Run Ocean Isle Beach 2017 Route Instructions

This post is to help you with a step by step walk through of our certified Half Marathon and 5K routes for Run Ocean Isle Beach.  We have pacers, bike leads, police, coning, hundreds of signs and arrows as well as almost 100 volunteers throughout the course to help...
Do I Have Mental Preparedness

Do I Have Mental Preparedness

One thing my running partner and I have talked a lot about is why do some people/runners have that dig down deep, no pain no gain, mental preparedness and others don’t, or is it that they won’t? I’m not 100% sure but our conversations have certainly gone round and...
How I Became A Runner

How I Became A Runner

At age 51 I can say I have been a runner for nearly 10 years and in many ways it has been the best 10 years of my life! Prior to this, I honestly lived pretty defeated until one day life came crashing in around me as I sat in a cancer center wondering what it was that...
This Is My Tribe

This Is My Tribe

Unless you are from the Brunswick County area you might wonder who are these people and why do they do what they do? To fill in the blanks, about 5 years ago I ran a half marathon and was really disappointed in the whole experience. My family had come to cheer me on...

How I Transition from Winter to Spring Running

I find that with every season there is a transition period in my running. I just finally get used to warm summer temperatures and it begins to cool down. Then once I’m fully adapted to running in the cold – spring has sprung! With today being the first day of spring I...