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)

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Marathon Route Page 3: Halfway to nr Mile 18	The turn at Kenny (left). Around the 18.5 mark	Kenny going north. There is a water station here manned by the Columbus Road Runners Club that I volunteer for.	The route is not long on Kenny. Approaching the turn (left) onto Shady Hill	The turn onto Shady Hill. It is a very short stretch. The next turn (right) onto Trentwood is ahead at the stop sign.	A closer view of the turn (right) onto Trentwood. After a long time on major roads, the route winds through quieter streets for a while.	Trentwood looking west. The route is rises here.	The route cross North Star at this point and continues on Trentwood.
Still on Trentwood.	Approaching the turn (left) onto Halesworth	A closer view of the turn looking south on Halesworth.	It's s short stretch on Halesworth. Approaching the turn (left) onto Kirkley.	Close view of the turn to Kirkley going east.	It's another short stretch on Kirkley, going east.)	Approaching the turn onto North Star (right).	Close up of the turn, south, onto North Star
The route is on North Star for a while. The road shifts slightly crossing Zollinger. This is near the 20 mile mark.	North Star winds a bit	Approaching the turn (left) onto Lane Ave.	A view of the turn onto Lane Ave (looking east)	There is a nice downhill going east on Lane.	Approaching the turn (right) onto Kenny.	Close view of the turn to Kenny	Kenny is another short stretch. Approaching the turn (left) onto Woody Hayes Dr.
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Closer view of the turn (left) onto Woody Hayes Dr.	Woody Hayes Dr heading east toward campus. Near Mile mark 22.	The route on Woody Hayes dips down under SR 315	On Woody Hayes approaching the bridge over the Olentangy River	Closer view of the bridge over the river.	The bridge onto the east campus.	Woody Hayes approaching Neil Ave. The Shoe it to the right.	Marathon Route Page5: OSU to Finish