(Radio Iowa) – Nearly 4000 runners from 42 states will gather at Saylorville Dam Saturday morning for the Dam to Des Moines Half Marathon. Race Director Michael Zimmerman says the run is expected to draw its largest crowd since before the pandemic.

The event was established in 1980 and was known as the Dam to Dam race.

Zimmerman says it is one of the few and biggest point-to-point running events in the country.

Zimmerman says there will be plenty of activities downtown after the race.