CRC Winter Training: Half Marathon & Marathon Program
About this race
Train for a half marathon or marathon with Columbus Running Company as your guide. Full information is available at ColumbusRunning.com/trainwithcrc
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Winter Season: Marathon Training (Starts Jan 3)
This training plan is primarily focused on the first weekend of May, when popular races like the Flying Pig Marathon will take place. You can optionally adjust the dates on the plan for any springtime marathon.
Winter Season: Half Marathon Training (Starts Jan 3)
This training plan is primarily focused on the final weekend of April, when popular races like the Cap City Half Marathon will take place. You can optionally adjust the dates on the plan for any springtime half marathon.
Winter Season: Quarter Marathon Training (Starts Feb 14)
This training plan is primarily focused on the final weekend of April, when popular races like the Cap City Half Marathon will take place. You can optionally adjust the dates on the plan for any springtime half marathon.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Columbus, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:53 AM and sets at 5:19 PM local time (EST) in Columbus on January 3, 2026 — 9h 25m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 93 Columbus events
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