Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Texas' Largest Independence Day-Themed Races - 2019


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 2019:

1,116 - Run Wild 5K, Houston, 7/4 (495 men / 621 women), down 276 from 2018
827 - Independence Day 8K, Houston, 6/29 (328 men / 499 women), up 27 from 2018
753 - Hotter 'N Firecrackers 5K, Frisco, 7/3 (322 men / 431 women), up 181 from 2018
505 - San Antonio Road Runners Freedom Day Four Miler, San Antonio, 7/4 (206 men / 299 women), down 3 from 2018
498 - Stars & Stripes 5K, Mission, 6/29 (153 men / 345 women), down 41 from 2018

477 - Five on the 4th 5M, Dallas, 7/4 (235 men / 242 women), down 31 from 2018
451 - Michelob Ultra 5K, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (164 men / 287 women), up 153 from 2018
451 - Liberty By The Lake 5K, The Colony, 7/4 (210 men / 241 women), down 97 from 2018
426 - Five on the 4th 5K, Dallas, 7/4 (193 men / 233 women), new distance for 2019
394 - Patriot 5K, Trophy Club 7/4 (198 men / 196 women), down 27 from 2018

388 - Texas Bud Heat Wave 5M, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (202 men / 186 women), down 41 from 2018
388 - TXU Energy Wings of Freedom 5K, Houston, 7/4 (184 men / 204 women), up 202 from 2018
370 - First Colony Community Association Freedom 5K, Sugar Land, 7/4 (183 men / 187 women), complete 2018 results unknown
368 - 13th annual Up And Running Fourth of July 5K, El Paso, 7/4 (186 men / 182 women), down 24 from 2018
355 - 11th annual Firecracker 5000, Fort Worth, 7/4 (182 men / 173 women), up 96 from 2018

340 - Liberty Run 5K Run, Denton, 7/4 (170 men / 170 women), up 5 from 2018
340 - Freedom Fighter 5K, Tyler, 7/4 (143 men, 197 women), up 63 from 2018
332 - Run For The Blue 5K, Dallas, 7/6 (154 men / 176 women / 2 unknown)
281 - Cox Running Club 4th 5K, Fort Worth, 7/4 (128 men / 153 women), up 103 from 2018
277 - Rowlett Freedom 5K on Main, Rowlett, 7/4 (116 men / 161 women), down 3 from 2018

250 - Corpus Christi Road Runners Four on the Fourth, Corpus Christi, 7/4 (101 men / 149 women), down 16 from 2018
240 - Midland Freedom Run 5K, Midland, 7/4 (108 men / 132 women)
229 - Dow Firecracker 4M, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (107 men / 122 women), down 15 from 2018
210 - TXU Energy Wings of Freedom 10K, Houston, 7/4 (129 men / 81 women), new distance for 2019
200 - Popsicle Run 4M, Kyle, 7/4 (86 men / 114 women), up 25 from 2018

191 - Pioneer Firecracker 5K, Leon Valley, 7/4 (61 men / 130 women), 2018 results unknown
188 - Lake Granbury Kiwanis Firecracker 5K, 7/4, Granbury (86 men / 102 women), down 4 from 2018
182 - RUN, White & Blue 5K, Bastrop, 6/29 (76 men / 106 women), new race for 2019
165 - Liberty By The Lake 10K, The Colony, 7/4 (103 men / 62 women), down 33 from 2018
165 - WTRC Firecracker Run 3M, Brownfield, 7/4 (62 men / 103 women), up 41 from 2018

162 - Run White and Blue 5K, Rancho Viejo, 6/29 (92 men / 70 women), new race for 2019
149 - Flag Run 5K, Boerne, 7/4 (69 men / 80 women), 2018 results unknown
148 - Firecracker Flight Austin 5K, Georgetown, 7/6 (51 men / 97 women)
146 - Memorial Villages 5K, Houston, 7/4 (89 men / 57 women), up 55 from 2018
138 - Firecracker 5K, Mexia, 7/4 (58 men / 80 women), up 64 from 2018

133 - Coolest 5K in Texas, Fort Davis, 7/4 (46 men / 87 women)
129 - Firecracker Flight 4M, Arlington, 7/6 (40 male / 89 female), up 14 from 4M in 2018
128 - 7th annual Fireman's 4 Race (2M Walk), Port O'Connor, 7/6, up 10 from 2018
123 - Shiner Half Moon Holiday 5K, Shiner, 7/6 (41 men / 82 women), up 2 from 2019
122 - Firecracker 5K, Lago Vista, 7/4 (53 men / 69 women), no change from 2018

121 - 10th annual Old Jo's Firecracker Run 5K, St. Jo, 7/4 (42 men / 79 women), up 13 from 2018
110 - City of Del Rio 4th of July 5K Color Run, Del Rio, 7/4 (56 men / 54 women)
104 - Stu's Country Mile 5K, Centerville, 7/4 (32 men / 72 women), up 48 from 2018
102 - Firecracker Flight Austin 10K, Georgetown, 7/6 (41 men / 61 women)
81 - Firecracker 5K Evening Run, San Marcos, 6/27 (29 men / 52 women), down 28 from 2018

79 - Firecracker 5K, Greenville, 7/4 (32 men / 47 women), down 23 from 2018
76 - Firecracker Flight DFW 10K, Arlington, 7/6 (32 men / 44 women), up 13 from 2018
72 - 3rd annual Freedom Run 5K, Snyder, 6/29 (24 men / 48 women), up 38 from 2018
72 - 7th annual Fireman's 4 Race (4M), Port O'Connor, 7/6 (23 men / 49 women), up 18 from 2018
68 - WTRC Firecracker Run 10K, Brownfield, 7/4 (41 men / 28 women), down 3 from 2018

60 - Stars and Stripes 5K, Eagle Pass, 7/7 (35 men / 25 women), down 8 from 2018
58 - Fitness Today & Cisco Chamber of Commerce Red, White and BOOM 5K Color Run, Cisco, 7/4 (36 men / 34 women), up 12 from 2018
58 - Midland Freedom Run 10K, Midland, 7/4 (35 men / 23 women)
55 - Popsicle Run 3K, Kyle, 7/4 (19 men / 36 women), down 19 from 2018
34 - Dow Firecracker 2M Walk, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (4 men / 30 women), down 11 from 2018

29 - Stars and Stripes 1M, Eagle Pass, 7/7 (10 men / 19 women), down 25 from 2018
26 - Stu's Country Mile Kids 1K, Centerville, 7/4 (9 men / 17 women), up 7 from 2018
26 - WTRC Firecracker Run 1M, Brownfield, 7/4, up 4 from 2018
19 - Freedom Fest 5K, Mathis, 6/29, down 34 from 2018
10 - 3rd annual Freedom Run 10K, Snyder, 6/29 (4 men / 6 women), down 7 from 2018

10 - Firecracker 1-Mile Walk, Mexia, 7/4 (5 men / 5 women), down 4 from 2018

Non-Themed Races Held During Same Time

519 - Christmas in July 5K, Houston, 7/6 (190 men / 329 women), up 86 from 2018
127 - Superhero Mug Run 5K, Harker Heights, 7/6 (49 men / 78 women)
112 - Run For Wellness - Heights/White Oak Bayou 5K, Houston, 7/7 (57 men / 55 women), down 16 from 2018
75 - deCordova Dash 5K, deCordova, 7/6 (31 men / 44 women)
48 - Terry Hershey parkrun #25 5K, Houston, 7/6 (25 men / 23 women)
13 - Miles for JOYE 5K, McKinney, 7/6 (10 men / 3 women)
11 - Miles for JOYE 1M, McKinney, 7/6 (2 men / 9 women)

Notes
1.  The Firecracker 5K in College Station, produced by the BCS Marathon, is an untimed race; therefore, it is not included.  (Facebook post says "all 300+ of you".)
2.  The Christoval VFD Firecracker 5K/1M had "a record number of participants - 300+ - in our run/walk/ride."  Pictures on the VFD's Facebook page showed that the race was manually timed.
3.  Appeared to have been approximately 50 starters - from pictures at the VFW Post 8621 Facebook page - at the VFW Post 8621 Independence Day 5K in Alice.
4.  Likewise for The Longhorn Association Fun Run 10K/5K in Gordon (Palo Pinto County), according to pictures from the Longhorn Association Facebook page from Lily Cormack Photography.
5.  Looks like the Independence 5K/10K in Deer Park is no more.  145 combined finishers for 2018.
6.  Looks like the Freedom 5K/10K in Cedar Park is no more.  127 combined finishers for 2018.
7.  Looks like the Dallas Running Club Independence 5K/10K/1M is no more.  505 combined finishers for 2018.

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