time,” said Newberry. “I think it’s something everyone can be proud of. I know I’m proud of it.” “After two or three years, we started thinking this could be a major race,” Hamlin said. “We projected, after a few years, that the race may have the potential to actually get up to 10,000 people. We never dreamed of
THERE’S MORE TO THE COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN THAN THE RUN:
Thursday, March 29 (Noon to 8 p.m.) and Friday, March 30 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Cooper River Bridge Run Expo Gaillard Auditorium • 77 Calhoun St. • Charleston
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Gaillard Auditorium • 77 Calhoun St. • Charleston Harborside East • Mount Pleasant
Friday, March 30
The Kids Run and Party (Festival begins at 2 p.m. Warm-up begins at 4 p.m. • Races begin at 5 p.m. $8-$10 registration) • Hampton Park • Charleston
Saturday, March 31 (7:45 a.m.) Wheelchair Competitive Race
40,000 to 45,000 people.” For the past 20 years, Julian Smith has served as ex-
ecutive director of the Cooper River Bridge Run. “I’m just very passionate about it,” Smith said. “When I got involved in the race, it was relatively small – 6,000 people and a budget of $100,000. Now it’s a $3-million budget and 43,000 people.” Much of that money goes to the company that times the race, fencing, billboards, brochures, magazines, police security, banners, T-shirts and race numbers. Shuttle buses alone cost $100,000. It takes 3,500 volunteers to make it all happen. “It’s a lot to put on the race,” admitted Smith, who
travels extensively to study other races in hopes of con- stantly improving the Cooper River Bridge Run. Smith became involved in the bridge run when he
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