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Media Release: Letting Sets Half Marathon Course Record

Record Field of More Than 5,000 Races through Streets of Columbus

Congratulations to all of you who finished the 2008 Capital City Half Marathon or Commit to Be Fit 5k this year! You were part of a sold out record crowd of over 5,000. The results for both events are posted and the race photos are available on RunPhotos.com.

While there are too many people to thank for making this event a success than we can name here, we do want to give a special thank you to Lt. Barth and the Columbus Police Department, Mark McMurray and the Columbus Fire Department, our medical director Dr. Darrin Bright and the best medical team in the region, Andrea Cambern, Mayor Coleman and the over 800 volunteers who helped make this event possible. Most of all, we want to thank YOU for making us a part of your active healthy lifestyle.

There were many special moments on Saturday — from the vision of hundreds of kids chasing the 20 plus mascots around the arena district, to the thousands of people moving their way up Nationwide Avenue at the start of both races. It was also great to watch the volunteers from the Special Olympics handing out medals to all of the finishers.