What a great day for a marathon. Almost 9,000 strong this year (half, full and relay). A little hilly for sure (the winning female time was like 3:04), but I did a reasonable 3:29 for such a hilly course.
Erik, Marisol, BigDuke6, Kitty - did you have a go (I know Mr. Clark did)?
Hey Congrats! 3:29 is great… I must of seen you, I was right ahead of the 3:30 pace group for my relay leg. I HURT! Who would of thought that 3 weeks off running would get you THIS out of shape! It was fun though… Now I can’t wait to get back in shape
Oh yeah, I must have seen you. What leg did you do? I was shooting for a 3:15, but that would be pretty tough for this course (I’d say most times are about 10 mins slower than most marathons).
I kept a 3:05 pace until the hills, then a 3:15, then I figured I’d better just come in around 3:30 since the TOSRV century ride is only 6 days away! I stayed with the 3:30 pace balloon guy from about mile 16 on in. Only hurt at mile 24 (usually it’s mile 20). I’m sure I saw you then since I saw a lot of yellow relay tags around our rather large group (until mile 22 that is).
Hopefully you got to do the part through Mariemont - that was awesome! So many people cheering we could only run about 4 wide and so loud I couldn’t hear myself yelling back!
Hilly?? No just rolling. 
I will take that as a compliment because John Sence and I designed the course. The Eastern loop was a no brainer instead running through the industrial section on the West Side. So pleased that we had better weather than last year!
It was a great day out there. I paced a guy through Mariemont and then dropped. The “Mont” was rocken!
I had a huge blow up at mile 19. rroof we must have been within minutes of each other for a while. I had to shuffle in from the 6 miles as my pirformis was blown. I hit the med tent after the race and they were concerned about the hammy being pulled away from the bone because of the pirformis. I’m off to the doc tomorrow.
I came through 1/2 at 1:38, even with a stomach explosion in a port-o-pot. I still felt good until my leg blew up, I would like to think I had 3:20 in me, but it was not to be.
I gotta say, training in Columbus for that hilly of a race is tough. The course was well supported and great fans. I am a little bummed about my time, but 3:40:xx isn’t that bad for a 22 mile run followed by a 4 mile walk.
Sorry to hear that - hope everything is OK. I hit a port-o-pot at mile 12 too 
Yeah, you were a little ahead of me at the half then. If you’ve run Columbus, you know how much tougher (but I think better designed) the Flying Pig is. Thanks to whomever from Infiniti and John Sence (I don’t think he ran this did he) for the design - I’d say perfect!
Congrats for sticking it out though and getting the medal.
IniniT - saw your tent there. Would have liked some of your custom drinks on the course with some more salt and some caffeine instead of the Gatorade. The Mont was awesome for sure!
It was a nice day, but that start was cold!
I ran the first leg of a relay (Team with a dream CC). We finished second for Co-Ed, and I’m sure to catch some blame, since the team finished first (Co-Ed) without me on it last year. After my leg of the relay, I walked back downtown, and picked up my fixed gear bike and rode out to the third transition point to cheer on my group and others.
At the finish, I was able to find Erik and meet his family, great wife, and really cute kids. (Your ‘Sorry ladies I’m married’ may need to be modified to take a more grateful tone!)
Hope to see some of you at the TOSRV!
Mark
Mark,
Thanks for the post race talk. I was hurtin, and you made me feel alot better. Really appreciate it.
Yeah, the start was cool. I ran with some light gloves until the hills.
We might have to come up with some kind symbol to pickout the Cincy Slowtwitchers at the TOSRV. Maybe strap a pink pig with wings on our helmet?
Hey, do you have a black Guru? I saw a guy on a Guru that seemed to not be a race official and an obvious Triathlete cheering on some people.
I think that was John Camelli on the bike, descent AG’er and 2:40 marathoner. The boy can run.
I ran 20 and then dropped out. I have run maybe 10x since Kona and did not want to hurt myself.
It looks like we are actually going to do an infinIT Flying Pig Formula + recovery drink that will be sold on their and our website and served on the course next year. Columbus Marathon is interested also.
As far as the start, that was my father that blew off the cannon. It is an old sailing strarter gun. He is 79 and was so pumped to do it!
Glad to hear that you all had a good time. I sit on the board of the Pig and will pass along the praise.
Thanks!!!
Michael Folan, President infinIT Nutrition
Wow, great info Mike! I knew that your company (InfinIT) was a local company, but I had no idea how involved you were in endurance events (other than seeing your products at many HFP events around).
I’ll get your father had a great time with Canon!
Thanks again and please do pass on the praise for a VERY well run Marathon/weekend.
I put my fixed gear together, mostly from stuff I had in my garage. (the only way to do it)
The pink pig on on the helmet may be too much for me, but we will have to put a new thread out together this week about who is riding TOSRV. This is my first time and I would love to get hints. The best I have heard so far is to bring ear plugs, as the sleeping conditions can be quite loud.
Riding the course was quite a mix up actually. I was able to get out to the T3 point easily, but was stopped by a cop when I tried to head back. I had to do a loop back to Observatory Rd. and back down through Eden park. Not bad, but I missed the finish of my Co-workers.
Mark
I was out there spectating, and had a blast.
My wife and I watched from (I think) mile 23, at the Koka coffee shop. There was a large church choir/band playing and singing and dancing. There must have been fifty people in this group, and they were loud and fun.
I watched the runners’ faces as they approached, and most really seemed pleased at the spectacle.
Congratulations to all you runners. Next year, I’m in.
– John
Mike- loved that it went right by my place in Fairfax! Kudos to the new route!
After 6 tries I finally broke 3 hours at the Pig. I ran a 2:56:30. What a relief to finally have the three hour monkey off my back. Next Saturday I plan on getting the 5 hour monkey off my back at the Gulf Coast triathlon.
Holy Smokes that is fast there - Please tell me you are like 28 or something…
eric–that sucks about the leg. keep us updated on that. i can’t believe you finished in that time! and, yeah, if you do it again, come down to my neighborhood and train on some of these hills…it’s the only way to have a good race day down here.
take care–ok? let us know how it turns out!
kittycat
hey doc, I wasn’t there…instead I went out for a long ride and got my body pounded by some big winds. yesterday I did a strong 40 miles, but am worried now that I’ve got 50 this weekend…40 is the longest so far…i know 40 or 50 is nothing compared to what most people here are doing, but that’s ok, I’m just doing my own thing.
i’ll see you this friday.
Oh that is great! You have to start somewhere. Think about what most of your friends/relatives say when you tell them that you are going 40-50 miles - they think you are crazy. Only here (or in THAT circle of friends) does that seem “normal”.
See 'ya soon
Go Pigs!!
Yesterday at the Pig was great! The weather, the course, and the support were all top notch! There’s nothing like having an event of that wuality locally. On top of all that I was fortunate enough to set a PR (3:10:04), but I’m paying for those last few hard miles today.
The choir down on Eastern was fantastic. Did I see that they had a real pig down there?!
Hey Mike, how about trying to get some Infinite out on the course next year? Gatorade works well, but during those last few miles it got way to sweet.
Mark.