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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