Record number of Mini Marathon participants treated for heat - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Mini Marathon organizers say about 240 race participants were treated for heat exhaustion or dehydration during Saturday's race. That's the highest number in race history.

Temperatures were in the 70s by 10:00 am and some runners struggled in the heat. At 10:05 a.m. the decision was made to go to a yellow flag, meaning the heat index was at a point that runners/walkers should slow down and drink plenty of water.

"We activated our warm weather plan in advance of the races this past Saturday so our staff, medical team, public safety officials, volunteers, participants and spectators could best prepare for the anticipated heat and humidity. Our medical team did an outstanding job of preparing and executing medical care to our participants," said Kirk Hendrix, President and CEO of the 500 Festival.

The Mini Marathon says 28 people were taken to the hospital. No serious medial incidents were reported.

The second-highest number of medical treatments was in 2007 when 167 people were treated and 31 transports were made to hospitals. Mini organizers say that 2012 had more than 2,000 more finishers than in 2007.

Number of Finishers: 31,129 (16,765 females and 14,364 males) This was the highest number of finishers in Mini-Marathon history.

The average time for the Mini-Marathon was 2:35:45.

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