I LOVE THE INDY MINI. Growing up in Indianapolis, we had always gone to support friends and family completing this race. After some personal health struggles, I got into running in early 2017 and signed up for this race as motivation to help me train throughout the beginning of the year. Despite having never run long distances at all before, I trained and trained and showed up terrified but ultimately made it through without stopping. In the middle of this race you get to run on the track at the Speedway, and those 2.5 miles have never seemed so long. The Indy cars go so much faster than we do (duh). People come from all over the US to do this race and it's not hard to see why. If you're looking for a giant race with a mostly flat course and a ton of energy, the Indy mini is a great option.