Avocado Half Marathon and 5K postponed again and leaving Fallbrook, San Diego County

The Avocado Half Marathon and 5K, originally scheduled for May 28 in Fallbrook and then postponed to Sept. 24, will not be run this year and will have a new location when it is held in 2017.

Andrew Pettersen, who put on the race in 2014 and 2015 in Fallbrook and was organizing this year's race as CEO of GMP Marketing, notified registered runners on Tuesday, Sept. 13, that he was once again changing the date for the third running of the race. The new date is Feb. 25, 2017, and the town hosting it will be outside of San Diego County.

In announcing the first postponement last May, Pettersen cited...