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Bix jackpot runner driven to finish first
Ben Houtekier is not an average Joe anymore. Nope. Now he s Ben Houtekier this year s Bix 7 Jackpot runner. People are aware of me, and sometimes I get introduced as the Jackpot guy, he said. It s pretty cool. I m representing all the normal Joes
Born to run: Schwarz, 11, set to return to Brady Street Sprint field
You remember Claire Schwarz. She was the tiny 10-year-old who qualified for the women s field of the Bix 7 Brady Street Sprint last summer. She finished last but made a lasting impression. Now 11, Schwarz is set to run the Sprint for the second conse
Moline firefighter Houtekier hits Bix 7 jackpot
Ben Houtekier was working on his Chevrolet Suburban truck. That s all. Then, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, he received a phone call that he said changed his life. On the phone was Quad-City Times Bix 7 race director Ed Froehlich, asking Houtekier a questi
First Bix at Six training run canceled
Runners preparing for the upcoming Quad-City Times Bix 7 will have to a wait a week for their first Bix at Six training run. A detour that will move U.S. Highway 67 traffic around the rising Mississippi River floodwaters has led to the cancellation o
Race grew into community event under Froehlich s direction
Sunday, July 22, 2007 The race that is now the Quad-City Times Bix 7 began in 1975 with 84 runners as a sideshow to the jazz festival named for Davenport music legend Bix Beiderbecke. Ed Froehlich took over as race director in 1980, boosting particip
7 simple steps to beating the Bix 7
July 20, 2003 The Quad-City Times Bix 7 annually draws more than 15,000 runners and walkers. They come to the race maybe out of habit or out of curiosity. It s also quite possible that many people run the Bix for neither reason. It could be that they
Bix 7 race director: Entries won t be capped this year
Ed Froehlich has thrown out the limitations and thrown down the gauntlet. He has eliminated quotas and issued a challenge to physical fitness aficionados across the state of Iowa . Froehlich, the race director of the Quad-City Times Bix 7 for nearly
