This year was the 10th anniversary for the half, so they gave out long sleeve tech shirts that fit great! The expo is small, but they had great race gear for sale at fair prices which I appreciated. They had a huge kids area upstairs for the kids race packet pickup that my daughter loved. The race starts at the University of Toledo, and there are not that many access points to get into the parking lot, so it took a really long time to get in to park. Gear check was quick, porta potty lines were long, so I did not get to pee before the race. Corrals were easy to get into, and they had pacers set up every 5 minutes. The course is great. Not as flat as they claim, but the hills were not too bad. The half runs through the neighborhood of Ottawa Hills and the homes there are beautiful! The full split about mile 7. Aid stations were spaced well. Downhill finish, and finishing in the football stadium is very cool.
You cannot beat the finish line party at this race. 2 free beers, pizza and pasta, and an extra tent sponsored by PNC for families and spectators to get some free BBQ sandwiches.

I LOVE big races. I love giant expos and I love lots of crowd support.

The only crappy thing was the HEAT dear Lord. However, Chicago did what they could with LOTS of aid stations about every mile and each station was like 2 city blocks long. The fire departments had giant fans hooked up to hoses for misting stations between water stops in the back half of the race.
That last hill at mile 26 is total bullshit for the record though.

It's a world marathon, its only something you can experience, not enough words to really explain it.

Good experience and not too much money. Getting to Dublin and parking took no time at all and post race takes place inside a hotel with pizza and other food.
This is a 1 mile loop. Not even a loop-its somewhat curvy, a lot of left turns. This taxed my body so hard for the next week! Best part-aid station every mile, crowd support all over and I got to see my family every single mile. Once you get the first mile down you can tell where they very slight uphill and downhills are (it is very flat, but you can feel it a little) so I knew when I could cut myself a break and when I can throw in surges.
Down fall, no one counts your laps for you, you really have to keep track of your watch to make sure it is correct so you don't go over/under. It is a little sad when the 5k and 10k finish and the course thins out, but that also makes for less weaving past the slower folks. It is fun to pick off people to see how many times you can lap them. There is a relay, so the relay teams were fun spectators.
Medal was basically something you would get for a 5k, small and lightweight. Nothing too exciting.

I loved every single part of this race. The start line is all high energy and fireworks. I paced with a friend for the first half, and crowd support was amazing. Each mile represents a kid that has spent some time at Nationwide Children's and it really is inspiring. I could not hold back tears for the mile 11 Angel Mile for all the kids that didn't make it.

Once the half splits off, it gets pretty lonely running through the Short North up to campus. There is a pretty decent hill around mile 16-17, then the "corny field" is hilarious. Once you pop back out into the neighborhoods of Upper Arlington, there is a TON of crowd support again and it gets a little shady (thank God because it was HOT). The Grandview Yard was the worst kind of pain doing an out and back section of a boulevard on bricks. Once you leave there its headed back downtown with lots more spectators.
The medals are heavy, I had to make my dad carry it for me. The PR gong was a nice touch. Bob Evans served pancakes and sausage afterwards. They had a tent set up for purchasing finishers gear which I had to have of course. I live locally, and traffic was heavy, so my husband actually got to a certain point and just dropped me off to walk to the start probably a mile away. They went and stood at mile 2 since the half comes back up that same point around mile 7 so I could see them 2x before they drove up to campus and back downtown again.
Plenty of water stops, great crowd support, great volunteers, miles 13-17 feel like no man's land, but then its great again. Finisher area to meet up with families was also great with lots of tents and a band. Love Love 100000% recommend.