While so much planning and regrouping went into a potential “stripped down” version of what MO’ Cowbell Marathon usually is, it truly came down to a safety concern for our runners. Among many other factors, we were not able to secure an ExMO’ or Packet pick up location, the level of expert medical training we have come to require in the past or adequate volume of volunteers. Ultimately, we have worked hard each year to bring our runners a top notch experience and didn’t want anything short of that.