This is my 2nd time attending this event. 2 years ago, my son ran his first 1/2 marathon…read more This year was his first full marathon! The people who put this event on do a great job with setting up and running the event. A big shoutout to CPD and all the officers that work the event to make sure everyone stays safe! They are the best in law enforcement. (Make sure to thank an officer for their service) I am so proud of my son for accomplishing this amazing physical challenge! The music, the fireworks, and just cheering on so many runners, walkers, and wheel chair participants (this year 20,000 participants) was amazing to see! If you get the chance to come down town to Columbus to see the race, come on down and cheer on the participants they will love the encouragement, even if it's a smile and cheer from a stranger.

This was my first marathon…read more I live in Chicago and entered the lottery for the marathon here but I was not able to secure a spot. There are not that many other marathons to select from if you don't get into this one in the Chicago area. I started doing some research and found the Columbus Marathon. I browsed the marathon website and looked at the course map. As soon as I saw that you get to run through Columbus, the campus area, and the shoe I was locked in. Being an OSU alumni this was a great excuse to come back to campus and enjoy Homecoming weekend. This marathon sold out a few weeks before the day of the race. There were 18,000 runners, 7,000 for the full. This race is sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital. They dedicate a patient to each mile of the marathon and they are there on race day to give out high fives and cheer people on. It is a really great experience to help get you through this long race with the encouragement of these patients and reading about their stories on the way. The race is complete with plenty of water stations as well as a few gel stations. Port-o-potties are plentiful and there are numerous aid stations. Throughout the entire course there is musical entertainment from radio stations, live bands, DJs and more. Columbus does this marathon right. With public transportation, public service workers, volunteers, and all other resources, they were able to manage and produce a very successful event. The communities in the Columbus area are fantastic and they helped every runner with encouragement throughout the race. This was my first and if I ever have the opportunity to run this race again I will definitely be there.

We have done this race many times over the years and I have never done a review. Well, that ends…read moretoday. The reason that we typically run the Cap City over the Columbus Marathon is because Cap City is in the spring as oppose to the Columbus Marathon that is in the late fall. For my fiance the fall is a difficult time of year due to football season (he is a coach), so we choose to do Cap City in the spring. We have done both the Half and the Quarter, the routes are always well mapped out. If you haven't done a race in Columbus, Ohio yet you will be pleasantly surprised to find out that there is not much elevation change throughout the route. It makes for a nice even, almost east race. Two years ago I switched from the half to the quarter and I had so much fun. It was like a leisurely Saturday morning run. I told myself after I crossed that finish that I am done with the half. Now I just want to go out, have fun, and enjoy my run and the others I'm out on the course with. I'm so thrilled with my decision and I'm never looking back. My favorite part is when I cross the finish line and I make my way to the after party. Food and drink is free and plentiful. The weather was perfect this year for the race (first time in years and years) and ideal to hang out for an extended period of time at the after party. We almost had too much fun at the after party!!!! So much camaraderie to be had with fellow runners. Congratulations abound and cans of free beverages are raised. We had the absolute best time this year. Try the quarter out, I bet you have fun!!!!

All in all, I had a great time running this race and thought that logistically things went very…read moresmoothly. Check-in process was a lot easier than I had anticipated. This was the best supported Half Marathon I've ever run, with support stations stocked with electrolytes and water every 2 miles! For once, I didn't have to run carrying my own bottle! And they had GU blocks at Mile 6- yay! Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers! Also loved the 8:00 a.m. start time- super civilized! Good job to all the 7000(?) finishers! Love this event, as it has a real community feel to it, now I want to move to Columbus :)

This is a huge event, physically, taking up most of the fairgrounds for three weeks; and a huge…read moreevent, culturally, one of the largest horse shows in the world. People come from all over to compete. I live right down the road, and am not into horses so never bothered to go. But Baby K is, so we went to check it out. $25 parking per car but free entry, and it looks like you could park on 17th closer to campus, maybe OHS, maybe up off Hudson, etc., and really not walk much farther than you do from the fair lot and just go in. Loads of vendors, with tack, trinkets, trailers, and more. A puppy building, for sale but with owners eager to show them off to kids. Two arenas, with tons of seating, good views and sound. And a strip of fair food. You can watch the shows, go to the practice corrals just outside and see the horses close up, have a roast beef sundae, and get a souvenir. A fun family day for just about anybody, and if you are into horses absolutely come check it out.

I'm not quite sure if folks in Columbus realize just what an enormously big deal the All American…read moreQuarter Horse Congress really is - and what it is, is the largest single breed horse show in the world! There are multiple events and these are world class animals and competitors, it not just some local Ohio farm thing. I came for the PBR Professional Bull Riding event in 2021. We were treated to an Ohio native, Eli Vastbinder - a PRCA ProRodeo competitor- winning the event, and the points he gathered helped carry him into the world finals competition. The All American Quarter Horse Congress show is the Ohio State Fiargrounds and Expo Center like you've never seen it! Well worth a visit.

My friend Nykie and I participated in the Scavenger Dash this weekend, and, oh my gosh was it fun!…read more We were lucky enough to win a free team registration from Yelp for this event, which is basically kind of like a local Amazing Race. Teams receive a list of 12 clues that take them on a whirlwind tour of the city to complete various tasks, including taking a photo at local landmarks, obtaining specific items, or completing physical challenges. As soon as the race started, everyone ran to gather the clue sheet that was soon going to determine our fate for the day. The clues were almost all local trivia and locales that were easy to Google if you didn't already know. (I didn't need to search when it asked us to go to the place where you can find the Autobahn and Bahama Mama!) Some of the other clues included GPS coordinates, decoding some Morse Code, and references to Columbus historical sites. Obviously as we completed our tasks, we spotted the other participants. While most of them were running, Nykie and I decided to take it slow and just keep up a brisk walking pace. (We both tend to fall under the 'only run when chased' category of fitness.) We traveled around 5 miles on foot, covering much of the Arena District, Downtown, and German Village before jumping on a bus for a long haul up to the northernmost point of our journey, Goodale Park. (One of the rules of the dash is that you can only use public transit - no cabs, rides from friends, etc.) We both agreed that our favorite challenge was one where each teammate had to unfold a frozen t-shirt and put it on. While the day was cloudy and not nearly as hot as it had been, all of our hustling made sure that we were nice and warm throughout the trip, so this was a WONDERFUL relief! Because of our aforementioned lack of fitness, walking the Scavenger Dash was still a challenge for me and Nykie. We powered on despite our blisters and were entertained enough by the experience that we didn't even complain! (Well, not very much.) When we finally finished the race, we really felt like we had completed a great accomplishment! Granted, we were the second to last team to finish, but for us, it really was about the journey, not the ranking. I can't wait to do this again next year!

This was a fun event. Two-mile course in Grandview with beer stops along the way. Thanks to Fun…read moreRuns and Hofbrauhaus for hosting a great event. Looking forward to doing this again next year!

So cool- hidden gem for serious mountain bike fun. I took my active 10yr old here and then have…read moregone back several time to meet friends. There is a trail and also "trick" area. Make sure to bring helmets.

Any place that give you good outdoor nature activities gets five stars.The trail is very well…read moremaintained by the local MTB Association and is about 5 to 6 miles of good singletrack MTB.Make sure you go before any major rains and few days afterwards because they say the trail doesn't drain well.Besides that get out and ride

Get out with the family and build a memory. Loved this 5k,…read morecarry a pumpkin or walk or run. Great family fun event and grab a pumpkin and apple cider!

The Workday Charity Open was held earlier this month, July 9-12, 2020, at Muirfield Village Golf…read moreClub in Dublin, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. This was a new, official, PGA Tour event. It was unique for several reasons. It was the fifth tournament to be played, without fans, since the Tour resumed the 2019-20 season during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A couple reasons this tournament was so unique: (1) It was a one-off tournament that replaced the previously cancelled John Deere Classic on the Tour schedule. (2) It was played at Muirfield the week immediately preceding the Memorial Tournament. The Memorial has been played annually at Muirfield since 1976. This was the first time since 1957 that the Tour played two weeks in a row on the same course. So, the players who played in the Workday Charity Open and the Memorial Tournament could stay put. Aside from different pin positions, the main differences between Muirfield's setup for the Workday Charity Open and Muirfield's setup for the Memorial Tournament were faster green speeds and thicker rough for the Memorial. This tournament had a relatively small purse ($6.2 million), but a decent field. Big name and/or major-winning participants included Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland, Ian Poulter, Jason Day, Xander Schauffele, Stewart Cink, Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Zach Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Brandt Snedeker, Jim Furyk, Brooks Keopka, Jordan Spieth, Luke Donald, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, Bubba Watson, Jimmy Walker, and Justin Rose. The final round was fun to watch because it went into a playoff between eventual winner Collin Morikawa and then-fifth-ranked player in the world, Justin Thomas. Morikawa and Thomas tied at -19 after 72 holes. Thomas missed an 11-foot par putt that would have sealed his victory on the 72nd hole. On the first playoff hole (they replayed 18), Thomas sank a ridiculous 50-foot birdie putt that had only a 3% chance of going in (according to Tour stats). Morikawa was forced to answer with a birdie putt of his own, from 24 feet, to extend the playoff and he sank it. Clutch. They both parred the second playoff hole (18 again). The third playoff hole was No. 10. Thomas' tee shot ended up behind a small tree, forcing him to pitch his second shot into the fairway. Giving up that stroke pretty much did him in as Morikawa only needed two putts from nine feet to wrap it up. Congrats to Collin Morikawa for his second victory on the PGA Tour. He's definitely a rising star and currently, a force to be reckoned with.