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Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon
Columbus, OH · Sports
- When
- October 18, 2026
- Where
- Downtown Columbus (Broad & High) · Columbus · OH
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
The Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon has run through downtown Columbus since 1980 and now includes a half marathon and 5K alongside the full 26.2 mile course. It is one of Ohio's largest marathons, typically held the third Sunday of October.
The history within reach
The Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon has run through downtown Columbus since 1980 and now includes a half marathon and 5K alongside the full 26.2 mile course.
The OhioHealth Capital City Half and Quarter Marathon sends runners on a spring course through downtown Columbus starting near the Ohio Statehouse.
- Ohio Statehouse completedsame spot
Twenty-two years in building, using prison labour, through seven architects and a legislature that twice tried to move the capital.
Created from nothing by the legislature as a compromise capital on the east bank of the Scioto, chosen because it was central and because local landowners offered to build the statehouse and penitentiary free..
- LeVeque Tower0.2 mi
Built for an insurance company and made deliberately taller than the Washington Monument, which for a while gave it the fifth-tallest roof in the world.