May Race of the Month

Busier and busier! I haven’t been able to get out the Race of the Month. I’ve had to spend some time doing website maintenance and making the website work again after going down. I think it’s fixed.

Our Race of the Month is Race the Landing 5K Series held this summer at Charlestowne Landing State Park. After a long hiatus, racing returned last summer to the site of the first settlement in Charleston’s history. Race Director, Lisa Deaton, does a fine job of catering to runners. Most of our races in the Lowcountry are for charities and the best races are put on by runners for runners. This is apparent - races start on time, timing is accurate, results are quickly available, plenty of water at the finish, and all racers - young to old, fast to slow are made to feel more than welcome. Each race also ends with a meal - not a necessity for me but it is much appreciated by many who come directly from work. (full disclosure: I was provided a free entry for the first race in the series but I did pay several times last summer to do the RTL races.)

My second choice for Race of the Month is also a series - Bulldog Breakaway 5K. Citadel Track coaches, Jody Huddleston and Kristopher Kut also do a great job of catering to runners. The race is run around the Citadel campus and Hampton Park.

Marathon and Half-Marathon Training Group

Don’t forget our marathon and half-marathon training group begins July 6.

Upcoming Group Runs - May and June

All are welcome at our Group Runs in May and June. There is no charge. We gather at 6:45 am and start at 7 am from St. Andrew’s Church in Mt Pleasant (http://tinyurl.com/sampmap).

• May 18
• May 25
• June 1
• June 8 - There is no group run. Many of us will be running the Charleston Running Club’s Floppin Flounder. Go race!
• June 15 - No group run. Coach Greg and some Charleston Runs athletes will be at the Chattanooga Stage Race and Coach Noah will be at the State Youth Track and Field meet.
• June 22
• June 29