who's with me this year??? (yeah, I think im gonna do the gold medal challenge!)

InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon Registration Information

Registration will open Monday, August 3 at Noon CST via Active.com. Here is the link to the registration page:

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1761309

If you would like to do the Gold Medal Challenge, which is both the half-marathon and marathon, you just need to enter once. There is an event called Gold Medal Challenge. Otherwise, just select the event for which you are registering.

If you would like to participate in the Marathon Relay, each participant must enter on their own. You will be asked to select your team name and captain; that is how we will be able to identify your correct team. So make sure you have a team name and captain prior to registering. Teams can consist of 2 to 4 runners.

There will be two half marathons so you will be asked to give your estimated finish time during the registration process. Sometime in the months before the event, we will use your times to decide which race you will be placed in - the 7 a.m. race or the 9:30 a.m. race. The faster runners will be placed in the first race. If you have a preference to which race you are in, please email the race director at [email protected] and we will consider your request, although we can't guarantee it. Please be aware that there is only one half marathon listed on the registration page. You cannot specify which one you would like to run during the registration process. You will be notified of which race you are assigned to at least one month prior to race day.

The field limits are as follows: marathon 120 runners, half marathon 240 runners (both races combined), marathon relay 100 teams. A total of 40 slots in the marathon and half marathon will be reserved for Gold Medal Challenge participants. Although we have no way of knowing at this time when or if any of the events will fill up, there has been a lot of interest in the Gold Medal Challenge and we do anticipate that this will fill up first.

The tentative schedule of events is as follows:

Saturday, January 23

Half Marathon 1 - 7:00 a.m. (2-hour time limit)
Half Marathon 2 - 9:30 a.m. (3-hour time limit)
Marathon Relay - 1 p.m. (4-hour time limit)

Sunday, January 24

Marathon - 8 a.m. (6 hour time limit)

For questions, please email the race director, Chris Ponteri, at [email protected] or call him at 262-215-1166.