Indiana Urban Wilderness Run events set for June 12-14 near Eskenazi Health campus

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Indianapolis, April, 30, 2015 -- A large pedestrian-worn pathway that has been a popular cross country course for many years will host its first major event on a recently enhanced course. The inaugural Indiana Urban Wilderness Run will be held Saturday, June 13, on the downtown trail with other events throughout the weekend.

The run will travel alongside the White River on a mixture of single-track dirt trails, grass and a limestone path. The course will utilize urban park space that has been created as part of an initiative called the Green Corridor Extension Project.  The trail run is open to the public for all runners and walkers, including a short trail run experience for youth.             

The Indiana Urban Wilderness Run will be part of a busy weekend of running events on the urban trail. The Indiana Invaders will host a pair of events as part of their American Milers Club High Performance Series, which attracts some of the nation’s elite middle-distance and distance runners. The two events are on Friday, June 12, and Sunday, June 14, at Michael A. Carroll Stadium at the south end of the river trail corridor on the IUPUI campus. Both days will include youth clinics for cross country and track runners. The June 12 event will also include Indiana Urban Wilderness Run packet pickup.

Earlier this year, the Collegiate Running Association (CRA) announced that their first National Championship event in trail running would be held on the recently upgraded corridor. The CRA championship race is open to all college students.

The race will be a quarter marathon (10.55K) and will award $6,000 in prizes to the top five male and female college students. Eskenazi Health, Indy Parks, White River State Park, Central Indiana Community Foundation and Reconnecting to Our Waterways are founding sponsors for the event. Other supporters include the American Millers Club, Indiana Invaders, Kopetsky TriAx, Blue Marble and People for Urban Progress.

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