Joel Sauer and I met at a Beyond Monumental team outing and I was thrilled to meet the man behind the Indy Half at Fort Ben. I had to hear how it came together!

During this episode, sponsored by Cure Hydration, we talk about:

• Celebrating 30 years of the Indy Half at Fort Ben
• Going on 25-50 mile bike rides in his early teenage years and getting into triathlons at age 19
• Choosing to go to school at Bradley in Illinois and how he ended up at Eli Lilly when he is a civil engineer
• How he completed three Ironman races before he ran his first standalone marathon
• The story of starting a marathon in Indianapolis - what is now the Indy Half at Fort Ben
• How he used his marathon training route as the inspiration for the course
• Unintentionally qualifying for the 100th Boston Marathon
• Which of his kids run (he has five kids!)
• How he has one event on his personal calendar per year to challenge himself - i.e. adventure races
• What adventure racing is (not an obstacle course)
• The importance of knowing people’s names
• What he wants runners to know about starting a race or being a race director
• How he did a FULL IRONMAN as a workout last month (his first time covering the distance in 18 years)

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Upcoming Indy Races:

• 9/20 - Monumental Kids 5K
• 9/27 - Mill Race Marathon
• 10/3 - "SHAKE IT OFF" Shake Out Run

• 10/4 - Indy Half at Fort Ben

• 11/8 - Monumental Marathon

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