The 7 mile road race is annually held during late July, in the streets of downtown Davenport, Iowa.

After competing in the 1974 Boston Marathon, Hudetz was inspired to bring the excitement to the Quad-Cities with a race of his own.

Bill Rodgers, the world's top distance runner at the time, was unable to compete in Moscow, so he went to Davenport instead.

Running legends Bill Rodgers and 1984 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson also compete yearly.

[6] The run is primarily sponsored by the Quad City Times and is a separate entity from the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, which is held the following weekend.