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Race Reports for OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon

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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race! Very crowded. Great volunteers!
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  • Comments: Indy is a top notch race. Excellent all around. I'll be back.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: As mentioned, a very well supported race that is extremely popular in midwest. Lots of aid stations and musical acts, much fan support along the way.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: not MY best race. achilles cramps and just no strength after 1/2 marathon last weekend.
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  • Comments: The party after was amazing. Finish line spit you out into a part where there was alot to do.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Comments: This is one race I think everyone needs to do if they have the chance. They have bands (some great, some good, some bad) every mile and the volunteers are just fabulous. Also running on the same track as they race the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 (NASCAR) is pretty freaking cool.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Ok, so about the mini race. Very hot and muggy for a early May race. Men's winner was clocked at 1:05, slowest win pace in 20 years. However, I finished at a 9:52 pace vs 9:58 last year. HR avg was 166 vs 168 last year. But with the huge difference in heat, I have to think I did better overall, correct? Wanted to use your Zone strategy, but it went out the window after about 1.5 miles. That was probably the heat? Had A LOT left in the tank at the 11 mile mark. I was ready to turn on afterburners when something happened: Sprinted about 200 feet to avoid a walker at the 10.5 mile water station. Right calf seized up terribly. Yelled out something inappropriate that scared the poor walker. I had been really conscious of not wanting to cramp up like I did last year at the 11 mile mark. Took two of the electrolyte/sodium tablets every hour (they are designed to be like alkaseltzer and placed in 12 ounces of water. Just ate them raw so I didn't have to carry anything.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The water stations were set up every half mile for the last 4 miles because of the heat. This was a very good thing and I was impressed.
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  • Comments: Had a good time and can now rest from running for awhile. Time to bike and swim and do speed work but low milege running
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: they added water stations - last 4 miles in - I bet they were half mile apart.
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  • Comments: This year I learned about proper pacing and about what I want to do vs. what I can actually do. As much as I may want to go faster, I need to listen to my body and stick with the pacing that feels right.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Nice big race!
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  • Comments: Love this race. Witht he flat course it is easy to run yet challenging because of the distance. That afternoon my foot was feeling funny and I realized that I had a blisted the size of a quarter on the bottom of my right foot just behind the second toe. I thought I felt it coming on this week but I guess the race just finished it off.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The Indy Mini is an event worth attending. They have so many volunteers along the way and so many people cheering that the race goes by in no time.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This is a very well run event. With over 40,000 participants, the event is incredibly organized.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Post-Race Party was great with multiple live bands & huge screen TV with live local coverage of the race. Too bad some rain moved in to dampen the crowd a bit. Overall I'm happy with my 1st HM performance. Beat my 2hr goal & with solid neg split (1:01:09 vs 56:04). Had fun, but I know there's a better time left in these middle-age legs.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Indy is Best
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[18]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This crew knows how to run an efficient and flawless race! The packet pickup was amazing and the gear check was remarkable! They really thought every detail through... except the choice of route. I thought they could pick wider and nicer roads to run on. Lots of gravel, broken roads, and narrow paths.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I will continue to do this race. I just won't expect to PR. It's not the right course for it- too many people.
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[20]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Not quite enough portajohns
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[21]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall a great event.
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[22]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: Ran very well for such a large race. I was in "preferred" seeding, but was worried that there would be too many varied times near me, but it wasn't too bad. I had to do a little bit of short sprinting and dodging early on, although the crowd at the beginning probably helped me keep from going out way too fast. Everything went great. Top 18% overall, top 35% M25-29.
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[23]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Personally for me the highlight was running on the Indy speedway. However, with a race crowd of 35,000 the race was crowded the entire run.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Blah. Didn't do as well as I had hoped. Lost Megan and died.
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[25]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It began to rain as I was finishing the race. I did not take time to stretch or to enjoy the festivities afterwards.
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