Every year, Columbus has plenty to offer in the way of marathons, half-marathons, 10ks, 5ks, fun runs, walks, and adventure runs. Many of the races are happening in Downtown, but you can probably find a race happening in every neighborhood. Note: not everything has been announced, so we’ll be updating this list as more races become available. Some dates may change. All photos by Anne Evans.
Find 5Ks in Columbus, Ohio, to get some exercise and raise money for causes.
March’s 5ks
- Mar 24 – The Hunger Run
- Mar 30 – Brain Injury Awareness 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk
- Mar 31 – The Alga 5K, Bexley
April’s 5Ks
- Apr 6 – Race for a Place to Call Home
- Apr 6 – Lady Tutu 5K and Little Princess Dash, Easton
- Apr 7 – DogTap 5K/10K
- Apr 7 – Choo Choo 9 Miler and 5K, Westerville
- Apr 7 – Alpha Phi Omega 5K
- Apr 7 – Scioto Miles Spring Training Series
- Apr 7 – 1 Day for the K.I.A. 12-Hour Endurance Run
- Apr 7 – 1 Day for the K.I.A. Remembrance 5K
- Apr 12 – Buck I Run Glow Run
- Apr 12 – The Roadrunner Run, Hilliard
- Apr 13 – Sharon Woods 10K and 5K
- Apr 13 – Reynoldsburg Raiders HS PI Day 5K
- Apr 13 – AIDS Walk Ohio
- Apr 13 – Hangry 5K
- Apr 13 – Clintonville 5K
- Apr 14 – Head for the Cure 5K
- Apr 14 – Athens Marathon and Half Marathon
- Apr 20 – The Bunny Run, Hilliard
- Apr 20 – Bunny Hop 5K Run and Walk
- Apr 20 – Run to Erase Epilepsy 5K
- Apr 27 – PBR 10K
- Apr 27 – The OhioHealth CapCity Half Marathon, Patron Quarter Marathon and Commit To Be Fit 5K
- Apr 28 – March for Babies
- Apr 28 – Capes and Crowns 5K
May’s 5Ks
- May 4 – Columbus Beer Run
- May 4 – Storm the Fort 5K
- May 4 – McConnell 5K and 1 Mile Walk
- May 4 – Walk to Cure Arthritis
- May 4 – Columbus State Cougar Challenge, Delaware Campus
- May 5 – Cinco de Mayo 5K
- May 5 – Family, Fun and Fitness 5K Walk/Run, Bexley
- May 5 – Let Me Run Columbus SpringFest 5K
- May 5 – Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
- May 5 – Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- May TBD – Run for CBD – Team Dosie, Hilliard
- May 10 – OSU Run Down The Demons, 5K
- May 10 – RadioU 5K
- May 11 – BCAN Walk to End Bladder Cancer
- May 11 – Challenge Columbus 5K
- May 11 – Duchenne Dash 5K and 10K, Dublin
- May 11 – Run for Heroes
- May 12 – I Love Mom 5K and 10K Westerville
- May 12 – Mother’s Day Brunch 5K
- May 12 – Columbus Family Mother’s Day 5K Run/Walk
- May 18 – Zoo Run Run 5K
- May 18 – Rockin’ on the Run (London)
- May 18 – Komen Columbus Race for the Cure
- May 19 – Cleveland Marathon – Full, Half, 10K, 5K, Kids
- May 19 – Girls on the Run Spring 5K
- May 23 – FORE! Miler
- May 25 – Pet Promise Rescue Run
- May 25 – New Moon Half and Quarter Marathon, Crescent Moon 5K, Downtown Delaware
- May 26 – Field of Heroes 5K, Westerville (probable)
- May 27 – Memorial Day Mayhem
- May 27 – Upper Arlington Civic Association Memorial Day 5 Miler and 1 Miler
- May 27 – Ring Around the Roses 5K Walk-Run
June’s 5Ks
- Jun 1 – Muscles for Myeloma 5K and 1M Walk
- Jun 1 – Run Out Duchenne 5K
- Jun 1 – BT5K Break Through for Brain Tumors
- Jun 2 – Columbus 10K
- Jun 2 – Ohio Super Sprint Triathlon Challenge
- Jun no date yet – CHLOE 5K
- Jun 5 – The Big Run, Worthington
- Jun 8 – Step Up For Stefanie’s Champions 4 Mile and 1 Mile Walk/Run
- Jun 8 – Run With Passion 5K Run/Walk
- Jun 8 – Farm Fresh 5K
- Jun 9 – Jack Roth Rock ‘n Run
- Jun probably no longer happening – ZombieWalk Columbus
- Jun 9 – Mommy Mile 5K Race/Walk
- Jun no date yet – Run for Pride 5K
- Jun 12 – Columbus Run/Walk for Mental Health 5K
- Jun 15 – Tough Mudder (Michigan)
- Jun 15 – The Great Inflatable Race
- Jun 15 – Friends of the Buckeye Lake Library 5K
- Jun 21 – Brokeman’s Find Me Where The Wild Things Are
- Jun 22 – Bakersfield taco bout it 5K
- Jun 22 – Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Remembrance Walk
- Jun no date yet (probably Jun 22) – Run with the Pack – Benefitting Pets Without Parents Animal Shelter, 5K Race or 1 Mile Fun Walk/Run
- Jun 23 – MingoMan Triathlon and Duathlon
- Jun 29 – Hilliard Classic Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
July’s 5Ks
- Jul 1 – Worthington Hills Firecracker Trot 5K
- Jul 4 – New Albany Independence Day 5K Run and Walk
- Jul 4 – Freedom 4 Miler
- Jul 4 – The Freedom 5K and Kids Fun Run, Pickerington
- Jul 4 – Westerville July Fourth 5k
- Jul 4 – Anchor the Soul / Free the Mind 5K Walk/Run, West Milton
- Jul 4 – Clintonville 4 on the Fourth
- Jul 6 – Hilltop U.S.A. 5K
- Jul 12 – Rocks Rally 5k
- Jul 13 – CRC Mile Dash
- Jul 13 – Dash for Donation
- Jul 13 – FLIP Darby Creek Trail Run
- Jul 20 – Roundtown Classic, Circleville
- Jul 21 – Ross TriFit Challenge Triathlon and Duathlon, and 5K
- Jul no date yet – The Color Run
- Jul 26 – All Ohio Balloon Fest 5K
- Jul 27 – Mud Ninja Columbus area
- Jul 28 – Wagons Ho Ho Ho Launches Christmas in July 5k Race
- Jul no date yet – Granville In It to Cure It 5K
August’s 5Ks
- Aug 1 – IGS Energy Dublin Irish Festival 5K and Kids Dash
- Aug 3 – Columbus Beer Race 5K
- Aug 3 – The Great Amazing Race
- Aug 3 – IPA Day 10K and Half
- Aug 4 – The Hoot Half and 10K
- Aug 10 – African American Male Wellness Walk/Run
- Aug 11 – Columbus Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Aug 11 – Jeff McGowan Memorial 5K
- Aug 11 – ASAE 5K
- Aug 17 – Nationwide Bull Run 5K/10K
- Aug 17 – Shawshank Hustle 7K
- Aug 17 – Triathlon for Hope (all female)
- Aug 17 – Great Columbus Duck Race and Run
- Aug 18 – Blazin’ 5 Miler, Canal Winchester
- Aug 18 – Columbus Frosty 5K
- Aug 24 – Central Ohio Heart Walk
- Aug 25 – M3S Sports 2018 OhioHealth Emerald City Half and Quarter Marathon
September’s 5Ks
- Sep 2 – Run For The Health of It 4 Miler
- Sep 6 – Oktoberfest Meiler Vier
- Sep 7 and 8 – Tough Mudder (Pittsburgh)
- Sep 8 – Harvest Sunrise Triathlon & Duathlon – NEW!
- Sep 14 – Get Your Rear in Gear
- Sep 14 – The Butterfly Run
- Sep 14 – St. Mary’s Tailgate for Cancer/Jean Sheaks Memorial 5K Run/Walk
- Sep 15 – New Albany Walking Classic – 10K and Half Marathon
- Sep 16 – Hollywood Hustle 5K
- Sep 21 – Hocking Hills Indian Run
- Sep 21 – Harvest Moon Trail Runs
- Sep 21 – John Glenn International 5K Run and Walk
- Sep 22 – Cat Caper 5K
- Sep 22 – Unite Walk 5K
- Sep 28 – Columbus Kiwanis Saturday Morning Cartoon 5K Run
- Sep 28 – Run Like a Girl 5K and 10K
- Sep 28 – Friends of the Poor 5K
- Sep 29 – St Jude Walk/Run
- Sep 29 – Big Bad Wolfe Run
- Sep 29 – 5K for K9s
October’s 5Ks
- Oct 5 – Columbus Beer Run (Powell)
- Oct 5 – Blue Ribbon Run, Pickerington
- Oct 6 – Broke Man’s Fall Classic
- Oct 12 – Ohio State Four Miler
- Oct 12 – Queen Bee Half Marathon (Cincinnati, women-themed)
- Oct 13 – Columbus CROP Hunger Walk
- Oct 19 – OSU Relay for Life
- Oct 20 – Columbus Marathon
- Oct 25 – Walking with the Dead 5K
- Oct 26 – 41st Annual 5K Great Pumpkin Run, Grandview
- Oct 27 – Donut Run, Genoa Park
November’s 5Ks
- Nov no date yet – Autumn Squatch 10K Trail Race at the Rocks and Roots Trail at Alum Creek
- Nov 3 – Brokeman’s Beer Mile Series Race #3
- Nov 10 – National Veterans Memorial and Museum 5 Mile Run/Walk
- Nov 17 – Columbus Hot Chocolate 5K
- Nov 28 (check date!) – Thanksgiving Wattle
- Nov 28 – Columbus Turkey Trot
- Nov 28 – The Flying Feather 4 Miler
- Nov 28 – Powell Turkey Trot
- Nov 30 – Columbus Hungry Turkey 5K/10K
December’s 5Ks
- Dec no date yet – The Santa Race, Gahanna (probable date)
- Dec 7 – Jingle Bell Run/Walk
- Dec 8 – Westerville Rudolph Run and 5K
- Dec no date yet – Santa Speedo Dash for Diabetes
- Dec no date yet – Decemburrr Dash
- Dec 21 – Brokeman’s Run Your Pants Off
Every effort has been made to check these dates, however be sure to check on a race before signing up or attending. Race information will be updated and new races will be added as they come available.