The Charlie Post Classic is in it's 31st year and hosted by the Charleston Running Club. Things should be pretty much perfected. It's a very large race with over 500 participants, mostly in the 15K. I guess you don't get many chances to run a 15K (9.3 miles), so people take advantage of it.

I decided to run the 5K (3.1 miles). I like shorter races and the week after a half marathon, I wanted something short! The course is nice, well marked. The split for the 5K/15K is well marked- you cannot miss it. There are water stops, along with some spectators.

The post-race refreshments are from Black Bean Company and Triangle Char-N-Bar, and they were great. Veggie and meat burritos, cookies, yogurt, apples, bananas, etc. They also had coffee and water. The "swag" was good for a local race. Tech shirt, and you got a coupon for $10 off at Triangle and a water bottle. For the entry fee, the gear was awesome.

My gripe is in the awards. I won 3rd overall female, which is kind of a big deal in a large race. The overall winners got medals that say "age group winner". That would be fun if I'd won my age group, but I didn't... I placed overall!

It's a very nice medal and I understand they mass-order the awards, but I wish the ribbon was correct! I would still recommend this race to others, though.