Training Groups
The Columbus Marathon partners with the following training groups that will make your training fun and memorable, instead of a solitary struggle:
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program is a major beneficiary of The Columbus Marathon. The Team in Training Program is the largest endurance- training program in the world. Participants train to complete the marathon while raising money to cure blood cancers. For more information, visit the Team In Training Website: teamintraining.org/coh or download the "Make Cures Happen" PDF here.
Marathoner in Training
Premier Sports offers this program to train first-time and veteran marathoners to run/walk the Columbus Marathon through the Marathoner-in-Training Program! This unique program is designed to help participants become better long-distance runners and walkers and to provide a support system that offers the conditioning and training needed to effectively and safely run a marathon. For more information, visit the MiT website at: premierraces.com/mit/marathoner.asp.
Run to Remember
Run to Remember provides an opportunity for you to support hospice care and at the same time honor the memory of a loved one. Through the process of training for the Columbus Marathon, Run to Remember will help you to train appropriately, create a legacy in honor of your loved one, and provide step by step assistance in raising funds for The National Hospice Foundation. Visit runtoremember.org for more information.
Komen Columbus Marathon for the Cure
Join us at the Nationwide Better Health Marathon on October 17th! 2010 is the inaugural year for the Marathon for the Cure team in Columbus. Whether you are a walker or a runner, are going for the challenge of a half marathon or the full 26.2 miles, there is a spot for you on this team! Get more information here!
Team Determination
Athletes participating in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon or 1/2 Marathon can now raise awareness and much-needed dollars to fight cancer through their participation in DetermiNation, the American Cancer Society's new endurance event training program. While raising money to support the American Cancer Society's efforts to fight the disease and save lives, Columbus-area DetermiNation team members receive numerous benefits to help them achieve their personal victories. Learn more about DetermiNation here.
Columbus Runnning Company
By following the Columbus Running Company's fall marathon plan, you will become one of the many to reach your personal goals this coming autumn as you finish the 26.2 mile distance of the marathon. Though similar, everyone will follow a personal, slightly different plan. This is because there are universal concepts to training, but we all have very different aerobic backgrounds - your plan is put together to prepare you to cover 26.2 miles or 13.1. You'll get the benefits of running with a group on long runs and even track work for those interested. At the kick-off party, you'll do a personal evaluation that will be used in the creation of your training schedule. And then it all starts... columbusrunning.com
Columbus Running Club
The Columbus Running Club's Mission is to provide a progressive and beneficial venue for individuals to meet other runners in the Central Ohio Area. The Club and its members strive to foster an environment of fellowship and good will and exemplify key attributes of being friendly, professional, and morally supportive of other runners' goals and achievements. Visit columbusrunningclub.com for more information.
New Albany Walking Club
The New Albany Walking Club was founded in 2003 for the purpose of promoting health through walking. The physical, mental, and social benefits derived from group workouts serve to motivate the many women and men who join the regularly scheduled group walks. New Albany Walking Club members meet every Sunday morning at 7:30 AM. to walk along the beautiful roads and walking and bike trails throughout the New Albany community. Members walk from distances of three miles to as many as twenty-three miles depending on whether or not they are training for competition. Membership to the New Albany Walking Club is open to individuals who wish to walk with us regardless of where they reside. We welcome walkers of all abilities. For information contact Phil Heit at phil@newalbanywalkingclub.com or visit newalbanywalkingclub.com.
Speedy Sneakers 
Speedy Sneakers is dedicated to promoting women's health and fitness for life through walking and running programs. For more information, visit the Speedy Sneakers Web site: dublin.speedysneakers.com
Walk with a Doc 
Walk with a Doc wants you to join us in staying active. We will provide breakfast food, coffee, water, RN blood pressure checks, motivational medical advice and tips, and the opportunity to ask our physicians any burning questions you may have -- all free. Please see walkwithadoc.org for up-to-the-minute details on this unique program.
Run MS
Run MS participants can participate in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon and ½ Marathon, all while raising money for the National MS Society.
Benefits of Run MS include:
- Downloadable training guide
- Run MS training shirt
- Run MS incentives - such as: race day technical running shirt, pre-race pasta dinner, race registration fee reimbursement
- Personal fundraising page
- Support from National MS Society staff and volunteers
- Opportunity to run in honor of those with MS
If you would like more information about Run MS - contact us by emailing webmaster@nmssoha.org or visit www.msohiobuckeye.org or call 800-667-7131.
FrontRunner Training Group
Will you be running the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon or Half Marathon? Do you need help preparing for our fall classic? FrontRunner is proud to announce that the 2009 summer/fall session of the FrontRunner Training Group. The FrontRunner Training Group supports runners of all shapes, sizes and abilities, even those training for other fall classics. Membership privileges include experienced training coach, planned routes from a variety of locations, and discounts on FrontRunner merchandise. Only a limited number of new memberships are available, so act fast. To register, or to learn more about the FrontRunner Training Group, please visit www.frcols.com/frontrunnertraininggroup.html or contact Jay Stanwood at 614/486-0301.
Team YL 
Team YL is a group of walkers and runners from all ages and skill levels who together raise funds and awareness for Young Life. Team YL members participate in both the full marathon and half marathon- training one day each week together. Young Life is a non-denominational Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents through volunteers, staff, club meetings, and camps.
For more information about the training group, contact Julie Guinsler at julieg@ylcolumbus.com.
