THE F5 Half Marathon, 5K & 1 Mile

About the Event

NEW! We are adding a Half Marathon and pushing the date a little later so the weather will be cooler!

Fleet Feet Fall Fitness Festival is back again!

The family-friendly festival will include a scenic 5K run along the beautiful trails of Hays Farm (a timed run, but not certified).

Packet pick-up

Packet pick-up is at Swift Recovery (next door to Fleet Feet in Jones Valley) on Friday from 10-3.

*Swift will provide a gift for everyone that picks up their packet on Friday.

There will also be race morning packet pick up from 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Race participants ONLY will be entered into event door prizes from 40+ vendors - which include one month passes to local gyms, grocery gift cards, exclusive recovery and wellness deals, plus so much more!

We will have...

Half Marathon - Certified
A 5K Run
A community 1 mile fun run for casual walkers and kids
A community bike ride (just a few miles)
Pop-up fitness classes from some of your favorite local fitness studios!
Local Food Trucks
Health and Wellness Vendors
Door Prizes
More!

To our fishers out there, pack your rods! You can come fishing at F5 this year.

So, what are you waiting for?! Register to run, ride, walk, or fish(?!), send to a friend, and come have fun with us on September 6th!

Event Information

Date: September 26, 2026

Time: 8AM-12PM

Location: Hays Farm Park Run - 1117 Haysland Rd SW, Huntsville, AL 35803

Parking: Grissom Parking Lot by hays Farm Clubhouse

Run: The runs will start in the middle of the greenway giving you more scenery and shade! Just follow the signs and the people. Details will be provided at a later date.

Bike: Our Bike ride this year will be just a few miles, following the Elgie's Walk Greenway.

Other Activities: Stick around for all day pop-up classes, giveaways, and more.

2025 list of those community vendors participating!

Altra Running
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Alabama Chapter
Blitz45Fitness
Burn Boot Camp
Club Pilates Jones Valley
Fleet Fitness LLC
Functional Chiropractic
Grifols Plasma Center
Hot Yoga of Huntsville
Huntsville Nutrition Collective
Huntsville Track Club
Iceworks Shaved ice
Hoka
Manifest Athlete
Mary Kay
Max Health
Megan's Apothecary
On Running
Orangetheory Fitness Huntsville
P3 Chiropractic & SportsCare
ProFormance Physical Therapy and Wellness
REGYMEN Fitness
Return 2 Sport
Rumble Boxing
Sam’s Club
Saucony
Southeast Family YMCA
Spring City Cycling Club
Squeeze Massage
Swift Recovery
Stretch Lab Madison
Team Rocket Tri-Club
Team RWB
The Covery Wellness
The Exercise Coach
The Sports Multiverse

Races Offered

F5 Half Marathon

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — F5 Half Marathon

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$50.00

The F5 5K

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 3 Miles

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08:00

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$20.00

The F5 1mi (for Kids)

Sep 26, 2026

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Distance — 1 Miles

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09:00

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$15.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for September in Huntsville.

thermostat Temperature

18.3° / 28.5°

wb_sunny Feels like

18.5° / 29.0°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

10h 6m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.8 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

8.3 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (5.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

71.1%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:29

nightlight Sunset

18:51

About Huntsville

Learn more about the host city, Huntsville.

Huntsville is in northern Alabama, about 20 miles from the border with Tennessee. The city is a center for missile defense and aerospace technologies, with companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman having major operations here. Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the country, is home to many of these companies.