Need A Pizza And Beer Run
About this race
OBJECTIVE: EAT A SLICE OF NEED PIZZA, RUN 1/2 MILE--DRINK A PINT OF FIELD DAY BEER*, RUN ANOTHER 1/2 MILE TO THE FINISH!!!
*N/A beer will be available for racers and fruited water for the kid's race.
This family friendly pizza and beer 1-mile race is put on by the PR Foundation. The PRFoundation created this charitable sports run to support the community of the greater Cedar Rapids area.
The PRFoundation was founded by Robert Kabakoff of Chicago and "Panini" Pete Blohme of Alabama, they feel wherever there is an event that their cause can support, that money can be used in the community! PRFoundation board member and Need Pizza co-owner, Bob Wagner along with Meg McMullen PRFoundation board member are spearheading the organization of the event.
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Pizza and Beer Run Mile
Pizza and Beer Run Mile
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cedar Rapids, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:59 AM and sets at 6:55 PM local time (CDT) in Cedar Rapids on September 27, 2026 — 11h 55m of daylight.
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 16 Cedar Rapids events
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