Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon expects 4200 runners to cross finish line
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. –- Around 4200 runners, along with family and friends, will make their way to Myrtle Beach this weekend for the Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon. While the 13.1-mile Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon will take place Sunday Oct. 23, race events will be happening all weekend, including a health and fitness expo, the Coastal 5K race, and the one-mile Doggie Dash and 80-meter High Heel Run to benefit the Grand Strand Humane Society.
Last year’s Myrtle Beach Mini Marathon was a huge success, as participants came from 45 different states, helping to boost tourism numbers as the community eased into what is typically seen as a shoulder season. Over 10,000 total attended events throughout the weekend, and race founder and director Robert Pozo feels confident this year’s event will be equally as successful.
“This event is strategically planned to take place at the beginning of the running season when temperatures are mild, so participants are able to enjoy a fantastic running event, as well as a last beach getaway before the winter weather sets in,” said Pozo. “We had a phenomenal crowd turn out last year that made it fun for everyone involved, and the feedback we heard was overwhelmingly positive. We’re so excited to be back in Myrtle Beach again this year.”
Pozo and his company, Continental Events and Sports Management, have worked hard to make what was a great event even better this year. A couple changes include a medal redesign, as well as changes to last year’s 13.1-mile race course. At the finish of Sunday’s Mini Marathon, runners will be able to enjoy a celebratory beach party with live surf bands and oceanfront entertainment.
“It’s a family-friendly, action-packed weekend that wouldn’t be possible without the support we’ve received from the city of Myrtle Beach, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and several other community organizations,” said Pozo, “The Grand Strand is an ideal running destination and we’re thrilled to be able to bring such a premier race to the area.
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I've been acquainted with Lorcan Lucey through Charleston's endurance sports community for most of my 23 years in the Lowcountry. So earlier this fall, I was surprised to find out that Lucey became the second recipient of a double-lung transplant at the Medical University of South Carolina earlier this year.
Lucey's journey underscores so much of what I write and think about every week: the importance of fitness and living life to the fullest and how truly fortunate we are to have advanced medical services at our doorstep in Charleston.
I've always known Lucey to share a passion for being active. He loves to run, bike, swim, work out and hike. Regularly, I'd see him enjoying the company of his Saturday morning running group, post-run, at Starbuck's on Coleman Boulevard.
As founder and president of Lucey Mortgage Corp., he also has been generous in helping to sponsor an array of charity events in Charleston for more than two decades.
He and his wife, Lizzy Lucey, have a zest for life that most people just talk about.
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Lucey, 48, traces the beginning of his four-year journey to a swimming training clinic prior to the 2007 Lowcountry Splash, a 2.4-mile open water swim.
"I've never been a great swimmer, but it was all of a sudden, boom, that one night (in April), I just couldn't keep up," recalls Lucey.
Then, on Memorial Day weekend, he had a severe onset of pain in his legs. A doctor saw him, said "welcome to mid-life," and sent him away with painkillers and an arthritis diagnosis.
Lucey himself didn't think much of it either. He had just starting taking medication to control his high cholesterol. The drug's side effects included muscle cramping.
After he stopped taking the cholesterol medicine, the pain came back even stronger, which prompted him to get more testing.
In late May, the Medical University found a shadow on his lungs in one of his X-rays. His case was handed over to the pulmonary department. Lung biopsies narrowed the diagnosis to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis triggered by rheumatoid arthritis.