The Bix 7 foot race is an annual 7 mile race held in Davenport, Iowa. It is held every year on the same weekend as the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in late July or early August. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Bix7_1998. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dillon Fountain and Main St. ... The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival is a jazz festival dedicated to the music of Bix Beiderbecke. ...
The race originally started out as separate from the jazz festival. A few dozen people ran the first race. In the mid-1970's it affiliated with the festival, and slowly began to grow. Today, 15,000 to 20,000 people typically run it. It is one of the largest non-marathon foot races in the country, and draws top runners from all over the world. The 7 mile course is known for its steep hills. The first mile of the course is all uphill.
DAVENPORT, Iowa - (July 30, 2005) - Bix Biederbecke was a jazz musician of some repute, so it would have done his heart good to see the number of athletes using his namesake race - the 31st Quad-City Times Bix7 - as a tune-up for next month's World Championships of Track and Field.
In only her second run over this hilly 7 mile course along the Mississippi, she disposed of a strong field that included Catherine Ndereba, who will defend her World Champs marathon title, and was bidding to win her fourth Bix title and coronet trophy in six tries.
His Bix win was his fourth major title of the season, and he's placed in the top 10 eight times.
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