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While the annual Sweet Corn Festival in Adel had to be canceled due to COVID-19, there will be a virtual 5K run held this year.

The virtual 5K will give participants the opportunity to run and compete in the annual event while staying socially distant. Runners can participate where and when they’d like between August 1st-10th and report their times.

Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce Director Deb Bengston tells Raccoon Valley Radio that this is giving people all over the country an opportunity to participate that otherwise may not have been able to, “We are finding people from all over the United States are doing this virtual 5K with us. We have people from Wisconsin, California, and New York that are running the virtual race. We also mail out our sweet corn t-shirts when you sign up. They can go out and run their 5K in the t-shirt, and take a selfie, and post it to our Facebook page.”

Bengston adds that participants will also get a shirt with a husk of corn wearing a mask that she says has been a fan favorite. You can register here.