2016...your year to be awesome.

Less than 12 hours and registration is open! And as a Festival 500 Mini Marathon Ambassador it is my job to promote the mini and tell you about all the awesome events surrounding it. And May 7th is right around the corner. So here's the niti griti of signing up:

• Sign up tomorrw (9/14) for the $65 until October 15th when the price jumps...lately the mini has been still open until the expo, but this is going to be THE YEAR it goes back to old school and sells out early...DO NOT WAIT
• How the heck to you train for it?! Ask me, your Mini Ambassador, and/or partipate in the training in the 3:6:10 OrthoIndy training series
• New Challenges for 2016:
• Mega Mini Challenge: Run the 5K and jump back in the coral for 13.1!
• Mini Maniac Challenge: Run all the training runs 3, 6, 10 miler, the the Mini, for a total of 32.1

Are you ready to head over to www.indymini.com and sign up? When you do, be sure to answer the demongraphic questions at the very end, and select me as the ambassador that referred you from the drop down menu...Still not convinced?

Here are your 13.1 reasons:

13.1 May running weather is awesome
12. Can't beat the fan base
11. Mini training is a great way to start shedding the winter weight
10. This year's shirt is going to be the best shirt...ever.
9. The IMS.
8. You get to kiss the bricks...as long as stopping doesn't interfere with a PR...which leads me to number 7...
7. The PR bell
6. Your kids get an official cow bell to cheer you on (ok, that reason might not be that great : )
5. Anybody who is anybody runs it
4. Post race party
3. The MEGA mini challenge
2. The MANIAC mini challenge
1. I convinced Jason Borem to run it

Hopefully those 13.1 reasons are enough to go straight to www.indymini.com and make it reality. This is YOUR year to get after it and be awesome. Believe in yourself...make it happen.