Charleston City Paper: 2022 Cooper River Bridge Run Official Fun Guide

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elcome to the 45th annual Cooper River Bridge Run. Our community thrives on the new challenges and opportunities that keep our race fresh and exciting. These innovations are why our race has lasted through generations and contributed in so many ways to the economy and well-being of the Lowcountry and state of South Carolina. The Bridge Run’s commitment to promote a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and exercise is a goal to which we will forever aspire. We look to the youth of our community to help us perpetuate this worthy endeavor so that it remains a solid foundation for a healthy tomorrow.

Many of you have witnessed the growth from 700 to 40,000 participants, and we couldn’t have done it without you. We’re in this together!

We kickoff our event with the ever-growing Health and Wellness EXPO on March 31 and April 1 at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Our Health and Wellness Expo has over 200 vendors with cutting-edge fitness attire, exercise equipment and demonstrations, nutritional information, and product sampling.

The Cooper River Bridge Run begins at 8 a.m. April 2. Our spectacular harbor views and beautiful architecture will amaze and inspire you while crossing the bridge from Mount Pleasant to Charleston. We have one of the only races in the country that provides free transportation (250 buses) before and after the race for any participant wearing their race bib. Cross the finish line and receive a Finisher Medal and then enjoy our Finish Festival in Marion Square, the heart of beautiful historic downtown Charleston.

We are very honored to have Harris Teeter and Benefitfocus as our presenting sponsors. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all our wonderful sponsors and vendors for their continued support.

We couldn’t begin to have this event without the tremendous job done by our volunteers, local police and our community partners. Above all, our board of directors and staff thanks the people of our wonderful community who are the heart and soul of the Cooper River Bridge Run. Let’s get over it!

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Thousands to return to Holy City for event that keeps getting better

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hat first Cooper River Bridge Run on April 2, 1978, had an unplanned feature you won’t find in today’s modern race — a reversible lane barrier on what then was called the “new” Cooper River Bridge. Seems newbie race officials didn’t lift the gate in time for the lead runners. So Georgian Benji Durden and two Baptist College track team members adapted. They jumped over it.

“For some reason, the gate had not been lifted to run through,” recalled 70-year-old Durden, a Boulder, Colorado, resident who won the first race. “I’d just moved into the lead. I didn’t want to duck over it or go around it, so I hurdled it. Then I went on and ran alone and won the rest of the race.”

Charleston residents Owen Meislin and John Weeks (above) reminisce about past bridge runs. They are the only two runners who have raced in each of the previous 44 Cooper River Bridge Runs.

A flyer (right) for the first race noted a water station at the halfway mark … “if necessary.”

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The Cooper RIver Bridge Run wasn’t always over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.

Veteran racer Bob Schlau, who now lives in Beaufort, remembered the two track team members, both from Kenya, hurdling the gate, too.

Some 766 entrants, — 653 men and 113 women — participated in the first race, although newspaper reports from the time pegged the number of runners around 1,000. The race, with its $3 entry fee, started at 10 a.m. on a warm Sunday. By the time many runners were headed toward the finish line at the Battery — the only time it’s been there — some got clogged among churchgoers on Meeting Street.

“It was kind of a zoo going down Meeting Street,” said Schlau, 74. “We ended up at the Battery … only once.”

A road race becomes a sensation

Owen Meislin, 69, of Charleston, remembers gathering in the parking lot at Patriots Point before beginning the first race. He and Charleston resident John Weeks are the only two runners who have run in all 44 races, including the 2020 virtual race held during the pandemic.

“We — runners — were an anomaly in 1978,” he recalled. “It [the Bridge Run] was an unknown. So were we.”

Weeks, now 80, said he was a beginning runner back then and thought the Bridge Run was a one-time event. He showed up without proper shoes, running his first race wearing Sperry Topsiders. He ended up with more than a light blue T-shirt (which he still has): “Blisters!” (which healed).

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“That guy’s from Jesup,” my hometown in southeast Georgia, I said to myself without questioning why I knew the name.

Turns out I was mostly right. Durden went to high school in the late 1960s in Jesup in Wayne County but lived in the small neighboring farm village of Odum. His aunt worked at my father’s newspaper and Durden, a young runner, was on his way to becoming a national sensation in the early days of the sport.

Durden’s father was from Odum, but left Georgia for a career in the Air Force. Durden, born in California in 1951, remembers winning the “shuttle run” in the early 1960s as part of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

“I was a good student and had very good grades,” he recalled recently from his home in Boulder, Colorado. “Those kinds of kids don’t get a lot of friends. I tried a lot of different sports. You offset good grades with good sports. But I didn’t like people throwing hard balls at my head.”

So he went out for track and field, first trying the pole vault. On the day a teammate Durden crashed to the ground after breaking a fiberglass pole — and his arm — Durden said he switched to running.

In ninth grade, he ran a five-minute mile, which he remembered as being pretty good in California.

By 1966 in 10th grade, his father retired and the family moved to Odum. In Wayne County, the school record for the mile was 5:05. That year, the school’s top runner set a new record at 4:54, with Durden coming in a second later. By junior year, Durden set the school record at 4:36, which he says may still be the school record.

Durden then attended the University of Georgia and walked onto the track team, eventually winning a scholarship. As a freshman, he ran a 4:15 mile. After graduation, he didn’t run as much, but eventually picked it back up in Atlanta, running longer races and gaining acclaim.

Bridge Run founder Marcus Newberry invited Durden to the first race in 1978. Durden recalls placing in a 15K race on April 1 in Jacksonville and then flying to Charleston on a private plane to run the next day in the first Bridge Run. “I was somewhat dubious and hesitant — two races in two days — but we did that more back then,” Durden said in 2010.

In the years that followed, Durden ranked among the top American marathoners for six straight years and was seventh in the world in 1982. The following year, he ran his personal best marathon in 2:09:57 when he placed third in the Boston marathon. Over a decade, he ran 25 marathons under 2:20:00.

On this April 2, Durden will miss being in Charleston. But he will be running … in this 137th marathon as a tribute to a friend who is running his 1,000th.

Andy Brack is publisher of the Charleston City Paper.

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Durden (top) running in a recent Bolder Boulder race. Above: A look back at a 1979 post-race interview with Durden in New York.

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Ever run across a name and somehow you know — you just know beyond the shadow of a doubt — that it is familiar? Happened to me when working on a story about the first Cooper River Bridge Run. The first-place winner (30:22) was listed as Benji Durden, Atlanta, Ga.

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Run, the third largest 10K run in the county, is expected to attract more than 22,000 people this year — about half of the number before the pandemic when it was at its peak.

“It’s completely different. You think of 1,000 people running together and it sounds like a lot, but it’s not really,” Schlau said. “It was a group of real runners. There weren’t any guys in clown suits or people walking.”

Meislin said he used to run in a lot of races, but appreciates how the Cooper River Bridge Run has grown.

“The Bridge Run has, admirably, not lost its soul,” he said.

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We — runners — were an anomaly in 1978. It [the Bridge Run] was an unknown. So were we.” —Owen Meislin

Several events in one

Batten, the race director, said the modern Bridge Run is really a lot of events packed into one.

“We’ve got a world-class wheelchair event. A world-class 10K. A local championship. There are costumes and it’s festive,” he said. “There are so many things wrapped up in one that it’s such a cool event.”

While old-school racers might not like how some make a party out of the Bridge Run, Batten recalls several outfits that knocked off his socks — a team of costumed racers pulling a dogsled, people dressed up as area lighthouses, stormtroopers, Lady Liberty.

“Every year, there are so many cool ones.”

Since 1986, the top male and female finishers who live in the Tri-county area have been recognized with a cash prize and the Marcus Newberry Award, the prize that honors race founder, Dr. Marcus Newberry.

This year marks the beginning of a new continuing prize, the Cedric Jaggers Award, which will be a cash prize and trophy to the

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top male and female finishers who live in South Carolina. Jaggers, who died in 2019, was the Bridge Run’s longtime historian and author of a 2011 book that offers a year-by-year look at the event.

Advice to new runners

Veteran Bridge Run participants have advice for anyone who is planning to participate in this year’s event for the first time.

Experiment. Schlau encouraged children to exercise, but to not let parents or coaches force them into something they don’t want to do. “Experiment with it and do what you enjoy.”

Have fun. Weeks emphasized, “Start slow,

run with friends, set goals and have fun.”

Be disciplined. Meislin said he didn’t enjoy running until he got swept up in it with friends who ran. “Darned if it didn’t click,” he said. “It is such an efficient way to benefit yourself in a permanent, undeniable way. The runner’s high is real. And the longer you stick with it, the more you appreciate it. … Hanging in with discipline permeates so much of one’s life.”

Meislin said he plans to run in the 45th Bridge Run to keep his streak going. So will Weeks, who still runs a few times a week — albeit more slowly than 45 years ago.

“I think I’ll try to get to 50, which is another five years, and then I’ll have to evaluate.”

To learn more and register, go to: BridgeRun.com.

Owen Meislin and John Weeks show off their first Bridge Run T-shirts.

Schedule Cool down after your run at the Finish Festival in Marion Square.

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OFFICIAL EVENTS BRIDGE RUN EXPO Thu, March 31, noon to 8 p.m.

Fri., April 1, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Charleston Area Convention Center 5001 Coliseum Drive North Charleston

COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN FINISH FESTIVAL Sa., April 2, 8 a.m. to noon Marion Square Downtown (Participants only)

UNOFFICIAL EVENTS

BIERGARTEN BRIDGE RUN BASH 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 2 Bay Street Biergarten 549 East Bay St., Downtown baystreetbiergarten.com RIDE THE BEER TROLLEY 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 2 Free shuttle connecting 10 downtown breweries https://chscp.co/beer-trolley

BRIDGE RUN POST PARTY Commonhouse Aleworks 4831 O’Hear Ave., North Charleston commonhousealeworks.com OTHER FUN Lots of area establishments will have April 2 drink specials and more for runners showing their bibs. Some we’ve heard about include Port of Call (South Market St., Downtown), Bowen’s Island Restaurant (near Folly Beach), Deep Water Vineyard (Wadmalaw Island), Holy City Brewing (North Charleston), Brewlab (Heriot St., Downtown) and Palmetto Brewing (Huger St., Downtown).

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eaders of the Cooper River Bridge Run recognized the Tri-county male and female winners of the 10K race in 1986 by starting the Marcus Newberry Award as a tribute to the event’s founder, Dr. Marcus Newberry.

In 2022, the Bridge Run is starting a new award — the Cedric Jaggers Award — as a tribute to the race’s late historian and author of Charleston’s Cooper River Bridge Run: A Complete History in Words and Photos (2011). The top male and female South Carolina finishers will get the award and a $500 cash prize.

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Marcus Newberry Award winners Top Tri-county Bridge Run finishers by year

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MALE WINNERS

FEMALE WINNERS

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Name

Name

1986

Bob Schlau

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1987

Tom Mather

32:04:00

1988

Bob Schlau

1989

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MALE WINNERS

FEMALE WINNERS

Name

Name

Time

Year

Time

Time

Benita Brooks

38:36:00

2004

Irv Batten

32:37:00

Sarah Reed

39:29:00

Megan Otherson

37:19:00

2005

Tom Mather

32:53:00

Carre Joyce

37:22:00

32:19:00

Benita Schlau

38:11:00

2006

Neil McDonagh

31:38:00

Anne Wymann-Cipolla

39:02:00

Tom Mather

32:02:00

Megan Otherson

36:06:00

2007

Neil McDonagh

32:06:00

Rives Poe

37:33:00

1990

Michael Brown

32:04:00

Alison Roxburgh

36:33:00

2008

Kurt Russell

33:32:00

Rives Poe

37:16:00

1991

Mark Friedrich

32:18:00

Micky Kawohl

35:48:00

2009

Brian Johnson

2:41:00

1992

Tom Mather

32:11:00

Patricia Previte-Clark

38:58:00

2010

Neville Miller

1993

Tom Mather

31:42:00

Suzanne Lynch

39:56:00

2011

1994

Tom Mather

30:54:00

Kathy Kanes

34:43:00

1995

Tom Mather

31:14:00

Lynn MacDougall

1996

Mark Friedrich

31:59:00

1997

Tom Mather

1998

Sopagna Eap

36:04:00

31:29:00

Rives Poe

37:04:00

Jay Upchurch

32:07:00

Rives Poe

37:57:00

2012

Brian Johnson

32:46:00

Rives Poe

38:22:00

37:59:00

2013

Michael Banks

30:14:00

Caitlin Judd

37:40:00

Clarice Marana

37:18:00

2014

Michael Banks

30:19:00

Caitlin Judd

38:10:00

31:42:00

Clarice Marana

37:33:00

2015

Michael Banks

30:27:00

Rives Poe

38:01:00

Tom Mather

32:53:00

Clarice Marana

36:44:00

2016

Mackenzie Johnston

33:56:00

Caitlin Judd Batten

37:41:00

1999

Eric Ashton

30:32:00

Sue Tandy

38:44:00

2017

Chris Bailey

33:05:00

Shannon Miller

38:56:00

2000

Mike Aiken

31:57:00

Kerry Robinson

38:00:00

2018

Jacob Baranowski

33:08:00

Sara Ashton

36:09:00

2001

Irv Batten

33:13:00

Amy Clements

36:14:00

2019

Neil Saddler

31:32:00

Kathryn Lazarchik

35:34:00

2002

Sean Dollman

31:45:00

Laurie Sturgell

36:41:00

2020

*Virtual race, no award

*Virtual race, no award

2003

Nicholas Iauco

32:24:00

Lizi Kotz

41:22:00

2021

Ben Weisel

Shannon Bain

33:06:00

NOTE: The Cooper River Bridge Run started the Marcus Newberry Award in its 9th year to honor the top local race finisher. Source: Cooper River Bridge Run

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5 scenic runs in the Charleston area

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ooking for some new places to log some miles as you train for your next race? Cooper River Bridge Run Executive Director Irv Batten — an avid runner — suggests that you consider some of these scenic locations where you might see some new, cool sites and experience parts of the Lowcountry with which you’re not familiar:

Five other places you might want to consider: Folly Beach — Be careful on narrow streets parallel to the beach.

Ravenel Bridge

West Ashley Greenway — Better in winter months when the bug population is more limited.

What better to train for future Bridge Runs than to run 5 miles over and back across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River.

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Mount Pleasant’s Old Village

Jogging through downtown’s streets when most people are asleep is a great way to greet the morning — and a way to see Charleston when there’s not much traffic.

Batten says there’s always something neat to see — old trees, an unnoticed cemetery, beautiful houses — whenever you run through the shady streets of Mount Pleasant’s Old Village. Make sure to check out the Pitt Street Bridge and breathe in the salt air and pluff mud.

Sullivan’s Island

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Just across the Intracoastal Waterway is Sullivan’s Island where you can get a great, long run on the beach. Go early and watch an amazing sunrise.

Batten also suggests the trails around Daniel Island as the perfect place to train and stay out of the Lowcountry’s blistering summer sun.

Kiawah Island — You can start a great beach run at a county park, but be prepared to drive a bit to get there.

James Island County Park — You’ll enjoy a bunch of trails and see wildlife in this sprawling park just minutes from downtown Charleston.

Francis Marion National Forest — There are lots of trails … and lots of bugs.

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Local Lo Cal is Bridge Run’s local beer

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he official craft beer for the Cooper River Bridge Run is a locallyproduced India Pale Ale called, coincidentally, Local Lo Cal. “Local Lo Cal is something that would appeal to people who want to drink an IPA and still be conscious of calories,” said Commonhouse Ale brand manager Brittany Ballinger Geddis. It joins national beer Michelob Ultra as the official beers of the Bridge Run. About two years ago, the North Charleston brewery started working to develop a craft beer that had lower calories and a lower alcohol content.

“It’s targeted more toward people thinking more health-consciously but who still want to enjoy the taste of a craft beer,” Ballinger Geddis said.

What emerged was a 100 calorie beer per

12 ounces with a 3.9 percent ABV (alcohol by volume). It has an herbaceous taste with hints of pineapple, lime and, for some, cantaloupe.

First produced in 2020, it won a coveted gold medal for Session India Pale Ales in the U.S. Open Beer Championship, one of the nation’s top beer competitions.

“Gold for Local Lo Cal IPA in the session IPA category, a beer which the team worked incredibly hard on to maintain flavor while coming in at 100 calories, blew us all away,” a spokesman said in December 2020.

Local Lo Cal will be available in the biergarten at the Bridge Run Expo at the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston. It’s also available at Commonhouse Aleworks’ brewery and restaurant at 4831 O’Hear Ave., North Charleston, and in area stores.

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Tips for

Run calendar

happy feet

Don’t neglect your foot and leg health

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our feet literally are the foundation for your running. To make sure you have healthy feet and legs, you need to take special care to make sure they stay happy. Here are some tips, courtesy of Amy Minkel, an owner of area Fleet Feet stores:

Start with socks.

The proper sock can help prevent issues such as blisters, hot spots and fungal infections, Minkel said. “A sock made from a technical, moisture-wicking fabric is key. Avoid cotton as it traps moisture against the skin and loses its shape as it takes on moisture.”

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You also should get a professional to fit your feet for the correct-sized shoe, making sure that the shoe is appropriate for the activity you’re planning. “”Foot shape, volume, length and width should be considered when choosing a shoe,” Minkel said. “The correct shoe should be comfortable right from the start and not need a ‘break-in’ period.”

Warm-up.

“Take care of your muscles and they will take care of you.” Minkel encourages runners to do a proper warm-up prior to a run or walk to get leg and foot muscles ready. After the workout, make sure to stretch. “Using massage tools to keep your muscles loose can also help avoid injuries.”

Whether you’re running Saturday across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River with thousands of others and are already planning your next challenge or if you think it’s fun to slog through Hell Hole Swamp, the Lowcountry offers a lot of running options. Here are some local runs to keep you fit in the months ahead:

Sharing Hope Race For Life (5K, 10K)

Isle of Palms Connector Run (5K and 10K)

April 9, 7:30 a.m.

Folly Beach runsignup.com

Oct. 1, 2022 Isle of Palms ioprun.com

Mullet Haul Trail Run (5K, 10K)

Lowcountry Trail Half Marathon and 5K

April 23, 8:30 a.m.

Johns Island County Park 2662 Mullet Haul Road, Johns Island ccprc.com

Oct. 1, 8 a.m.

Johns Island County Park 2662 Mullet Hall Road, Johns Island ccprc.com

Doughnut Dash 2022 #Race4Wanza (5K)

Avondale Run and Walk (5K)

April 23, 9 a.m.

South Windermere Center 80 Folly Road Blvd., Charleston eventbrite.com

Oct 8, 2022 (planned) 828 Savannah Highway, West Ashley avondale5k.com

Hell Hole Gator Run (5K, 10K)

Holiday Festival of Lights Fun Run

May 7, 8 a.m.

Jamestown hellholeinc.org/the-swamp-festival

Nov. 9 and 10, 2022 James Island County Park 871 Riverland Dr., James Island ccprc.com

G.O.A.T. (5K)

For more runs and info, check out CharlestonRunningClub.com

May 14, 9 a.m.

The Goatery at Kiawah River 3883 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy., Johns Island blueskyendurance.com/race

Bulldog Breakaway Summer Twilight Series (5K)

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Because muscles are about 79% water, drinking water daily will help keep them more pliable and resistant to injury. Minkel added that replacing electrolytes after workouts also helps people to absorb water properly.

June 2, 9, 23, 30, 6:30 p.m.

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anahan mother Lori Tisdale sent in a photo of her running with her daughter in the 2016 Bridge Run. “I’d been running it for nine years but our 8-year-old daughter said she wanted to run with us,” recalled Tisdale, winner of a Best Bridge Run Picture contest by 105.5 The Bridge and 98 Rock radio stations. “So we helped her build her distance leading up to it. This is my favorite running photo of all time as we were nearing the finish, a spectator yelled out ‘Beat your mom!’ And she took OFF. She’s proud of this moment to this day.”

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