The 52nd running of the Quad-City Times Bix 7 starts at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 25.
A week of events, including the Bechtel Trusts Senior Bix and the Arconic Junior Bix, led up to this morning, when thousands of runners will take off on the 7-mile course.
Follow along here for live updates from race day.
Spectators line up along Brady Street hill 15 mins before race time on Saturday, July 25.
Miserendi, Marvin win Prairie Farms Quick Bix
8:25 | Christopher Miserendi, of Aurora, Illinois, won the men's Prairie Farms Quick Bix, the 2-mile race option.
Megan Marvin, of Madison, Wisconsin, won the women's Prairie Farms Quick Bix.
Runners start 2026 Quad-City Times Bix 7
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8:00 a.m | Runners have taken off on the 52nd running of the Quad-City Times Bix 7.
Clinton resident Angie Gabel, 48, approached the starting line Saturday morning alongside three friends, each wearing matching Wonder Woman running suits.
Angie Gabel, right, is running the Quad-City Times Bi x7 for the 10th time this year.
This is Gabel’s 10th year running the Quad-Cities’ 7-mile footrace. She enjoys the event all around, with one in her group running the race for the first time.
“It's a fun race, lots of support for fans, lots of people,” Gabel said. “All our friends just love to come down and run and do it.”
To her, the race has not changed in that time, creating a familiar and exciting environment to return to, year over year.
“That's probably the beauty of it,” she said. “It doesn't change. It's the same seven miles.”
Runners warm up ahead of the race
7:45 a.m. | Half a block away from the starting line, Tyler Peterson, 23, warmed up as racers drew nearer to Brady Street.
Peterson, who is from Coal Valley and works for the Moline Police Department, is part of a series of Quad-Cities first responder running teams. He said this year is the first time he has run the race, though he has spectated in years prior.
“I’m a little nervous,” he said. “I've never ran it before, so I'm not really sure how many hills and stuff like that. I've heard like Brady Street hill’s, pretty bad, Kirkwood, all that stuff. But I'm excited, though. I'm ready to at least finish it.”
Eliana Moore, 10, bundles up in a sweatshirt to watch her cousin run in the 52nd annual Quad-City Times Bix 7.
Spectators start setting up along Bix 7 course
Paul and Sue Bronzino set up at Brady and Seventh streets to cheer on participants in the Quad-City Times Bix y.
7:30 a.m. | Paul and Sue Bronzino have been holding down the corner of Brady and Seventh streets for so long, they don’t remember when they started. Their corner is decorated with flags, balloons, bubbles, and hundreds of beers. Throughout last year’s rainy start, the group passed out 600 beers, Sue said. It’s even part of their motto: “Run with the best, and drink with the rest (that’s us).”
Motorcyclists stop for prayer in the parking lot of the Davenport School District offices about an hour before the 2026 Quad-City Times Bix 7.
Cloud cover, temps around 70 expected
6:45 a.m. | The National Weather Service is forecasting cloud cover and a temperature around 69 degrees at race time today, a far cry from the rain showers that delayed last year's race.
