Highlands College Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K

Experience the Highlands College Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Black Creek Park in Fultondale, AL. 
 
Located just outside of Birmingham, AL, the Five Mile Creek Greenway is one of Alabama’s historic Rails to Trails courses with stunning natural beauty and shaded and wooded trails. Whether you’re pursuing a personal record or taking your first courageous step to run long-distance, the Highlands College Half Marathon offers an inclusive, community race weekend for runners from every walk of life and experience level. 

Award Ceremony

• Overall Top 3 Male and Female from each race (awarded on stage)
  • Half Marathon Ceremony: 9:30am
  • 5K and 10K Ceremony: 8:15am

Age Group Awards Booth

• Top 3 Male and Female from each age bracket (awards picked up at the results booth) 
  • 14 and under (5K only); 15-19 (5K only);
  • 19 and under; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50+. 

EXPO

Pick up your packet, and enjoy food, merch, and vendors.

Friday, April 10, 2026 (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.) 
Highlands College - The Forum (1st Floor) 
3660 Grandview Parkway 
Birmingham, AL 35243 

Packet Pickup

Race-day packet pickup.

Saturday, April 11, 2026 (5:45 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.) 
Black Creek Park 
749 Yarbrough RD 
Fultondale, AL US 35068 

Download the RaceJoy mobile app for free live tracking and progress alerts on Race Day.

The Highlands College Half Marathon, 10K, and 5K sponsors RaceJoy to provide participants and spectators live phone tracking, GPS progress alerts and cheers for free. 

*To use RaceJoy, you must carry your phone and activate tracking on the day you complete your race. No official race timing information is provided for this race in RaceJoy. 

GPS Progress Alerts

• Receive GPS-based progress alerts at mile points on the course for current pace and estimated finish time. 

• Share to your social media. 

• Have friends and family track your performance. 

Live GPS Tracking

• Supporters can track your blue dot moving along the course from home or at the race site.

• NearMe proximity alerts notify spectators when you are drawing near.

• Find each other using RaceJoy’s MeetUp tool. 

Send-a-Cheer

• Receive fun, motivational audio cheers from your supporting fans.

• Start sending cheers to others doing the race at any time. 

Parking will be limited, but available on-site at Black Creek Park until the lot is full. There is guaranteed, free parking in an additional lot at the Fultondale campus of Church of the Highlands. A complimentary shuttle service will run every 15 minutes from the additional parking lot to the race area at Black Creek Park. 

Pacers will be available for the Half Marathon for the following finish times: 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45 and 3:00. 

All runners must complete their event(s) by 11:00 a.m.