The 500 Festival Committee knows some people who’ve entered the Mini won’t be able to participate.  It also knows a lot of people want to be in the race — but missed the deadline.  The “Transfer Program” aims to solve both problems.

The 500 Festival says the program will run from January 11 through April 7.  Here’s how it works:

1. A registered participant wanting to transfer his/her registration to someone else must find someone who would like to participate, a person who is not already registered for the Mini-Marathon.
2. The person transferring into the Mini-Marathon must complete a “transfer request” form at www.500festival.com. There will be a $20 processing fee associated with the transfer request. Transfer requests will only be processed online. Only the person transferring into the Mini-Marathon needs to fill out the transfer request form.
3. Once the transfer request is confirmed by the 500 Festival, the participant transferring out of the Mini-Marathon will be removed from race registration and the participant transferring into the race will be added to the field.