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  • 5K
  • 5 km
  • Carmel
  • Event weekend starts
  • Open entry

Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K

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

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Modelled energy-cost change 0.2% versus flat · net elevation -0 m

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Decision summary

Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K at a glance

Route ascent
21 m

Lower than 85% of comparable mapped races

Typical conditions
80/100

Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast

Evidence depth
19 verified facts

Stored GPS route

Quick answers

What runners ask first

Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K route map

raceindex.org has a GPS course file for Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.

How hilly is the Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K?

The Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K route has 21 m of ascent, 21 m of descent and an estimated 0.2% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.

Where does the Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K route go?

The setting includes city and parkland.

What should runners know on race day for the Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K?

Gear check available; organisers not responsible for lost items.

Race character

Scenery

  • City
  • Parkland

Atmosphere

  • Community
  • Festival
  • Charity

Entry, logistics and records

Records and field

Field size
Drew participants from 34 states in 2025

Entry requirements

Entry status
Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.

Race day logistics

Bag drop
Gear check available; organisers not responsible for lost items
Expo / packet pickup
Expo and packet pickup at Civic Square, Carmel, Friday October 16, 4pm-8pm
Race village
No
Medal
Custom-designed finisher medal for all finishers
Finisher tee
Event shirt and goodie bag for all registered participants

Course facts

Notable features
  • The only women's half marathon that pays a top-20 cash purse
  • podium awards for the 10K and 5K plus age-group awards across all distances

How hilly is the Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K?

92%
  • Descent 6%
  • Flat 92%
  • Climb 3%
Total ascent
21 m
Net elevation
−0 m
GAP factor
0.2%
Longest climb
510 m at 1.4%
Gradient mix and ascent are derived from the course geometry under our published normalisation, not taken from organiser marketing.

What are typical race-day conditions?

  • 13°CTypical temperature
  • 20 kphTypical wind
  • 3 mmTypical rainfall
  • 80Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, warmer than the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

More race details

Is the Indiana Women's Running Festival (Indy Women's Half Marathon), Carmel 5K flat?

Its normalised GAP factor is 0.2% slower than a flat course, with about 21 m of total ascent.

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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