Indianapolis Monumental Marathon

The downtown neighborhoods, city streets and government and business districts of this quickly-growing and rejuvenated city will be on display for runners and walkers this fall at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon & Half Marathon, which makes its annual running. Now one of the 20 largest marathon's in the US, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon is the ideal fall marathon for everyone from the first time marathon runner to elite athletes. Starting and finishing at the Indiana State Capitol, the course highlights landmarks and historical neighborhoods throughout Indianapolis. Nationally recognized as flat and fast, event hosted Olympians, PR seekers, and thousands of Boston Marathon qualifiers. Along with a half marathon, 5k, and kids fun run, race weekend is full of events for the entire family. The Indianapolis Monumental Health and Fitness Expo at the Indiana Convention Center kicks off the event with two days of talented expo speakers, vendors, and opportunities to show your monumental spirit. As a 501(c)3 non profit, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon has donated more than $675,000 to support local public education and serve the mission of educating Indianapolis youth on the benefits of exercise, proper diet and healthy living. The Monumental Marathon has sold out for the past four consecutive years - Don't wait to register!! Indianapolis - A beautiful place to set your pace!

The downtown neighborhoods, city streets and government and business districts of this quickly-growing and rejuvenated city will be on display for runners and walkers this fall at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon & Half Marathon, which makes its annual running. Now one of the 20 largest marathon's in the US, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon is the ideal fall marathon for everyone from the first time marathon runner to elite athletes. Starting and finishing at the Indiana State Capitol, the course highlights landmarks and historical neighborhoods throughout Indianapolis. Nationally recognized as flat and fast, event hosted Olympians, PR seekers, and thousands of Boston Marathon qualifiers. Along with a half marathon, 5k, and kids fun run, race weekend is full of events for the entire family. The Indianapolis Monumental Health and Fitness Expo at the Indiana Convention Center kicks off the event with two days of talented expo speakers, vendors, and opportunities to show your monumental spirit. As a 501(c)3 non profit, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon has donated more than $675,000 to support local public education and serve the mission of educating Indianapolis youth on the benefits of exercise, proper diet and healthy living. The Monumental Marathon has sold out for the past four consecutive years - Don't wait to register!! Indianapolis - A beautiful place to set your pace!

Runners will follow an out-and-back loop course through the streets of what has come to be known as the “Crossroads of America,” thanks to its easy access from all sides as well as the fact that roughly half of the nation’s population lives within a day’s drive of the city. The race, aptly named as it takes runners and walkers on a tour past the city’s Indiana State Capitol, Monument Circle and other federal monuments, begins on Washington Street near the Indiana State Museum, and is mostly fast and flat with a number of small hills thrown in. The elevation changes are never significant, however, as the race’s lowest point occurs just below 700 feet and its highest just above 730 feet above sea level, taking participants all the way through to the finish line just off North West Street, not far from the starting line. The course follows what is largely a north-south route through the city, passing by Monument Circle and University and Veterans Memorial Parks on the way to North Meridian Street, which participants will follow for the next several miles. The turn back toward the finish occurs at East 37th Street, where runners begin making their way back along North Talbot and North Pennsylvania Streets. Along the way, participants will also see many of Indianapolis’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods, including Fall Creek Place, Old Northside, Butler-Tarkington and Broad Ripple.

It is a wonderful course that highlights many beautiful buildings and monuments in downtown Indianapolis and several of our neighborhoods. Some of those highlights include; the Indiana State Capitol, Arts Garden, Lucas Oil Stadium, Circle Center Mall, Warehouse District, Eli Lilly campus, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Monument Circle, Federal buildings/monuments, Cultural Trail, Mass Ave District, Pennsylvania Avenue thru Fall Creek Place, Meridian Street, Washington Boulevard through Meridian-Kessler, Butler University, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Broad Ripple, State Fairgrounds and Fall Creek Parkway among others.