running

Four months ago, I began training for an Indianapolis Mini Marathon that never happened. But sticking with the workouts became my way of outrunning the pandemic.

Consider this a comedic call to arms.

This short number is suitable for running a few miles or running errands.

There’s a lot more to the Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon than running.

If you can carry on a conversation while you’re running along, you’re not going too hard.

Book your post-race massage now. Think you could use a Porta-Potty pre-race? Just do it.

Serious style for the high-chair set, ombre running shoes on sale, and the latest in the Indiana-pride trend.

Victory Field, consistently rated atop the heap of the nation’s minor-league baseball stadiums, has multiple seating packages and a range of ballpark foods to devour. Plus, beer.

Browse the photo gallery of shoes from Saturday’s race.

How to dress up dark denim, your Mini shoe to buy now, and a limited-edition Naptown Roller Girls tee that will disappear fast.

Her hometown race on April 12, the Carmel Marathon, is her sentimental favorite. It’s where she finished her 100th marathon, in 2012.

Says Shea Rankin, “Next year will be [my husband’s] year to train and race. And I’m going to drink beer and eat burgers and heal a little bit.”

Including Westfield Police Chief Joel Rush, who is now turning the idea of running from the cops on its head.

Music acts and costumes, belly dancers and superheroes—the Indy Mini has it all, with runners the world over all pushing themselves to the limit on the IMS track’s 2.5 miles of splendor and sweat. Then there are the other nearly 11 miles.

In a message to participants on April 29, organizers wrote that “in partnership with the Indianapolis Department of Public Safety, local, state, and federal agencies, [we] will be taking additional security and safety precautions … [that] may or may not be visible to event attendees.”