This Weekend's Heights Fun Run and Run Houston Clear Lake

A review of the RunSignUp.com registration page for this Saturday's Houston Heights 5K and 10K Fun Run may indicate that the race may experience a slight bump in its numbers, dependent upon registrations throughout the rest of the week.

The Heights Run had 273 for the 10K and 717 for the 5K showing as registered so far.  (This didn't include the 101 who are signed up for the 5K walk, which will be untimed.)

Last year, with the addition of the 10K, the race experienced an overall 26.9% increase in timed finishers (237 for the 10K and 776 for the 5K) over 2016.

This all coming in the face of competition from Sunday's Run Houston Clear Lake, which experienced a 7.3% decrease last year in overall timed finishers (including its Kids 1K that is timed) from 2016 to 2017.

While the Run Houston Series uses the same registration platform, RunSignUp, its participant lookup is limited - for valid reasons - to name combination or e-mail address.

Both races on Monday sent e-mails to their mailing lists offering a discount for registrations by end of day 5/28.  Heights' amount was undisclosed, while Run Houston Clear Lake offered past participants $10 off.  This amounted to 20% off its current $50 registration fee for both the 5K and the 10K.

Heights opened its registration on April 25 by offering its past participants 20% for the first four days.

The courses for both the 5K and the 10K of the Heights Fun Run are certified.  TX17061LAB and TX17062LAB are the certification numbers for the 5K and the 10K, respectively.  A check of certified courses on the USATF web site did not reveal the same for Run Houston Clear Lake.

Heights Fun Run Timed Finishers (Since 2009)
2009 - 1,180
2010 - 857
2011 - 1,022
2012 - 921
2013 - 885
2014 - 961
2015 - 817
2016 - 798
2017 - 5K (776), 10K (237)

Run Houston Clear Lake Finishers (Since Inception)
10K
2015 -- 617 (377 women, 240 men)
2016 -- 679
2017 -- 598 (304 women, 294 men)
5K
2015 -- 623 (422 women, 201 men)
2016 -- 905
2017 -- 893 (526 women, 367 men)
1M/1K
2015 -- 81 (47 women, 34 men)
2016 -- 105
2017 -- 75 (33 women, 42 men)
Total Finishers
2015 -- 1,320
2016 -- 1,689 (27.9% increase)
2017 -- 1,566 (7.3% decrease)