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  • 10K
  • 10.5 km
  • Carmel
  • Event weekend starts
  • Past event

Sam Costa Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon 10K

This race edition

Race date
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Race timezone
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Edition status
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Entry options

2026 edition

Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.

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Decision summary

Sam Costa Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon 10K at a glance

Cut-off average pace
17:04/km

3:00:00 total limit divided by distance. Check gun/chip timing and intermediate limits; allow time for stops.

Typical conditions
78/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
15 verified facts

Stored GPS route

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Sam Costa Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon 10K route map

raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Sam Costa Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon 10K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.

Where does the Sam Costa Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon 10K route go?

Underfoot, expect a trail course. The setting includes city and riverside. The oldest road race in the state of Indiana, run for the 55th time in 2026. after he died of cancer in the early 1970s, his friends named their half marathon after him as a memorial.

Race character

Scenery

  • City
  • Riverside
  • Countryside

Terrain

  • Trail
  • Road

Entry, logistics and records

Entry requirements

Entry status
Past event: The listed edition date has passed.
Cut-off
3:00:00

Race day logistics

Expo / packet pickup
No early packet pickup or expo; check-in and on-site race-day registration run from 7:00 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. inside the Student Center at Northview Church on race morning.

Course facts

Notable features
  • The oldest road race in the state of Indiana, run for the 55th time in 2026. Initiated in 1970 by educators and coaches from Carmel High School and managed since the early 1980s by Indy Runners and Walkers, Indiana's largest RRCA-affiliated, volunteer-led not-for-profit running and walking club
  • Named in memory of Sam Costa, a Chicago Police Department detective and dedicated runner who traveled roughly 200 miles to train and race with friends in central Indiana in the 1960s
  • after he died of cancer in the early 1970s, his friends named their half marathon after him as a memorial
  • Both races have been hosted at Northview Church in Carmel since 2006. The courses were updated in 2024 to improve safety and reduce the number of turns, and are expected to remain unchanged for 2026

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 6°CTypical temperature
  • 21 kphTypical wind
  • 4 mmTypical rainfall
  • 78Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, within the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

How we calculated this

Published facts and derived model outputs on this page are tied to stored sources or a published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so runners, coaches and organisers can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

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