http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:01:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you know, registration is open for the 2012 Nationwide Children’s Columbus Marathon – and we’re already off to a strong start. If you haven’t signed up yet, today’s news might be the encouragement that you need. In response to many requests from previous marathon participants, we’re thrilled to announce that ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2012/2012-course/ “1 … 2… 3… 4… 5 ... Ready or not, here I come!” We all love a good game of hide-and-go-seek, so as we get ready to reveal some more BIG marathon news (hint: it’s about the course!), we thought it’d be fun to hold a game of hide-and-go-seek with our ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2012/tweetandgoseek/ It feels like it was just yesterday 17,000 Marathoners and ½ Marathoners crossed the finish line of the 2011 Nationwide Insurance Columbus Marathon. Well, in the three months since that exciting day, we’ve been hard at work planning for the 2012 marathon. (Mark your calendars for Oct. 21, 2012.) In ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2012/columbus-marathon-and-nationwide-insurance-to-partner-with-nationwide-children%e2%80%99s-hospital-for-2012-race/ With 17,000 participants and tens of thousands of spectators, it’s safe to say the Columbus Marathon adds a burst of activity to the local economy. After the 2011 event, we partnered with The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business to measure the economic impact. The results are in and ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/2011-columbus-marathon-generates-13-million-in-economic-impact-to-central-ohio/ With December 25 quickly approaching, some of you may still be trying to figure out what to gift your favorite runner or walker. With this in mind, we want to help you out by giving you a few ideas with our Holiday Gift Guide. Hey, you may even get an ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/holiday-gift-guide-for-runners-and-walkers/ [caption id="attachment_963" align="alignright" width="171" caption="Dave blazes through the marathon course."][/caption] This is a guest post from marathoner, Dave Parsons. Wow, we did it! This post is for all of you walkers, runners and wheelchair athletes who toed the starting line and then did whatever it took to get across the finish line. ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/race-day-reflections/ A big congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped make the 2011 Nationwide Insurance Columbus Marathon such a success. The 32-year-old Marathon had 4,729 finishers, pushing it past other Ohio marathons, including The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon and the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, for total number of finishers in ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/columbus-marathon-ohio%e2%80%99s-largest-marathon-in-2011/ The Columbus Marathon started with a bang – literally a wedding on stage followed by fireworks! – and as I type this, 17,000 ½- and full-marathoners are making their way through the streets of Columbus. Running, walking and wheeling, our participants are on their way to accomplishing their 13.1- or ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/the-2011-nationwide-insurance-columbus-marathon-is-underway/ As we put the final preparations in place for the Columbus Marathon, we’ll be sharing “30 Tips in 30 Days.” Click here to read all the tips. Tip 30: Read these last minute reminders to make sure you’re 100% ready for tomorrow! We can’t even count down today, because there’s ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/30-tips-in-30-days/tip-30-read-these-last-minute-reminders-to-make-sure-youre-100-ready-for-tomorrow/ This is a guest post by first-time full marathoner Lydia Godfrey Donovan. "Why do you run?" This is a common question asked of runners because we all have our own personal reasons for loving the sport so much. It's fun, and many times very inspiring, to find out what really motivates each ... http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/columbus-marathon-2011/why-do-you-run/