborhoods throughout)"
    },
    "links": {
      "page": "https://rundida.com/marathon/rocket-city/",
      "countdown": "https://rundida.com/tools/marathon-countdown/#marathon=rocketcity2026",
      "api": "https://rundida.com/api/marathons/rocket-city.json",
      "allMarathons": "https://rundida.com/api/marathons.json"
    },
    "schema": {
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      "@type": "SportsEvent",
      "name": "2026 Rocket City Marathon - Dec 13",
      "startDate": "2026-12-13T07:00:00-06:00",
      "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled",
      "sport": "Marathon Running",
      "location": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Huntsville",
        "address": {
          "@type": "PostalAddress",
          "addressLocality": "Huntsville",
          "addressCountry": "US"
        }
      },
      "endDate": "2026-12-13T20:00:00.000Z",
      "organizer": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Huntsville Track Club",
        "url": "https://www.huntsvilletrackclub.org/"
      },
      "offers": {
        "@type": "Offer",
        "url": "https://www.rocketcitymarathon.run/register",
        "priceCurrency": "USD",
        "price": "85",
        "availability": "https://schema.org/LimitedAvailability"
      }
    }
  }
}