Willie McCool Memorial Half-Marathon, 5K & 10K
Date
Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7:30 AM CDTLocation
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Distances & registration
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10K
2 options · closes Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
5mo 3d 5h 53m leftGeneral entry
Closes Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT · From $44.20
Youth (12 and under) - 10K
Closes Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT · From $28.19
Half Marathon
closes Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
5mo 3d 5h 53m leftGeneral entry
Closes Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT · From $65.55
5K
2 options · closes Oct 10, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT
5mo 3d 6h 53m leftGeneral entry
Closes Oct 10, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT · From $33.53
Youth (12 and under) - 5K
Closes Oct 10, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT · From $28.19
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From the organizer
The Silent Wings Museum provides the perfect backdrop to “imagine” your run taking you out of this world. Willie McCool was the Pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia (January – February 2003), a graduate of Lubbock’s Coronado High School (1979) and loved running.
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His legacy will inspire runners, both old and new and we are proud and honored to dedicate this race to his memory. The half marathon course will have you traveling into outer space through the Lubbock Business Park, past the tree-lined Lubbock Country Club and re-entry through the Lubbock countryside west of the airport. Your mission on the 5K/10K course is to travel around the Galaxy and safely return to the Launch Pad/Finish Line at the Silent Wings Museum. As you run either course, you will discover the world according to Lubbock is, indeed, flat.