Promoting A Passion for Running
Founded May 1, 2009
We are a group of passionate, semi-competitive runners that strive to spread the love of our sport and help each other grow. Our goal is bring the expansive, diverse and excited Charlotte running community together under one umbrella through group runs and social events. The key here is "passion." Our motto is "a passion for running." If you have it, you should be running with us. Speed is NOT a factor. Ten-minute milers can easily be more passionate than a six-minute miler.
That said, we do have a lot of Charlotte's fastest, most accomplished runners in our club. But we do not allow them to take that for granted. We try to capitalize on their talents and abilities to help other runners reach their goals. For example, several of our members commit each year to pacing other members at Charlotte's Thunder Road Marathon. Those runners also put together and lead workouts that will help others improve. Several of our club members have dropped up to two minutes off their 5K time in a matter of months. Others have shaved 10-plus minutes off their marathon times.
 We take running seriously, but also understand that if it stops being fun, we have missed the point. To make sure we keep things fun and interesting, the Charlotte Running Club organizes social functions so runners can mingle outside the confines of a group run. Weekly Runs.
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If you love running as much as we do, if you want to improve, if you want to help others improve, sign up today! The Charlotte Running Club is free of charge.
Club member Amelia Slagle (left) is one of 20 runners featured on Runners World website for her performance at the Walt Disney Marathon. http://www.runnersworld.com/photo/disney2010/slide5.html
RUN FOR HAITI 2/6
 Thanks to everyone who showed up to run 2/6 - if you couldn't make it and would still like to contribute, you can send a check (payable to the Charlotte Running Club) to Aaron Linz, 2815 Yorkview Court, Charlotte NC 28270. Please send before February 13th and we will be sending the check to the American Red Cross on 2/16/2010.
Pictures of the event are located at Club Photos.
3/6 Corporate Cup (Charlotte: 5k, Half marathon, Half Marathon Relay) - contact Billy Shue billy.shue@wachovia.com for team entry
3/6 Shamrock (5k and 10k, Mocksville, NC)
3/13 Get Your Rear In Gear 5k (Charlotte) benefiting the Colon Cancer Coalition
3/13 River Bound Race Series 5k at the Whitewater Center
3/13 HabiTrot 5K Run or Walk for Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County USAT&F certified course, participant prize drawings, fun!
3/20 NC Marathon and Half (High Point, NC)
3/20 National Half (DC)
3/21 Shamrock 4 miler (Charlotte)
3/21 ING Georgia (Atlanta)
3/20-21 Shamrock Marathon, Half Marathon, 8k (VA Beach)
3/21 Tobacco Road Marathon/Half Marathon (Cary, NC) SOLD OUT
3/21 Wrightsville Beach Marathon and Half Marathon (Wrightsville, NC)
3/21 LA Marathon
3/27 Umstead 100 (Cary, NC)
3/27 BofA Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon (Raleigh, NC)
3/27 Cooper River Bridge Run (Charleston, SC) 40,000 runners
3/27 Ukrop's Monument Ave (Richmond, VA) 40,000 runners
3/27 Dupont State Forest 12k trail race
3/27 Race for Christ, Leland, NC ("5k or 10k run, walk or shuffle"; Contact: Joshua Reilly jreilly@bsamail.org, (910) 470-0693)
3/27 Carolina Sticks-n-Stones Trail Race (5k or 10k trail run at the Whitewater Center; part of the Carolina Trail Run series)
4/10 Charlotte Racefest Half Marathon & 10k4/17 Elizabeth 8k (and 3k run/walk and Liz Kids Fun Run; it will be the 24th year for this race, making it Charlotte's oldest 8k)
4/17 Run for the Money 5k (Gastonia, NC)
4/18 The Flying Pirate Half Marathon at Nags Head (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
4/19 Boston Marathon (registration closed)
4/24 CPCC Skyline Run 5k
4/24 Bull Dog 5k (race director is club member Deb Rubinich)
4/24 National College Blue Ridge Marathon and Half (Roanoke, VA) partly on the parkway, partly up Roanoke Mountain, total elevation gain 3076' ... you know you want to!
4/24 Girls On The Run of Union County 5k (Lake Park Community, Indian Trail)
4/30-5/1 Palmetto 200 Relay (Columbia, SC to Charleston, SC)
5/1 Great Harvest Bread 5k
5/7 Right Moves for Youth Twilight 5k
5/8 Capital City Classic 10k, Raleigh NC (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
5/16 Uwharrie Rumble 8k and half marathon trail runs ( + mountain bike races 5/15)
5/22 River Bound Race Series 10k at the Whitewater Center
6/5 Running of the Bulls 8k, Durham NC (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
6/5 Race for the Land trail 8k and half marathon (at Redlair, a 1200-acre nature preserve just outside Stanley, NC, less than a 30 minute drive from Charlotte)
7/17 Beat the Heat 5k, Winston-Salem (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
7/17 River Bound Race Series 15k at the Whitewater Center
8/28 10k Trail Championships - Continental Divide Trail Race - Laurel Springs (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
9/12 Magnificent Mile Raleigh NC (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
9/25 River Bound Race Series Half Marathon at the Whitewater Center
11/14 OBX Marathon (part of the USATF Long Distance Running NC State Championship Series)
Got a race that is not listed? Let us know at: run.charlotte.webmaster@gmail.com
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