I hadn’t been to Charleston for the Cooper River Bridge 10K Run and Walk since the new course went over the new Ravenel bridge. Not only is it a fantastic piece of engineering – the new bridge makes for a fast race. If only the weather was less breezy, we could have had some records out there. I always love coming to Charleston for this event. Julian Smith and his crew do a terrific job. This year I did live tv for Comcast C2 with Kellen Correia. The Comcast show was shown numerous times on local tv and also include footage from the expo, Kids Run on Friday and pre-race pasta dinner. Two Ethiopian runners emerged victorious at the finish line –  26-year old Amane Gobena became the fit non-Kenyan woman in the last 10 years to win the event and on the men’s side it was her countryman, 20-year-old  Tilahun Regassa. They were followed by 32,000+ runners and walkers. The current record for the event is 33,678 which was set during the first Bridge Run on the Ravenel bridge in 2006, when 45,497 registered. Mark your calendars for March 27th, 2010 – the 33rd running of CRBR.