Indian Run 5k Race Recap

The Indian Run 5k was this past weekend and part of the SIRC Circuit which is a series of races based on participation rather than how you finish.  The Indian Run is the third race in the circuit and is run from Milan High School in Milan IN on which the movie Hoosiers was based.    This was the second year for the race.  I needed a race to continue the tristate run of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana,  and I wanted to visit Milan IN so I decided to kill two birds with one stone.  Race registration was at Milan High School which is north of the town. Race Day registration was $15.  For $5 more you could get a shirt. Even though, I am swimming in t-shirts, I decided to get one.  It was Pittsburgh Steeler gold which a couple of my friends thought was hideous but they liked the design. The race had about 150 runners and walkers in rainy conditions where the rain varied between light and heavy. The course started on a country road outside the high school and seemed like a long hike to the start.  It was a loop course that took you by cornfields, a cornfield that is now a golf course, a few houses, across railroad tracks and finished back at the high school. One of the challenges in doing a race in a small town is that you need to be on the lookout for cars as traffic control is done by volunteers. Whether cars will respect a volunteer for traffic control is an adventure. It was not a problem. Post race was bottled water, and bananas.  Afterward, I ate at a local restaurant with good banana walnut pancakes and a small order of biscuits and gravy that was also quite good. I drove through the town of Milan on the way back home.  I may do this race again next year and maybe all the SIRC races for the chance to win money. Race Results