Live. Give. Run. Blog
To Inspire and Move the Human Spirt, One Sole at a Time
Our Owner/Founder Josh Levinson says about receiving the Balega Ubuntu award, “The Charm City Run challenge is to be an important organization beyond what we do in RUN. We have worked over the last 20 years to make the largest positive impact in our community possible. For Balega to recognize these efforts in Maryland was humbling and meaningful to the Charm City Run family.”
Each month our Charm City Run shoe experts review a new and different running/walking shoe in a YouTube video series we call “Shoes to Charm Your Socks Off.” Not only do we provide honest, helpful shoe reviews, but we have a blast doing it! Check out our most recent video featuring the brand new ON Cloudmonster here. Below we break it down for you if you prefer to read your reviews.
Each month our Charm City Run shoe experts review a new and different running/walking shoe in a YouTube video series we call “Shoes to Charm Your Socks Off.” Not only do we provide honest, helpful shoe reviews, but we have a blast doing it! Check out our most recent video featuring the new Brooks Launch 9 and Launch 9 GTS here. Below we break it down for you if you prefer to read your reviews.
As long as it’s above 0 degrees Fahrenheit (we don’t want anyone getting frostbite!), then you can continue to run outdoors. In general, it’s actually easier on your body to run in cooler weather. After is passes 60 degrees—it gets tougher for your body as it gets warmer. Plus, you don’t have to wake up at 4AM to beat the heat! But we know, it feels so COLD, therefore our Charm City Run Training Coaches have pulled together helpful tips to help you both enjoy and be more successful with these chillier runs.
It’s hard to believe that the holiday shopping season is upon us. Our Charm City Run team is pumped and ready for this festive time of year. While our passion is of course fitting you in your right pair of shoes, we also love helping our customers pick out the perfect gifts for their loved ones. We are here to help relieve any holiday shopping stress by providing you recommendations and offering special deals throughout the season.
My brain has two modes, the one that makes all the lists and triple checks to make sure I have everything. Then there's the other part of my brain that's running the Chicago Marathon this weekend and just read the participant guide yesterday to find out I can't use a hydration vest! No matter which type of runner you are, the week leading up to your race is definitely the time to get your s*** organized.
Workshops and Gait Analyses are something we love putting on at Alpha Project Phyzio & Performance! A question you may have is,” why do we put on workshops” and” What is a gait assessment/analyses?”. Those are all great questions. The short answer is to give you, the runner, a level of knowledge of how to take care of yourself on your own! This is something we love doing and is a great opportunity for you, to learn valuable skills to continue running well into your 60’s, 70’s, and older!
Running can be a lifestyle and is the most popular form of exercise with multiple health benefits. However, when running is done as “monotraining” it can lead to injuries. Monotraining refers to doing only one form of exercise, which causes muscle imbalances to develop and repetitive overuse injuries to occur.
We started the Amy Schuerholz Metz and Charm City Run Scholarship presented by Saucony back in 2015 after a former store lead, Anthony, had a great idea to support our local high school students. This was a chance for us to not only support these great young men and women, but share their stories with Charm City Run Nation.
Thanks for the privilege of introducing our Live. Give. Run. Foundation. The creation of this 501c3 and the branding of the foundation is a continuation of what you have been helping us do for the past 19+ years. One of the best elements of hanging around for two decades is that you get to work with some great people. Two of those individuals informed me it was time to formalize our giving with an actual foundation and a name.
