The Delta Dental 500 Festival 5K, a shorter version of the Mini utilizing the same start and finish lines, runs the same day.

A pair of newcomers brought home the men's and women's titles in the 2011 OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in Indianapolis.

The 2006 winner of the same race, Bleakney, a member of the 2008 U.S. Paralympics teams, was competing in Indianapolis for the first time since his previous win.

The championship was announced a little over a month before the race and was met with heavy criticism directed toward USATF over the timing and planning of the event.

[4] In the men's race Leonard Korir out kicked Futsum Zienasellassie, an Indianapolis native, to win by one second in a time of 1:02:35.