Ric Wozniak's Staging Area

Great event! My first time. Loved the swag (quarter zip short and awesome medal), pre-race environment got me pumped up. The course was scenic with a few hills and very well marked at turns and mile markers. Spectator support was good and included members on Indiana National Guard. Music played via speakers in several spots along the course. There appeared to be peanty of water/Gatorade stations, but I always carry my own energy gels and water. Once crossing finish line given bottle of water, banana, potato chips and foil blanket. Post race there was a tent for results and tab engraving for medal along with ablility to purchase additional swag item. They have shirts with all participants names on it. Post race cookout included choice of brat, hamburger or cheese pizza and sides included baked beans, coleslaw and a chocolate chip cookie. Beer and drinks available for sale. I love having a meal that fills you up after a long race as we had a 2 1/2 hour hour drive afterwards. My wife (spectator) was able to purchase a cookout meal ticket and eat with me. My wife said she was very entertained at start/finish area. A huge plus she excited to be able to see me twice between the start and finish by only walking a few blocks from start /finish area. She thought this was really awesome. The hotel we stayed at was the Fort Harrison State Park Inn. I was able to walk a short distance to start/finish, grab some food before the race and shower after race before checking out. The rooms are huge and very comfortable beds. I’m not a big fan of running the same race in back to back years, but I will definitely do this race again in 2020.