The pictures below were taking on a bicycle on Sunday 8/12/07 and show the roads and turns for the 2007 Columbus Marathon route. I have not tried to photograph every foot of the route but, rather, to give an idea of what each road is like, to show changes in elevation when clearly visible, and the indicate turns. I've also tried to give something of the flavor of each route. The original photos have been reduced to conserve bandwidth and reduced to thumbnails on this page (and following) in order to speed page loading. Click on the thumbnails to bring the larger photo up in a separate window. Additionally, the hyperlink below will bring up a GPS trail file for the route as ridden.

	Click on the thumbnail to the left for a jpg file of the marathon route. Click on the link below for a pdf file of the same thing. Or go to http://www.columbusmarathon.com/ for more information.	Marathon Route: Page 1 - Start to Near Mile Mark 7 Marathon Route: Page 2 - Near Mile Mark 7 to the Midpoint Marathon Route: Page 3 - Midpoint to Kenny and Ackerman Marathon Route: Page 4 - Kenny and Ackerman to OSU Marathon Route: Page 5 - OSU to the Finish
MARATHON MAP (PDF FILE)		Marathon Route GPS File (gpx)

Broad St, looking east across High Street. Marathon Start.	Broad St at 4th St.	The route rises to pass over I-71	On the other side, Broad St eases down somewhat.	A clearer view of the downhill character of Broad St here.	Broad St passing the Franklin Park Conservatory. Near the 3 mile mark.	Approaching Nelson Rd and the Alum Creek. (The Alum Creek Trail passes under Broad ahead.)	On the other side, the route enters Bexley
Broad approaching the first turn (left) on Parkview.	The turn onto Parkview.	Parkview, looking north. Not a long stretch.	The turn (right) onto Maryland.	Closer view of the turn to Maryland.	Maryland, note the brick surface. Again, not a long stretch.	The turn (left) onto Columbia.	Closer view of the turn.
Typical view along Columbia, going north.	Approaching the turn (right) onto Caroline. The 4 mile mark is around here.	Closer view of the turn to Caroline.	Typical view on Caroline, looking east. It's a fairly short stretch.	Approaching the turn (right) to Drexel.	A closer view of the turn to Drexel	Typical view on Drexel, looking south. (North of Broad St.)	Approaching the cross of Broad St. The road widens. Mile Mark 5 is just on the other side.
Typical view on Drexel going south. (South of Broad St.)	Approaching the turn (right) to Bryden.	Typical view on Bryden, looking west, another short segment.	Approaching the turn to Columbia (right).	Approaching the turn (left) at Powell.	Closer view of the turn to Powell.	The route is only on Powell for a brief stretch. Looking west approaching the turn on Parkview (left)	Closer view of the turn to Parkview.
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Typical view on Parkview going south.	Parkview approaching E Main St. (right turn)	Approaching the turn (right) at E Main St. Mile mark 7 is just ahead.	E Main Street looking west.	Marathon Route: Page 2:  Nr Mile 7 to Halfway