Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Texas' Largest Independence Day-Themed Races - 2018


Using the number of timed finishers as the metric, here is a list by individual race distances of Fourth of July-themed races (so far) in Texas in 2018:

1,392 - Run Wild 5K, Houston, 7/4 (610 men / 741 women), includes 41 5K walk (14 men / 27 women)
800 - Independence Day 8K, Houston, 6/30 (325 men / 475 women)
572 - Hotter 'N Firecrackers 5K, Frisco, 7/3 (235 men / 337 women)
548 - Liberty By The Lake 5K, The Colony, 7/4 (248 men / 300 women)
539 - Stars & Stripes 5K, Mission, 6/30 (210 men / 429 women)

508 - Five on the 4th, Dallas, 7/4 (236 men / 272 women)
508 - San Antonio Road Runners Freedom Day Four Miler, San Antonio, 7/4 (237 men / 271 women)
429 - Texas Bud Heat Wave 5M, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (207 men / 222 women)
421 - Patriot 5K, Trophy Club 7/4
392 - 12th annual Up And Running Fourth of July 5K, El Paso, 7/4 (186 men / 206 women)

335 - Liberty Run 5K Run, Denton, 7/4 (140 men / 195 women)
298 - Michelob Ultra 5K, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (108 men / 190 women)
280 - Rowlett Freedom 5K on Main, Rowlett, 7/4 (111 men, 169 women)
277 - Freedom Fighter 5K, Tyler, 7/4 (117 men, 160 women)
266 - Corpus Christi Road Runners Four on the Fourth, Corpus Christi, 7/4 (100 men / 166 women)
261 - Dallas Running Club Independence 5K, Dallas, 7/7 (117 men / 144 women)

259 - 10th annual Firecracker 5000, Fort Worth, 7/4 (124 men / 135 women)
244 - Dow Firecracker 4M, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (119 men / 125 women)
227 - Dallas Running Club Independence 10K, Dallas, 7/7 (140 men / 87 women)
198 - Liberty By The Lake 10K, The Colony, 7/4 (113 men / 85 women)
192 - Lake Granbury Kiwanis Firecracker 5K, 7/4

186 - TXU Energy Wings of Freedom 5K, Houston, 7/4 (94 men / 90 women / 2 UNK)
178 - Cox Running Club 4th 5K, Fort Worth, 7/4 (90 men / 88 women)
175 - Popsicle Run 4M, Kyle, 7/4 (83 men / 92 women)
124 - WTRC Firecracker Run 3M, Brownfield, 7/4 (61 men / 63 women)
122 - Firecracker 5K, Lago Vista, 7/4 (59 men / 63 women)

121 - Shiner Half Moon Holiday 5K, Shiner, 7/7 (38 men / 83 women)
115 - Firecracker Flight 4M, Arlington, 7/4 (32 male / 83 female)
109 - Firecracker 5K Evening Run, San Marcos, 6/28 (54 men / 55 women)
108 - 10th annual Old Jo's Firecracker Run 5K, St. Jo, 7/4 (44 men / 64 women)
103 - Freedom 5K, Cedar Park, 7/4 (45 men / 58 women)

102 - Firecracker 5K, Greenville, 7/4 (43 men / 59 women)
100 - Independence 5K, Deer Park, 6/30 (37 men / 63 women)
91 - Memorial Villages 5K, Houston, 7/4 (51 men / 40 women)
74 - Popsicle Run 3K, Kyle, 7/4 (40 men / 34 women)
74 - Firecracker 5K, Mexia, 7/4 (34 men / 40 women)

71 - WTRC Firecracker Run 10K, Brownfield, 7/4 (41 men / 30 women)
68 - Stars and Stripes 5K, Eagle Pass, 7/7 (31 men / 36 women)
63 - Firecracker Flight 10K, Arlington, 7/4 (22 men / 41 women)
58 - Fitness Today & Cisco Chamber of Commerce 4th of July 5K Color Run, Cisco, 7/4
56 - Stu's Country Mile 5K, Centerville, 7/4 (17 men / 39 women)

54 - Stars and Stripes 1M, Eagle Pass, 7/7 (23 men / 31 women)
53 - Freedom Fest 5K, Mathis, 6/30 (21 men / 32 women)
45 - Independence 10K, Deer Park, 6/30 (20 men / 25 women)
45 - Dow Firecracker 2M, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (6 men / 39 women)
33 - 3rd annual Freedom Run 5K, Snyder (15 men / 18 women)

24 - Freedom 10K, Cedar Park, 7/4 (13 men / 11 women)
22 - WTRC Firecracker Run 1M, Brownfield, 7/4
19 - Stu's Country Mile Kids 1K, Centerville, 7/4 (12 men / 7 women)
17 - Dallas Running Club Independence 1M, Dallas, 7/7 (9 men / 8 women)
17 - 3rd annual Freedom Run 10K, Snyder, 7/7 (12 men / 5 women)

14 - Firecracker 1-Mile Walk, Mexia, 7/4 (5 men / 9 women)

Non-Themed Races Held During Same Time

433 - Christmas in July 5K, Houston, 7/7 (150 men / 283 women)
256 - SA Youth Summer Series 3 5K, San Antonio, 7/8 (120 men / 136 women)
166 - Hell's Half Acre 5K, Fort Worth, 7/7 (73 men / 93 women)
139 - Hell's Half Acre 25K, Fort Worth, 7/7 (78 men / 61 women)
136 - Trinity 5000 Summer Series Race #5, Fort Worth, 7/5 (78 men / 58 women)
128 - Run For Wellness - Heights/White Oak Bayou 5K, Houston, 7/1
26 - Hell's Half Acre 50K, Fort Worth, 7/7 (16 men / 10 women)

Notes
1.  We've not seen complete posted results for Freedom 5K in Sugar Land.  63 finishers through 28 minutes is all that is currently posted on the First Colony Community Association site.
2.  The Firecracker 5K in College Station, produced by the BCS Marathon, is an untimed race; therefore, it is not included.
3.  We've not seen any posted results for the Coolest 5K in Texas in Fort Davis, which was held on the Fourth of July.
4.  We saw references to the Pioneer Firecracker 5K in Leon Valley, held on the Fourth of July, on the RRPTiming.com website, but so far no results.

1 comment:

Ed Fry said...

Jon, I am not sure I am seeing the # of Texas Bud Heatwave 5K racers in your numbers. I think based on results that there may have been 301 racers in this secondary event by the folks who put on the Texas Bud Heatwave 5 Miler...