Fireball Classic 5K and Kid's Mile

The Fireball Classic 5K is a summer tradition that continues in 2025 for the 41st year! 

Date, Time & Place: Thursday, July 3rd, 2025, Kid's Mile - 8:00pm, 5K - 9:00pm, Neyland Dr

Kickoff your 4th of July festivities with a fast 5k on Neyland Drive - it's the Fireball Classic 5k and Kid's Mile! 

Course Description: Runners will start in the east bound lane of Neyland Dr, in front of the G-10 parking lot, and run out before returning in the west bound lane, finishing in the shadow of Neyland Stadium. Kid's Mile will be an out and back on Neyland Drive. 

Registration and Entry Fee (No refunds or bib transfers): Early Bird Pricing through 3/20 - 4/19 - $25, 4/20 - 5/31 - $30, late registration 6/1 - 7/2 - $35, day of race (7/3) - $40. Cost for 17 and under is $25 until 5/31 and then goes up to $35 for late and day-of registration.  Kid's Mile fee is $10 through 5/31, then $15 6/1 - 7/3.  Only one coupon may be used at a time.  No discounts on day-of registration. 

Packet Pickup: Early pickup on Tuesday, July 1 at The Long Run (2452 Sutherland Avenue) from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. Race-day packet pickup will be in the pavilion between the G-10 Parking Garage and the Tickle Engineering Building from 7pm-8:45pm. 

Shirts: Adults shirts will be gender specific tanks; Kids will receive a shirt and finisher's medal. Shirt order will be placed on June 5.  To ensure your correct shirt size, please register by June 4. Sizes can be exchanged after the race if supplies are available. We will order extra, but when the inventory runs out in RunSignup, there will be no more shirts. Size chart here: Singlet Sizes

Results: Results will be posted on Runsignup after the race. 

Awards: Awards to the top 3 Overall, top Masters (As defined by fastest person age 40 and above, not limited to 40-49) Grandmasters (As defined by fastest person age 50 and above, not limited to 50-59), Senior Grandmasters (As defined by fastest person age 60 and above, not limited to 60-69) male and female. Awards to the top 3 in each age group as well as Overall Clydesdale (men over 200 lbs.) and Overall Athena (Women over 150 lbs.) Awards ceremony following race.  Awards will not be mailed, but will be available for pickup at The Long Run. All kids finishing the  Mile will receive a finisher's medal. 

Grand Prix Points and Team Competition: The Fireball 5k is on the 2025 Team Competition schedule. 2025 Grand Prix Points awarded winners in various categories and age groups. Points accumulate throughout the year. KTC recognizes the top 10 men and women in the Grand Prix series at the New Year’s Day 5K on January 1, 2026. Remember, to be eligible for Grand Prix Points, participants must be a member of KTC and must volunteer for at least 3 KTC races throughout the year. 

Post Race Refreshments: Assorted refreshments will be provided post race in the event tent. 

Race Etiquette: Due to insurance regulations, roller blades, strollers, bicycles, and dogs are not allowed on the course. The 5K course closes in 1 hour and 15 minutes. KTC discourages the use of headphones at events.

Information or Special Assistance: Please contact the KTC Events Manager at Jessica@ktc.org.

KTC Safety Policy: The Knoxville Track Club Board of Directors has approved an Event Safety Policy, viewable here: Weather Policy. Please familiarize yourself with it.

Registration:
KTC EVENT RULES
  All participants and volunteers must provide accurate information, including age, gender, and emergency contact information when filling out the event registration/application.
  A participant may not change or add a team affiliation after the announced cut-off date.
  Each participant and volunteer must sign an event waiver before participating in the event as part of the registration process. Participants and volunteers under 18 years of age must have the applicant wavier signed by a parent or legal guardian.

Timing:
  All participants are responsible for knowing the race’s start time. All participants must be present at the appointed time to receive instructions and to participate in the official start of the race in order to register an official finish time.
  All participants must be capable of completing the full race distance, start line to finish line, within the announced event time limit, under their own power.
  Participants outside of the time limit may not be recorded or published as official finishers, receive on-course support from aid stations and traffic safety personnel, or be allowed to complete the full race distance. KTC reserves the right to set cutoff times at known points and participants not meeting the cutoff time(s) will not be allowed to continue.

Bibs:
Conduct:
  No one may participate in a race without wearing the officially issued race number bib or timing chip registered to the wearer.
  The race number bib must be unmodified, unfolded, and conspicuously visible on the front (and back when applicable) of a participant’s running attire at all times while on the race course.
  Participant race number bibs or timing chips are specific personal identifiers. The sale, gift or any other transfer of race number bibs or timing chips is strictly prohibited. Penalties for Violation (see below) will apply to all individuals involved (transferor and transferee).
  A participant shall not (i) wear or carry the race number bib or timing chip of another person, (ii) transfer, give, buy, or sell entry into a KTC event, (iii) otherwise permit any other individual to wear or transport his or her race number bib or timing chip during the race or (iv) wear or transport two or more race number bib or timing chips during the event.
  All participants and volunteers are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and courteous manner during their participation in the event.
  At all times during the event, participants and volunteers will act with due consideration of the safety and rights of other participants and volunteers. Regardless of the circumstances or competitive disadvantage, no participant or volunteers will commit any act that endangers any participant or volunteer. Participants and volunteers shall not intentionally obstruct, impede or interfere with the forward progress of a participant.
  Participants must follow directions and instructions as given from all event officials including KTC staff, event staff, volunteers, course marshals, medical personnel, security officers and city officials throughout the duration of the event.
  Racers, crew, and staff must not litter, mar, or pollute the landscape or environment.
  If during the race, you encounter another runner or staff member who is injured or

sick and unable to move on their own, give priority to assisting that person by telling

race staff for assistance.
  All emergency evacuation costs for participants or crews will be borne by that person

or their heirs. The Knoxville Track Club is in no way liable or responsible for

emergency evacuation.
  Except where expressly allowed (i.e. some ultra distance events, kids races), non-

registered racers may not run alongside racers. (No unofficial pacers allowed).
  In the instances where pacers are allowed, absolutely no physical or mechanical aid

may be given by the pacer to assist the runner, and no food, fluids, or supplies of any kind may be carried for the runner; only one pacer at a time may accompany each runner. Each pacer must sign the same event waiver as race participants.

Course:
  All participants are responsible for knowing the race course.
  Participants must stay within course boundaries, as designated by barriers, road

edges/curbs, traffic cones, delineation, and/or other markings.
  Participants are responsible for recognizing and understanding event signage and

symbols relating to participant maps, facilities and directions.
  If you must leave the course, rejoin it only at the point at which you exited. No

participant, after leaving the course, will be allowed to rejoin the race either for the

purpose of gaining a place or to pace or to assist another participant.
  Any participant who has been found to have gained an unfair advantage by

shortening the route of the race (“Course-Cutting”) will be disqualified from the

event and/or banned from future KTC events.
  A determination of Course-Cutting may include review of eye-witness reports,

split/checkpoint times, race photography, surveillance equipment and video, GPS tracking reports, or by any other method.
Penalty for Violations:

A participant’s or volunteer’s failure to follow these rules, as may be amended, may result in KTC taking any of the following actions: immediate disqualification from the event, loss of prizes, removal from official results and/or ban from future KTC events.

Amendments / reservations / acknowledgements:

  KTC reserves the right to modify, supplement or waive all or part of the rules.
  Participants and volunteers shall be bound by any modification or supplement of the

rules published prior to the event.

Adopted January 22, 2018