If you were signed up to run in the 2023 Twin Cities Marathon, which was canceled because of extreme heat, you get your entrance fee back.
All of it.
Officials with the race made that announcement Friday, nearly three weeks after the race was supposed to run.
They had wanted to announce a refund policy by Oct. 5, four days after the scheduled start of the races, but they needed the extra time to work through the cancellation process with their insurer.
Those who were signed up for the ten-mile race are also getting a full refund.
The first checks are going out Oct. 23, and officials say they should all be distributed by Dec. 5.
Registration costs between $129 and $220 for each runner.
More than 20,000 registered for the two races that were scheduled to go off the morning of Oct. 1 before 7:00 a.m.
With a forecast of high heat and humidity, the announcement to cancel was sent out electronically to participants, staffers, and volunteers at 5:00 a.m., less than three hours before the start of the races.
Some runners showed up at the starting line in downtown Minneapolis near US Bank Stadium, and ran the course anyway.
Because the race was called off, there were no water stations on the course and medical attention could not be provided.
Officials say they called off the annual race because of EAS Black Flag weather conditions, which means extreme heat contributing dangerous conditions.
It was the first time the Twin Cities Marathon was canceled because of extreme heat.
It was also canceled in 2020 because of the COVID pandemic.
The 2024 Twin Cities Marathon, which was first run in 1982, is scheduled to run Oct. 6.