For five decades, the streets of Davenport have seen people "run with the best." Today marks the 50th running of the Quad-City Times Bix 7. Thousands of runners and walkers will climb the daunting Brady Street Hill before continuing to the full 7-mile course or the Prairie Farms 2-mile Quick Bix.
Race Director Michelle Juehring said there's no race quite like the QC Times Bix 7. "It's an amazing accomplishment of the collective eff orts of so many people and something that all of us can feel proud of," she said. "I'm just so very grateful to have a small role in this huge event.
" This will be Juehring's 21st year involved with the race, she said, and her fifth as race director. Originally from Wisconsin, Juehring said when she moved to Davenport it felt like she was in a bigger city, but that it had a hometown feel to it — a sense of community. And race week, she said, is exactly like that.
With everyone that is involved, such as the volunteers, sponsors and participants, the race QC Times Bix 7 embodies a sense of community. "There's just so much beauty in the fellowship of everyone coming together," she said. "We start together when that gun goes off and everybody goes at the same time.
" Bix 7 beginnings When the first Bix 7 was held in 1975, it marked the largest gathering of runners in the Quad-Cities at a steeping 84. Founded by John Hudetz of Bettendorf, he had gone off to compete in the Boston Marathon in 1974. He returned home wanting to create something similar in .