The Belfast City Marathon has been postponed until September due to the spread of coronavirus.
It will take place on Sunday 20 September.
The 2020 Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon will now take place on Sunday 28 February.
All participants who have registered for the 2020 Deep RiverRock Marathon (Sunday 3 May) and Half Marathon (Sunday 20 September) will automatically be transferred to the rescheduled events on Sunday 20 September 2020 or Sunday 28 February 2021.
Any participant who does not wish to take part (or are unable to do so) will be able to defer their entries. However notification must be given by Wednesday 1 April this year.
Participants who do not wish to take up one of the above options can transfer their entry to someone else for either the rescheduled dates or 2021 event dates. The deadline date for this process is Monday 1 June 2020.
John Allen, Chairman of Belfast City Marathon Ltd said their fundamental priority is the health of everyone.
“We appreciate your patience since the statement was released on Friday 13 March and would like to thank all our partners and sponsors for helping us to reschedule the 2020 dates of the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon and Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon.
“As a Board of Directors we understand that you will all have many questions and would ask that you please bear with us as we work through the logistics as we prepare for our new scheduled dates. We will email you all with updates by the end of next week at the latest, alongside posting regular updates on our official website www.belfastcitymarathon.com and social media channels,” he said.
And he said the situation is disappointing after hard weeks of training and efforts of fundraising.