Manx Radio understands Boxing Day's Millennium Way Relay will go ahead.
Confirmation is expected later today after problems attracting enough people to help organise the event had put it in doubt.
Teams of four compete in the relay over legs from Ramsey's Sky Hill to Castletown Square.
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