The OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, OhioHealth Quarter Marathon and Commit To Be Fit 5K can be equally fun for participants and spectators. Here area few tips to cheer on your favorite runner or walker.
OhioHealth will sponsor five sign-making zones that will help you motivate your favorite runners and walkers.
All three Downtown locations are a short walk from the Start and Finish line and offer prime viewing to see runners and walkers on both the Half and Quarter marathon routes.
Vine Street and Neil Avenue
At about the 12-mile mark on the Half Marathon course and just past the 5-mile mark on the Quarter Marathon just north of Huntington Park
Neil Avenue and Annie & John Glenn Avenue
At about the 7.5-mile mark and about a block north of the Oval in the heart of The Ohio State University campus
In addition to the OhioHealth Spectator & Sign Making Zones, check out these prime viewing spots:
The OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon will feature a combined Start and Finish Line again in 2021. The Start and Finish Line will be located on S. High Street near E. Town Street just southwest of the Byers Xtra Mile Finish Line Party making for a prime viewing location.
After the Start, take a short walk to Rich and Fourth street to see Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon participants at the 3-mile mark or to Broad and Fourth streets to see Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon participants at about the 3.5-mile mark.
Watch Half Marathon and Quarter Marathon participants run past the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Afterward, walk over to the North Market for a snack before picking up Half and Quarter fields at Vine and Town streets