Indianapolis Mini-Marathon Stats

The country's largest half marathon took place last Saturday (5/7/05). The OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon had 25028 finishers (12418 males, 12610 females).

Wesley Ochoro, of Kenya, won the men's division with a time of 1:03:31. He's the same guy who was misdirected in Mesa, AZ half-marathon last March 13. In that race he ended up running an extra 0.5 miles, but was still able to win. Nothing like that in Indy. Ochoro was the 10th consecutive Kenyan winner. Kenyan men swept the top six places. Kyle Baker of Grand Rapids MI was the top American with a time of 1:06:06.

The top woman was Albina Ivanova from Russia who finished with a time of 1:13:35. She's the first three-peat women's winner. In 2003 she broke the course record with a time of 1:11:24. The top American women was Amy Skieresz-Wilson who finished with a time of 1:14:30.

The top men and women finishers won $3500. They also had $1000K prizes for the top Indiana winners. I always like the ida of rewarding the locals. The top Indiana Man was Paul Howarth who finished with a time of 1:06:30. The top Indiana women was Stephanie Dueringer who finished with at time of 1:19:09. (More at IndyStar.com).

One thing that I like about this half marathon is that it loops around the 2.5 mile Motor Speedway track. It use to end at the Speedway, but now it starts and ends Downtown with the finish at Military Park.

The Weather

The weather was a tad warm with temperatures in the upper 50's at the start and in the mid 60's near the end of the race. Humidity averaged around 60%. It wasn't quite as warm as last year's race when the temperatures reached 70° (71% humidity) 2 hours into the race.

To deal with the warm temperatures, they keep moving the starting times earlier. In it's first race in 1977, they started at 11:00am. It was moved to 9:00am in 1979. Then it was moved to 8:00am in 2001 after a very warm 2000 race. Finally, it was moved to 7:30am after last year's warm weather.

The Stats

Women outnumbered the men 12610 to 12418. This was primarily due to women in their twenties who outnumbered the men in their twenties by 3470 to 2105. The thirties age group was the largest for both the men and the women, making up 30% for both men and women).

The overall average for the 25028 finishers was 2:29:53. The twenties age group had the fastest average for both men and women (men 2:08:43 and women 2:31:10).

The fastest city (based on average finish times) was Valparaiso, Indiana which had 199 runners who averaged 2:15:39.

The fastest state was Kansas which had 35 runners who averaged 2:11:12.

Note, I required cities to have at least 100 runners and states to have at least 20.

Below are the detailed stats based on results from the 2005 OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon Results Page.

Total Runners by Times

under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
490 (2%)	5925 (24%)	8123 (32%)	10490 (42%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
preteens	1 (2%)	14 (22%)	18 (28%)	31 (48%)
teens	40 (9%)	152 (35%)	123 (28%)	121 (28%)
twenties	126 (6%)	834 (40%)	725 (34%)	420 (20%)
thirties	136 (4%)	1547 (41%)	1313 (35%)	788 (21%)
forties	124 (4%)	1270 (37%)	1171 (34%)	851 (25%)
fifties	23 (1%)	515 (26%)	663 (33%)	784 (39%)
sixties	1 (0%)	64 (13%)	143 (28%)	301 (59%)
seventies	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	9 (16%)	47 (82%)
eighties+	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (100%)
unknown	3 (5%)	14 (24%)	26 (45%)	15 (26%)
Total	454 (4%)	4411 (36%)	4191 (34%)	3362 (27%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
preteens	0 (0%)	2 (4%)	10 (19%)	42 (78%)
teens	1 (0%)	51 (12%)	157 (37%)	216 (51%)
twenties	17 (0%)	558 (16%)	1412 (41%)	1483 (43%)
thirties	14 (0%)	545 (15%)	1270 (34%)	1891 (51%)
forties	3 (0%)	297 (10%)	814 (27%)	1877 (63%)
fifties	1 (0%)	53 (3%)	228 (15%)	1269 (82%)
sixties	0 (0%)	1 (0%)	25 (8%)	282 (92%)
seventies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (11%)	34 (89%)
eighties+	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
unknown	0 (0%)	7 (14%)	12 (24%)	32 (63%)
Total	36 (0%)	1514 (12%)	3932 (31%)	7128 (57%)

Average/Best Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
preteens	118	0%	2:47:54	1:24:45
teens	861	3%	2:27:55	1:13:41
twenties	5575	22%	2:22:41	1:03:31
thirties	7504	30%	2:24:14	1:03:54
forties	6407	26%	2:30:34	1:11:20
fifties	3536	14%	2:44:37	1:14:40
sixties	817	3%	2:56:10	1:24:58
seventies	95	0%	3:08:24	1:50:12
eighties+	6	0%	3:49:19	3:22:38
unknown	109	0%	2:30:48	1:21:14
Total	25028	100%	2:29:53	1:03:31
Fastest Ages (by average)
twenties	5575	22%	2:22:41	1:03:31

Average/Best Times By Male Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
preteens	64	1%	2:36:59	1:24:45
teens	436	4%	2:14:57	1:13:41
twenties	2105	17%	2:08:43	1:03:31
thirties	3784	30%	2:10:34	1:03:54
forties	3416	28%	2:14:09	1:11:20
fifties	1985	16%	2:27:40	1:14:40
sixties	509	4%	2:43:56	1:24:58
seventies	57	0%	3:02:33	1:50:12
eighties+	4	0%	3:52:52	3:40:23
unknown	58	0%	2:17:10	1:21:14
Total	12418	100%	2:15:56	1:03:31
Fastest Ages (by average)
twenties	2105	17%	2:08:43	1:03:31

Average/Best Times By Female Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
preteens	54	0%	3:00:51	1:36:09
teens	425	3%	2:41:14	1:27:09
twenties	3470	28%	2:31:10	1:13:35
thirties	3720	30%	2:38:07	1:13:54
forties	2991	24%	2:49:20	1:24:16
fifties	1551	12%	3:06:20	1:26:09
sixties	308	2%	3:16:23	1:40:04
seventies	38	0%	3:17:10	2:23:19
eighties+	2	0%	3:42:14	3:22:38
unknown	51	0%	2:46:17	1:42:36
Total	12610	100%	2:43:38	1:13:35
Fastest Ages (by average)
twenties	3470	28%	2:31:10	1:13:35

Average/Best Times By Cities (cutoff=100)

City	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
Anderson, IN	191	1%	2:38:16	1:27:46
Avon, IN	302	1%	2:36:51	1:28:51
Bloomington, IN	393	2%	2:24:51	1:21:14
Brownsburg, IN	311	1%	2:35:06	1:12:32
Carmel, IN	1265	5%	2:29:12	1:10:37
Champaign, IL	141	1%	2:18:38	1:21:00
Chicago, IL	730	3%	2:16:06	1:22:08
Cincinnati, OH	102	0%	2:22:19	1:10:52
Columbus, IN	216	1%	2:29:00	1:24:02
Fishers, IN	988	4%	2:30:31	1:14:33
Fort Wayne, IN	630	3%	2:22:32	1:11:37
Franklin, IN	122	0%	2:45:29	1:21:35
Greenfield, IN	196	1%	2:41:53	1:27:45
Greenwood, IN	606	2%	2:39:21	1:17:18
Indianapolis, IN	6671	27%	2:34:11	1:06:30
Kokomo, IN	174	1%	2:24:33	1:22:35
Lafayette, IN	356	1%	2:24:04	1:21:31
Martinsville, IN	133	1%	2:37:14	1:13:41
Mooresville, IN	133	1%	2:48:07	1:21:46
Muncie, IN	273	1%	2:35:11	1:30:14
New Palestine, IN	111	0%	2:39:09	1:22:06
Noblesville, IN	574	2%	2:34:55	1:17:00
Plainfield, IN	147	1%	2:43:22	1:34:42
Terre Haute, IN	335	1%	2:29:45	1:11:54
Valparaiso, IN	199	1%	2:15:39	1:24:28
West Lafayette, IN	262	1%	2:15:51	1:17:17
Westfield, IN	273	1%	2:30:08	1:22:42
Zionsville, IN	371	1%	2:28:48	1:19:55
Below Cutoff	8823	35%	2:27:01	1:03:31
Total	25028	100%	2:29:53	1:03:31
Fastest City (by average)
Valparaiso, IN	199	1%	2:15:39	1:24:28

Average/Best Times By State (cutoff=20)

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
AZ	35	0%	2:32:59	1:14:30
CA	63	0%	2:20:03	1:23:57
CO	51	0%	2:22:18	1:33:32
FL	97	0%	2:29:05	1:15:26
GA	64	0%	2:23:52	1:31:17
IA	58	0%	2:19:18	1:18:28
IL	2293	9%	2:18:17	1:15:42
IN	19708	79%	2:32:32	1:06:30
KS	35	0%	2:11:12	1:12:51
KY	129	1%	2:23:01	1:21:32
MA	20	0%	2:18:56	1:34:07
MD	34	0%	2:34:22	1:33:58
MI	544	2%	2:20:37	1:06:06
MN	46	0%	2:17:29	1:34:46
MO	195	1%	2:23:50	1:12:11
NC	59	0%	2:19:57	1:11:14
NJ	23	0%	2:21:50	1:37:12
NY	62	0%	2:20:06	1:28:35
OH	879	4%	2:21:39	1:07:34
PA	64	0%	2:17:39	1:19:04
SC	25	0%	2:21:05	1:26:45
TN	67	0%	2:23:41	1:32:10
TX	73	0%	2:30:20	1:29:26
VA	60	0%	2:21:27	1:26:46
WA	22	0%	2:25:03	1:26:09
WI	148	1%	2:17:10	1:16:01
Below Cutoff	174	1%	2:13:49	1:03:31
Total	25028	100%	2:29:53	1:03:31
Fastest State (by average)
KS	35	0%	2:11:12	1:12:51

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