{"id":259,"date":"2008-05-20T04:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=259"},"modified":"2008-05-19T19:08:39","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T03:08:39","slug":"a-monumental-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/a-monumental-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Monumental Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"http:\/\/monumentalmarathon.com\/\"> Indianapolis Monumental Marathon<\/a> has officially opened registration.  The inaugural event will take place on November 1 and will highlight<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a number of great buildings and features in our beautiful and convenient Indianapolis downtown including: the Indiana State Capitol, the Arts Garden, Lucas Oil Stadium, Circle Center Mall, Monument Circle, a number of federal monuments, the Cultural trail and the Mass. Ave. District. We are also happy to showcase several interesting and lovely neighborhoods including the Old Northside, Fall Creek Place, Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington and Broad Ripple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The event is being organized and hosted by some of the best in Indianapolis racing.  The official management company is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenlongassoc.com\/\">Ken Long &amp; Associates<\/a> who have an excellent reputation in the community with support from the likes of Bob Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a flat and fast course, this would be a good marathon.  If I still lived in Indiana I would probably sign up for this one.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianapolismarathon.com\/\">Indianapolis Marathon<\/a> is a few weeks earlier and is also an excellent event that is well-established.  The IM is a little hillier but also provides more natural scenery, while the new IMM is flatter and showcases some of the history of the city.<\/p>\n<p>If you are undecided about a fall marathon I would recommend either!<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Marathon, Indianapolis, Monuments [\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon has officially opened registration. The inaugural event will take place on November 1 and will highlight a number of great buildings and features in our beautiful and convenient Indianapolis downtown including: the Indiana State Capitol, the Arts Garden, Lucas Oil Stadium, Circle Center Mall, Monument Circle, a number of federal monuments, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,14,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-marathon","category-races"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-4b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":277,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/may-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":0},"title":"May Highlights","author":"crossn81","date":"June 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As I mentioned previously, the end of May marks the anniversary of run blogging! 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The event's website had this to say: Due to other events taking place in Downtown\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marathon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marathon","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/marathon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/races-on-october-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":2},"title":"Races on October 20","author":"crossn81","date":"October 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I will be at the Indianapolis Marathon, but will be running the half-marathon.\u00a0 It looks like an excellent weekend for racing again!\u00a0 Hope to see you there!! This will also be my race for the World-Wide Half Marathon. Norris Insurance 5 Miler begins at 8am in Bunker Hill.\u00a0 This is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Calendar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Calendar","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/calendar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/races-on-sept-8-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":3},"title":"Races on Sept 8 + 9","author":"crossn81","date":"September 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a good amount of races this weekend. I'll be at the DINO race but would recommend the Miriam Project for a good 5K. Remember that the IndyClassic Marathon date has been changed to Nov 3. This is NOT the same as the Indianapolis Marathon on October 20. 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