If you’ve got getting in shape, or just being a bit more fit, or maybe running a 5K every month, on your new year’s resolutions list, this list is for you. Every year, Columbus has plenty to offer in the way of marathons, half-marathons, 10ks, 5ks, fun runs and adventure runs. Note: not everything has been announced, so we’ll be updating this list as more races become available.
So, get your new running gear purchased, brush up on some basic training tips, and get out there in the cold and start getting prepared for the races you want to partake in!
January:
- Jan 10 – Fantastic Frigid 5K
- Jan 11 – Rocks and Roots Trail Series – SOLD OUT, but still looking for volunteers
- Jan 24 – Fantastic Frigid 5K
- Jan 24 – NHL AllStar 5K
February:
- Feb 1 – OSU Indoor Triathlon
- Feb 8 – Rocks and Roots Trail Series – SOLD OUT, but still looking for volunteers
- Feb 15 – CRRC Winter Run
- Feb 21 – Pump and Run 5K
- Feb 21 – Run for Blue Blazes, The Buckeye Trail 5K Run/Walk
- Feb 22 – Last Chance for Boston Marathon – Half Marathon – 10k and 5k
March:
- Mar 7 – Run for More Birthdays
- Mar 7 – Fight for Air Climb
- Mar 8 – Arnold 5K and Pump and Run
- Mar 14 – Pi Day 5k
- Mar 14 – St. Patricks Day 4 Miler at Kinsale
- Mar 14 – Flannagan’s St. Patrick’s Day 5K
- Mar 21 – Orange Out the Door 5K
- Mar 21 – World Race for Hope
- Mar 22 – Scioto Miles Spring Training Series
- Mar 28 – Fisher 5K/10K
- Mar 28 – Three Creeks Half Marathon, 10K, 5K
- Mar 28 – Lady Tutu 5K
April:
- Apr -no date yet –Â Central Ohio Family Fun Walk Run for Diabetes
- Apr 4 – Westerville Bunny Hop
- Apr 4 – Run Down the Demons, Event hosted by Veterans and Open to Everyone
- Apr 10 – OSU Relay for Life
- Apr 11 – 1 Day for the K.I.A, A 24 Hour Endurance Run
- Apr 11 – Spring Dash 5K
- Apr 11 – Shamrock SOAR 5K
- Apr 12 – Scioto Miles Spring Training Series
- Apr 12 – Hoover Hustle
- Apr 12 – Get Off Your Can 5K! Race to End Hunger
- Apr 18 – Dr. Robert J Faas Memorial AIDS Walk Central Ohio
- Apr 18 – Clintonville Kids Mile and 5K
- Apr 18 – Columbus State Cougar Challenge, Creekside, Gahanna
- Apr 19 – Running with the Buckeyes
- Apr 24 – RoadRunner GLO Run
- Apr 25 – Camp AKITA 5K
- Apr 25 – Powell Spring 5K
- Apr 25 – Strides for Sobriety
- Apr 25 – Columbus International 5KÂ – probable date
- Apr 26 – Skeeter Stomp 5K
- Apr 26 – MommyMile
- Apr 26 – Ohio Duathlon
- Apr 26 – March for Babies
- Apr 26 – Skeeter Stomp
May:
- May 2 – The OhioHealth Capital City Half Marathon, Patrón Quarter Marathon and Commit To Be Fit 5K
- May 2 – Chloe 5K
- May 2 – Color Blaze, Delaware
- May 3 – Great Strides for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- May 3 – Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
- May 8 – Hustle for Hope 5K
- May 9 – Ultimate Beer Run
- May 9 – MVCA Mother’s Day Run, Dublin
- May 9 – Windermere Wish Run 5K
- May 9 – Empire 5K for Kids
- May 9 and 10 – Tough Mudder (Lexington)
- May 10 – Greater Columbus Mother’s Day 5k Run and Walk
- May 16 – Komen Columbus Race for the Cure
- May 16 – Rockin’ on the Run (London)
- May 17 – Cleveland Marathon – Full, Half, 10K, 5K, Kids
- May 23 – Pet Promise Rescue Run * probable date
- May 24 – The Run the Race Club
- May 25 – Upper Arlington Civic Association Memorial Day 5 Miler
- May 25 – EAS Ring Around the Roses 5K Walk-Run probable date
- May 28 – FORE! Miler
- May 30 – Columbus Corporate Challenge
- May 30 – Kickin’ Chron’s 5K
- May 30 – LoveWorks 5KÂ and Family Fun Day
- May 30 – New Moon Half and Quarter Marathon, Downtown Delaware
- May 30 – Ohio Beast, The Wilds
June:
- Jun -no date yet- Run with the Pack – Benefitting Pets Without Parents Animal Shelter, 5K Race or 1 Mile Fun Walk/Run
- Jun -no date yet – The Glo Run
- Jun -no date yet – Franklinton Food & Fitness 5K
- Jun -no date yet – Relay Around Columbus
- Jun 5 – RadioU 5K
- Jun 6 – Fluttering Families Kaleidoscope Run for Special Families
- Jun 6 – Lung Force Columbus Walk, Easton
- Jun 6 – MoveMMOre, Wolfe Park
- Jun 6 – Covered in Color 5K, Granville
- Jun 7 – Gary Smith Worthington Classic 5K
- Jun 7 –Â Jack Roth Rock ‘n Run
- Jun 7 – Columbus 10K
- Jun 13 – Arts Festival 5K
- Jun 13 – Savage Race, Mad River Mountain
- Jun 13 – Breakthrough for Brain Tumors
- Jun 13 – Farm Fresh 5K
- Jun 14 – Urban Dare
- Jun 19 – Run for Pride 5K
- Jun 19 – Run for the Rainbow
- Jun 20 – The Candy Race
- Jun 20 – Friends of the Buckeye Lake Library 5K
- Jun 20 – The Great Amazing Race, Lewis Center
- Jun 21 – TriTech Columbus Y Triathlon & Duathlon (TYT)
- Jun 25 – Liberty Trail 5K
- Jun 28 – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 5K
July:
- Jul -no date yet- Lifeline Ohio Dash for Donation
- Jul 4 – Freedom 5K and 10K, YMCA in Hilliard
- Jul 4 – Westerville Rotary Walk and Run
- Jul 7 – Franklinton 5K
- Jul 11 – 5K Run Dead
- Jul 11 – Triathlon For Hope benefiting Stefanie Spielman Fund
- Jul 18 – CRC Mile Dash
- Jul 18 – Roundtown Classic
- Jul 18 – The Color Run
- Jul 19 – Mom & Me Daisy Dash, Easton
- Jul 25 – Get Your Rear in Gear
- Jul 25 – Colon Cancer Coalition 5K
- Jul 25 – Shawshank Hustle
- Jul 25 – Mud Ninja, South Salem (SW of Columbus)
- Jul 26 – Ohio State’s Ross Tri Fit Challenge
- Jul 31 – check date – Dublin Irish Festival 5K
August:
- Aug -no date yet – Bull Run 5K Run/Walk, 10K Run, Kid’s Fun Run
- Aug -no date yet – Color in Motion 5k
- Aug -no date yet – SIDS 5K
- Aug 1 – Lower Lights Run for Spaghetti
- Aug 2 – Ohio State Fair 5K
- Aug 8 – African American Male Wellness Walk/Run
- Aug 9 – Columbus Half Marathon
- Aug 9 – Columbus Challenge
- Aug 15 – Be the Match Walk+Run
- Aug 15 – Cafc Charity 5K
- Aug 16 – MingoMan Triathlon
- Aug 22 – Central Ohio Heart Walk – probable date
- Aug 23/30 check date – M3S Sports 2015 Emerald City Half and Quarter Marathon
- Aug 29 – Great Columbus Duck Race and Run
September:
- Sep 7 – Mount Carmel Fitness Challenge, Reynoldsburg
- Sep 7 – Race 4 the Health of It
- Sep 13 – New Albany Walking Classic – 10K and Half Marathon
- Sep 13 – Zoo Run 5K, 1K Monkey Madness, EleFun Run
- Sep 13 – Hemophilia Walk 5K
- Sep 17 – Summer Squatch 10K Trail Race at the Rocks and Roots Trail at Alum Creek
- Sep -no date yet – 5K for K9s
- Sep 20 – Cat Caper – probable date
October:
- Ohio Zombie Run in October
- Oct 3 – YMCA Corporate Challenge 5K
- Oct 3 – Race for the Soul, Columbus Zoo
- Oct 3 – Don Scott Trot
- Oct 4 – Broke Man’s Half Marathon
- Oct 5 – Heroes For Heroes 5K Obstacle Race Team Challenge
- Oct 9 – Blood Run 5K
- Oct 10 – Queen Bee Half Marathon (Cincinnati, women-themed)
- Oct 11 – probable date – Columbus CROP Hunger Walk
- Oct 11 – 3 Mile Family Fun Run and Walk benefitting the Maria Tiberi Foundation
- Oct -no date yet – Race for the Puck
- Oct 18 – Columbus Marathon
- Oct 24 – HighBall Halloween 5K Costume Zoom
- Oct 31 – Donut Run, Genoa Park
November:
- Nov -no date yet- Breathe Deep Columbus
- Nov -no date yet – Mustache Dache
- Nov 1 – Vets for Pets 5K
- Nov -no date yet – Studio 35 Stache Dash
- Nov 15 – Columbus Hot Chocolate 5K
- Nov 15 – Girls on the Run 5K Run & Walk, Get Ready to Rock!
- Nov 26 – Powell Turkey Trot
- Nov 26 – Thanksgiving Wattle
- Nov 26 – Columbus Turkey Trot
- Nov 26 – M3S Sports 2013 Flying Feather 4 Miler
December:
- Dec -no date yet – Dublin Snowflake Run 5K
- Dec -no date yet – Santa Speedo Dash for Diabetes
- Dec 5 – Jingle Bell Run/Walk
- Dec -no date yet – Decemburrr Dash
- Dec -no date yet – The Santa Race
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