Bix 7 Road Race
bix road race held annually davenport iowa commemoration davenport native jazz musician bix beiderbecke followed week later bix beiderbecke memorial jazz festival mile road race annually held late july street downtown davenport iowa race founded john hudetz resident bettendorf iowa competing boston marathon hudetz inspired bring excitement quadcities race inaugural race field consisting eightyfour runner today race often run runner united states’ boycott olympics helped gain bix exposure bill rodgers world top distance runner time unable compete moscow went davenport instead leadership race director ed froehlich promotion quadcity time newspaper generosity several corporate sponsorship helped bix develop largest nonmarathon race midwest race consistently draw elite talent globe running legend bill rodgers olympic marathon gold medalist joan benoit samuelson also compete yearly run primarily sponsored quad city time separate entity bix beiderbecke memorial society bix beiderbecke memorial jazz festival held following weekend race several sponsor platinum gold medal contributing level respectively quadcity time bix facebook page starting line youtube scott c holgorsen videographer quadcities usa