18th Annual St. Patrick’s Shamrock Run & Walk (Event Over)

Date: March 14, 2009

Time: 9:00am

Where: Monument Circle/Columbia Club

Course distance: 4 Mile (run and walk)

Registration: Register on-line at www.indystpats.com by March 11th for $19 (fun fitness walk) and $20 (competitive run & walk). After March 11th participants can still register on March 13th from 11am – 2pm at the downtown Columbia Club (121 Monument Circle) and the morning before the race from 7:00am – 8:30am on March 14th for $23 (fun fitness walk) and $25 (competitive run and walk).

Description

The 18th Annual Shamrock Run and Walk is the official race of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The race is fun, full of tradition and one of the first big races to start the Spring.  The four mile run & walk course starts on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis and goes to Fountain Square, which is the home of the “Irish Hill.” The race is one of Indy’s oldest Irish traditions that used to be home to the Indianapolis Athletic Club before the building closed in 2004. The historic race moved to a weekend and now starts and finishes at the downtown Columbia Club. Following the race there is a celebration inside the Club with live Irish Music by the band Second Fiddle with a beer garden and food court. Other highlights: the race uses the latest timing equipment, every participant will receive a long-sleeve St. Pat’s race t-shirt, overall awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers in the competitive run & walk, best Irish race costume contest, door prizes, live entertainment, scenic downtown course, social/networking, free product at race rest and recovery area.