Mini-Marathon All Sold Out!

From my InBox:

“As a community organization, one of our goals is to invite and encourage citizens of Indianapolisand their friends and guests to participate in our events,” said Kirk Hendrix, President and CEO, 500 Festival. “We are flattered to have 30,000 people participating in the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon.”

This marks the earliest sell out for the event. Registrations for the 2005 Mini-Marathon, scheduled for Saturday, May 7, have been rolling in at record pace since online registration opened on Saturday, May 8. The 2004 event sold out with 30,000 entries on Jan. 3. The 2003 Mini-Marathon reached its capacity of 25,000 on Feb. 12, 2003and the 2002 race sold out 25,000 entries by March 25, 2002. The Mini-Marathon has grown from 800 participants in its first year in 1977 to its current registration of 30,000.

In addition to the US, 11 other countries are represented in registrations including Ecuador, Belgium, Bermuda, Great Britain, Japan, Spain, Austria, Norway, Canada, Puerto Ricoand Switzerland. In all, Mini registrations are from 48 US states. ... Of the 30,000 registrants, 51 percent are female while 49 percent are male.

Once finals are completed I'm going back on my training regime. I was up to 3 mile runs and will have 5 months to gain an extra 10.1 miles of endurance.