Episode 105: Maury Plambeck - Planning Cities and Planning Marathons

Maury Plambeck (pronounced PLAM-beck) and I met when I joined the Board of Directors for Beyond Monumental, the organization behind the CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.

During this episode, sponsored by Previnex and BITCHSTIX, we talk about:

• How we met
• His time in city planning (not planting!) and how it brought him to Indianapolis
• How his mom is 89 and still can ride a bike and walks every day
• Farm life growing up and learning to drive a tractor at less than 10 years old
• When running came into the picture after college as a stress reliever
• His first Indy Mini in 1990-1991 and how he ran 24 in a row!
• Why he always runs with pacers
• Signing up for his first marathon without really thinking too much about it
• Qualifying for Boston but not signing up on time only to requalify and run his first Boston Marathon in 2013, the year of the Boston bombing
• And his second Boston Marathon was 2018 “the horrible weather and Des Linden year”
• How he runs six days a week no matter what
• The local RUN(317) race series he does every year (prices go up 5/1)
• Getting involved with Back on My Feet Indianapolis THIRTEEN years ago
• Everything else Maury does to give back to the Indianapolis community
• Meeting his husband, Sam. They’ve been together for 38 years.
• Why as runners we need to volunteer and give back to the running community
• His coming out story that he and Sam recently shared with their Lutheran Church
• The Fox Hollow Farm documentary on Hulu (if you don’t know, there was a serial killer in the early 90s in Indianapolis targeting gay men)
• How he got roped into some very long bike rides by a good friend

00:37 Boston Marathon and Carmel Marathon Updates

02:21 Gearing Up for the Indy Mini

03:42 Guest Introduction: Maury Plambeck

06:17 Maury's Background and Early Life

09:00 City Planning Career and Move to Indianapolis

27:38 Running Journey and Mini Marathon Experiences

34:05 Reflecting on Running Habits

34:38 First Marathon Experience

36:38 Qualifying for Boston Marathon

38:01 The Boston Marathon Bombing

42:54 Running in Extreme Weather

48:52 Back on My Feet Organization

56:40 Volunteering and Community Involvement

01:01:27 A Night Out in Cheyenne

01:02:02 Meeting Sam and Moving to Indianapolis

01:02:34 Sam's AIDS Diagnosis and the Damian Center

01:05:34 Volunteering and Community Involvement

01:07:13 Sam's Resilience and Support System

01:11:04 Coming Out and Family Acceptance

01:15:09 Fox Hollow Farm Murders

01:21:07 Biking Adventures and Future Plans

01:31:40 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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