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Cooper River Bridge Run

08:008:00 AM Charleston
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. Photograph by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The 10K is a point-to-point race that starts at Coleman Boulevard and Simmons Street in Mt. Pleasant, with the bridge to Mt. Pleasant closed to traffic from 7:00.

The course in short 2 lines
  • Point to point from Mt. PleasantStarts in Mt. Pleasant; the bridge closes at 7:00.
  • Three hours for walkers and runnersA 3 hour limit, walkers in the last corral.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryPoint to point from Mt. PleasantStarts in Mt. Pleasant; the bridge closes at 7:00.

Free shuttle buses run from Calhoun Street beside the Gaillard Auditorium from 5:00 to 6:45, and the organiser warns that after 6:30 an arrival by the 8:00 start is not guaranteed.

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Whole courseTacticsThree hours for walkers and runnersA 3 hour limit, walkers in the last corral.

Race day is Saturday 3 April 2027, and runners are asked to be in their corral by 7:00 for the 8:00 start.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for Charleston

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
A tube of electrolyte tablets
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed

Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

Best selling on Amazon amazon.nl, read 2 Nov

One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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Race week

Bib pickup at 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston

Timetable

Thursday 1 April Bib pickup

  1. 12:0012:00 PM–20:008:00 PM

    Packet pickup at the Expo 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston

Friday 2 April Last bib day

  1. 08:008:00 AM–20:008:00 PM

    Packet pickup at the Expo 5001 Coliseum Drive, North Charleston

Saturday 3 April Race day

  1. 05:005:00 AM–06:456:45 AM

    Shuttle buses to the start Calhoun Street, beside the Gaillard Auditorium. After 6:30 an arrival at the start by 8:00 is not guaranteed.

  2. 07:007:00 AM

    Bridge to Mt. Pleasant closes to traffic

  3. 07:007:00 AM

    Be in your corral

  4. 08:008:00 AM

    10K start Coleman Boulevard and Simmons Street, Mt. Pleasant. A point-to-point race.

  5. Time not published

    Time limit The walk/run category starts in the last corral. 3:00 limit: 4:15/km for 42.195 km3:00 limit: 6:51/mi for 26.2 mi

Times as published by the organiser, in Charleston time, checked .

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Trip

Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

Sources and licence

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