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March 13, 2010 ||| 9am Start Time

The annual Shamrock Run and Walk is open to people of all ages and abilities. Come join the fun with thousands of others by participating in either the 4-mile Run/Walk (with timing tag) or the 4-mile Fun Walk (without timing tag). The course starts at Monument Circle downtown and goes to Fountain Square, home of the Irish Hill. The host Indy Sports Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports amateur sports and its impact and influence on the common good of central Indiana. The St. Patrick’s Day Celebration is the Foundation’s largest charity event and one of the longest standing traditions in Indianapolis. Online registration is over, but you can register on-site for $25 at the Columbia Club from 11am-2pm on Friday, May 12th

Registration

Online registration is over, but you can register on-site for $25 at the Columbia Club from 11am-2pm on Friday, March 12th and from 7am-8:30am on Saturday, March 13th (race day).

Printable Registration Form ||| Confirm Your Online Registration

Packet Pick-up: Friday, March 12, 2010 from 11am to 2pm at the Columbia Club 2nd Floor. Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 7:00am to 8:30am at the Columbia Club.

Fundraising Opportunity

In keeping with the traditions of great road races like New York and Chicago Marathons, this year's Shamrock Run/Walk offers Fund-Raising opportunities to Foundations thru pledges for grants. Cathedral high school will be using the Shamrock mile run and walk to obtain pledges for participants entered in this years race. Cathedral will obtain pledges and collect the funds. The Indiana Sports Foundation grants Cathedral permission to advertise to it members. Other organizations will be granted the same privilege, allowing their members to enter the race and paying the standard entry fee.  

To obtain the same privileges, contact Bryan Apolskis 317-884-3836 at the foundation offices. 

General Information

Highlights

  • Take a trip to Fountain Square home of the “Irish Hill” and the first Irish settlers in Indianapolis -1850’s
  • Stroll through some of Indy’s Historic Neighborhoods and locations like the Wholesale District, Fletcher Place & Fountain Square
  • See great sights along the way like the Soldiers and Sailor’s Monument, Indy’s Oldest Bar (Slippery Noodle), The Historic St. Patrick’s Church, South Street Park (site of the first professional baseball team in Indy) Pioneer Fountain (decorated & dyed green for Shamrock!) and University Park.
  • Indy’s actual “St. Patrick Street” is part of the course
  • Start and Finish on Monument Circle
  • Post race party at the Columbia Club with live Irish entertainment
  • Benefiting local amateur athletic organizations
  • Show your Irish spirit and be apart of the Irish race costume contest
  • Timing and scoring available with results posted online
  • Perfect morning social activity to do with friends and family
  • Commemorative long-sleeve event t-shirt
  • Rest & Recovery area refreshments back to top

Online registration is over, but you can register on-site for $25 at the Columbia Club from 11am-2pm on Friday, March 12th and from 7am-8:30am on Saturday, March 13th (race day).

Printable Registration Form ||| Confirm Your Registration

Post Race

Rules and Regulations

  • All participants must sign a waiver of liability
  • No animals allowed on race course
  • Strollers accepted
  • Faxed applications excepted
  • T-shirts and numbers must be picked up during the times for packet pick-up and registration – none will be mailed
  • We reserve the right to delay, reschedule or cancel the race due to extreme or severe weather conditions. NO REFUNDS
  • If you do not indicate a shirt size, you will be given an XL. No exchanges.
  • Runners need to maintain a pace of 12 minutes per mile and walkers 18 minutes per mile. Anyone not maintaining this pace will be asked to use the sidewalk and follow all traffic signals.
  • There is a small service charge added to the price of the registration fee for online orders with a credit card.
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Acknowledgements

The Indy Sports Foundation would like to thank the following agencies for their help in making the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration an Indianapolis tradition.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Indianapolis Fire Department
Indianapolis Department of Public Works
Wishard Hospital
The Red Cross
Indiana’s Armed Forces
Wheeler Towing
Indiana War Memorial
The Columbia Club
Indianapolis Downtown Inc.
Southeast Neighborhood Association (Fountain Square) back to top