Monumental Marathon

Monumental Marathon
Date	November
Location	Indianapolis, IN, United States
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	2008
Official site	monumentalmarathon.com

The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and Monumental Half Marathon are a pair of concurrent road races run annually in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Monumental Marathon is a 26.2 mile road race. It is one of two fall marathons run in Indianapolis, the other being the Indianapolis Marathon. In 2015 it claimed to have become one of the 20 largest marathons in the United States.^[1] The Monumental Marathon was established in 2008. Just over 1,100 runners completed the inaugural running of the race, while almost 2,000 completed the race the following year.

The Monumental Half Marathon is run concurrently to the full marathon. The two races follow identical routes for the first six or so miles, split, then re-converge for the last three miles of the course. Nearly 3,000 runners completed the half marathon in 2009. Beginning in 2010, a 5k race was offered as well.

"A beautiful place to set your race" is the tagline of the Monumental Marathon.

The Course

The course for the Monumental Marathon begins and ends near the Indiana State Capitol building in downtown Indianapolis.

Results

Full Marathon Results

Year	Athlete	Time
Men
2009	Mathew Chesang	2:21:00.3
2008	Richard Kandie	2:22:24.6
Women
2009	Molly Brown-Boulay	3:07:28.3
2008	Zeddy Chepkoech	2:40:28.4

Half-Marathon Results

Year	Athlete	Time
Men
2013	Robert Mbithi	1:03:37.8[2]
2009	Mark Rode	1:10:55.3
2008	Scott Spitz	1:11:32.7
Women
2009	Crystina Ridenour	1:22:15.3
2008	Jeri Meyerholtz	1:28:21.3

References

1. "Home - Indianapolis Monumental Marathon - Half-Marathon - 5k - Kid's Fun Run".
2. "Robert Wambua Mbithi". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 21 September 2016.