Monumental Marathon

The CNO Financial Group Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and Monumental Half Marathon are a pair of concurrent road races run annually in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The Monumental Marathon, first held in 2008, is a 26.2 mi (42.2 km) road race. Since 2016, it has been the only full fall marathon run in Indianapolis. In 2015, it claimed to have become one of the 20 largest marathons in the United States.[1] "A beautiful place to set your pace" is the tagline of the Monumental Marathon.

Monumental Marathon
DateNovember
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana, United States
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2008
Official sitemonumentalmarathon.com

History

The Monumental Marathon was established by Carlton Ray in 2008.[2][3][4] Just over 1,100 runners completed the race's inaugural running, while almost 2,000 completed the race the following year. Nearly 3,000 runners completed the half marathon in 2009. Beginning in 2010, a 5k race was offered as well. In 2014, Runners World named the race as on of the nine best, new U.S. marathons.[5]

In 2015, the Monumental Marathon purchased the Indianapolis Marathon and converted it into a half marathon, operating as the Indy Half Marathon at Fort Ben. Prior to the purchase, the Monumental Marathon was reported to be in the top 25 marathons in the United States.[5]

In 2017, Jed Cornforth was appointed as executive director of the event, replacing the prior director, Blake Boldon, who left the event to direct the Drake Relays.[6]

Runners on the Monumental Marathon course at Butler University.

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic,[7] with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually or transferring their entry to 2021. An e-mail address was provided for registrants to request a refund, without any additional details regarding a refund policy.[8]

Course

The course for the Monumental Marathon begins and ends near the Indiana Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis. The Monumental Half Marathon is run concurrently with the full marathon. The two races follow identical routes for the first six or so miles, split, then re-converge for the last 3 mi (4.8 km) of the course.

Attendance and winners
Year Participants in all events Participants (26.2) Women's winner (26.2) Men's winner (26.2)
2008 3,400[9] 1,109 finishers[10] Zeddy Chepkoech (2:40:28)[11][10] Richard Kandie[11] (2:22:24)[10]
2009 6,000[9] Molly Brown-Boulay (3:07:28)[12] Mathew Chesang (2:21:00)[9]
2010 Jackie Dikos (2:45:25)[13] Leornard Mucheru (2:17:58)[13]
2011 Mandy Grantz (2:42:36)[14] Hillary Cheruiyot (2:22:20)[14]
2012 9,068[15] 2,861 finishers[15] Whitney Bevins-Lazzara (2:45:23)[15] Aleksey Alexandrova (2:18:44)[15]
2013 Colleen Dereuck (2:39:22)[16] David Tuwei (2:16:40)[16]
2014 15,000[17] 3,736 finishers[5] Alana Hadley (2:38:34)[18] Michael Eaton (2:19:38)[17]
2015 13,800[19] 3,999 finishers[19] Nicole Michmerhuizen[19] (2:41:37)[20] Jesse Davis (2:17:59.9)[19][20]
2016 4,176 finishers[6] Andie Cozzarelli (2:38:47)[21] Japhet Kipkoech (2:18:30)[21]
2017 Laura Portis (2:41:35)[22] Japhet Kipkoech (2:18:34)[22]
2018 Laurie Knowles (2:37:50)[23] Aaron Fletcher (2:17:23)[23]
2019 15,000[24] 4,700 finishers[24] Dot McMahan (2:35:36)[24] Nate Guthals (2:17:15)[24]
2020 Event cancelled.[7] - - -
2021 Christina Murphy (2:37:57)[25] Ian Carter (2:16:24)[25]
2022 Jennifer Pope (2:37:22)[26] Jacob Heslington (2:18:56)[26]

See also

References
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