Committee member Jim Hallahan says participant numbers will be capped at well below the ideal figure, but registrations have been promising so far.

Ongoing COVID restrictions mean the 45^th running of the event will be limited to 750 people for the first time.

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"Anything over 1000 [participants] is always good, but we'll be down about 25 per cent because of COVID," Mr Hallahan said.

To encourage people to register early, there is an early bird prize up for grabs for anyone who registers by September 17 - two days before the event.

"We have a $300 early bird prize courtesy of Access All Loans," Mr Hallahan said.

"So what we're trying to do, the fact that it's limited to 750 entries, we want people to register as soon as possible so they don't miss out.

"A few weeks ago, we were in front of where we are normally at this time of the entries."

Entries for this year's 7.5-kilometre fun run are all online through the Bathurst Edgell Jog website.

Although some changes have been made to the day due to COVID, Mr Hallahan said there is still a lot up for grabs, including $3600 in cash prizes for the first three male and female runners across the line.

"[There's] similar sorts of prizes but we don't have the overseas trip this year," Mr Hallahan said

"We won't be having a barrel draw, but it will be an electronic draw for the finishers.

"We've got a Lou Shehade Memorial; everyone knows Lou, so there's a Lou Shehade Memorial award for the first male and female finishers.

"One of the major new things this year [is] we've got a fantastic medal for all finishers from McDonald's. We've already got them and they're really nice."

Any participant who finishes the course in under 90 minutes will go into the draw for a chance to win any of the prizes.

All participants pay a $30 registration fee and the money goes towards covering the expenses of running the event, with the remainder donated to a charity.

"It costs a lot of money to put it on. It costs us in excess of $10,000 just for traffic control; that's just one thing," Mr Hallahan said.

"Any money that's left over we usually donate to a major charity at the time. It could be Cancer Appeal, could be to the hospital, it could be to Angel Flight; we determine who it is at the time of the jog."

At this stage, the Edgell Jog is set to begin at 9.30am on September 19.

Participants will be asked to compete and then leave immediately, to prevent any COVID risks.