Indianapolis Monumental Marathon

A useful second chance for anyone whose fall race went wrong. Indianapolis runs in early November, a few weeks after the big October marathons, on a fast, flat, USATF-certified course through the city. The 2027 race is on November 6. It ranks among the 15 largest marathons in the US, yet stays well short of big-city crowding, and since 2008 thousands of runners have qualified for Boston here. The draw is simplicity: a straightforward course and a field big enough for pace company, without the logistics of a ballot race abroad.