good luck. ive run it twice, including last year, and i have several family members running.

the course looks pretty similar to last year except for the start and finish. i dont mind the move of the finish line, but im disappointed in the start being moved from broad street. as far as i know, the start line was always there. i have fond memories of watching my dad start there in mid-late 80s and then lining up at the same spot myself when i ran my first marathon (also with my dad).

The course still goes through Upper Arlington and the start/finish area is on the southern edge of the Arena District. I'll be cheering for you while doing a training run on roads paralleling the last 8 miles of the course. I'll also be in grass beside the multiuse path you'll hit at 18 miles cleaning up gel packets thrown in the grass. I train on the path and the part of the course from OSU to UA every day and I hate the littering along the course every year. Please discard your gel packets only at the aid stations! Thanks and good luck. The weather is looking good at this point.

thanks for the info. I've run it 4 times and did the half last year.

I worked for Second Sole in the early to mid 80's and actually drove the pace vehicle one year. The start line on Broad Street is great(mini Times Square)

Mark...I'll dispose of my waste properly. :)

thanks for the info.

thats right, i think you mentioned to me last year sometime about working at second sole. theres a good chance we've met, although i would have been about 6 years old.

and don't worry mark lemmon, i was sure to throw away my gels last year, but i apologize for the snot-rockets that i left.

Ran Columbus as my first marathon last year, and really enjoyed it. Columbus is a great city. Wish I was running again this year, but I have a 70.3 on the schedule for next weekend. Best of luck!

looks like they took out a little of the part thru campus which i always thought was a bit boring.
added some in grandview. i live on 1st ave right on the course so we usually have a good time spectating and drinking coffee.

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Rolled my ankle this morning stepping on something, in the dark, that my flashlight didn't catch.

day to day :(((((((

Gonna try to hit the start line on Sunday.

Just saw they changed the course. Maybe even more flat ;-) Done Columbus many times (still my PR marathon) - not this year. Running the Churchill 1/2 marathon with my dad and son soon after. Yup - 3 generations running together!

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Wasn't there this year, but saw the photos in this morning's paper. I gotta wonder; who's bright idea was it to set of fireworks and make runners start a marathon by running through a cloud of smoke? Anyone here who ran it want to chime in on that part of the experience? Maybe it wasn't as bad as it looks in pictures, but that's gotta be one of the worst ideas I've seen in awhile.

Otherwise, this has always been one of my favorite events.

how did it go? did you make it?

yeah, I made it. rough going on the ankle though.
felt really good the 1st 16 miles and expected to see my son and his buddies at 17th Ave. They weren't there yet and I realized I was ahead of when I'd said I'd be there.
hobbled in the rest of the way after twisting it again during mile 17.
thanks for asking.

sounds like a tough day. nonetheless, congrats on finishing.

thanks much.
I love the new course layout.
they can, and will, improve on the flow of things. But have to make the parking lot craziness better. Also, toilets...I waited in line for 30+ minutes and jumped into my corral less than 4 minutes before the start. Made things a little stressful.

Made it to the OSU Rutgers game too. Fun to sit in the student section with my son, our exchange student and a bunch of my sons' buddies