Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Jesse Owens 5K, 1 Mile & Kids Run
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2025 - Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Jesse Owens 5K, 1 Mile & Kids Run

Columbus, Ohio, United States View on map
Oct 18, 2025 – Oct 19, 2025 (America/New_York local time)
Running

2025 distances

Running

Marathon + Gold Medal Challenge

* Both events are USATF Certified. * Marathon is a Boston Marathon Qualifier. * Marathon participants must be at least 16 years old as of 10/19/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed in either event and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 47.2K 9:00 AM
$220.00
Closed

1/2 Marathon + Gold Medal Challenge

* Both courses are USATF Certified. * 1/2 Marathon participants must be at least 12 years old as of 10/19/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed in either event and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 26.1K 9:00 AM
$205.00
Closed

Jesse Owens 5K

*USATF Certified. * Participants must be at least 10 years old as of 10/18/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 5K 9:00 AM
$50.00
Closed

Jesse Owens 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk

* Participants must be at least 10 years old as of 10/18/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 1.6K 9:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

Marathon

* USATF Certified. * Boston Marathon Qualifier. * Marathon participants must be at least 16 years old as of 10/19/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 Marathon 7:30 AM
$170.00
Closed

1/2 Marathon

* USATF Certified. * 1/2 Marathon participants must be at least 12 years old as of 10/19/2025. * For the safety of all participants, strollers are not allowed and may be removed from the course.

Oct 18, 2025 Half-Marathon 7:30 AM
$155.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on October 18, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 10.0° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 23.9°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 8.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 23.9°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
24.2
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
16.5mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
76.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on October 18, 2025 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on October 18, 2025 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
11h 01m

The sun rises at 7:46 AM and sets at 6:47 PM local time (EDT) in Columbus on October 18, 2025 — 11h 01m of daylight.

Course

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2025 results — Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Jesse Owens 5K, 1 Mile & Kids Run

1,854 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Jesse Owens 5K

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Leading finishers of the 2025 Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, Jesse Owens 5K, 1 Mile & Kids Run
Place Name Time Pace
1 Brian Baum 16:29 5:18 /mi
2 Cody Draa 16:50 5:25 /mi
3 Larremy Gray 17:06 5:30 /mi
4 Joe Montgomery 17:06 5:30 /mi
5 Tyler Vitullo 17:28 5:37 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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  • 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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