CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, ILLINOIS

Greetings, everyone.

First and foremost, our wish is that this race update finds you and yours safe and sound as we all continue to navigate our way through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Honoring our promise to keep you informed on the status of the 2020 race weekend, we want to share the following update.

Our hope is to conduct the races during a Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in October, but due to the fluidity of the situation and the current demands on our community leaders and resources, we are unable to confirm potential dates. We hope to know more in the near future, and we understand that our community partners must focus now on responding to the urgent issues they must address.

In the meantime, we will continue to evaluate various options for our 2020 race entrants, and we’ll communicate that information when we know if and/or when we can hold an October race weekend.

For now, may we all run and walk with continued patience, understanding, and kindness as we work through these unprecedented times together.

Yours sincerely,

Mike Lindemann and Jan Seeley, race co-directors