GAP factor 2.8% slower than flat · net elevation 2 m
Decision summary
Lower than 13% of comparable mapped races
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for OhioHealth Capital City Half & Quarter Marathon (Columbus) 5K, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The OhioHealth Capital City Half & Quarter Marathon (Columbus) 5K route has 74 m of ascent, 73 m of descent and an estimated 2.8% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The setting includes city and waterfront. Finishers receive an official medal, tech shirt, free race photos, a Giant Eagle Curbside Express Recovery Zone, the Byers Xtra Mile Finish Line Party and a PNC Post-Race Concert at the Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion.
Gear check at the southeast corner of Columbus Commons, open 6 a.m.-1 p.m.; bags must show name, phone number and bib number. More than 30 bands and entertainment acts line the course.
Its normalised GAP factor is 2.8% slower than a flat course, with about 74 m of total ascent.