Your plan in four answers
Set for April 3, 2027, about 23 weeks out.
- Distances
- 10K
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Field
- Capped at 38,500 runners
- Taper starts
- March 25, 2027
Course
The Cooper River Bridge Run course
A 10K from Mount Pleasant across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge into downtown Charleston.
Read the full course notes
The bridge is the course: a long, steady climb followed by a long descent, with no shade anywhere on it.
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Distances
- 10K
- Field
- Capped at 38,500 runners
- Weather on race day
- April in Charleston is mild and can be humid. Wind on the bridge span is a factor most years.
What to train for
One long sustained climb in the middle of a 10K.
Train continuous four to six minute climbs rather than short repeats, and hold back before the bridge.
Sample week
A sample Cooper River Bridge Run training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Tuesday Key session
- Intervals: 6 × 800 m at 5K to 10K effort, easy jog between
- Wednesday
- Easy run, 5 mi
- Thursday Key session
- Tempo run on a rolling route, 5 mi with 2 mi comfortably hard
- Friday
- Recovery run, 3 mi, or cross-train
- Saturday Key session
- Long run, 7–8 mi easy
- Sunday
- Easy run, 3 mi, then 6 relaxed strides
Your build to race day
Taper
Tapering for the Cooper River Bridge Run
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week. With the race on April 3, 2027, your taper starts around March 25, 2027.
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Cooper River Bridge Run training questions
How long should I train for the Cooper River Bridge Run?
Most runners give a 10k ten to twelve weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The plan above counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
Is the Cooper River Bridge Run course hilly?
Rolling. A 10K from Mount Pleasant across the Arthur Ravenel Jr.
What is the weather usually like at the Cooper River Bridge Run?
April in Charleston is mild and can be humid. Wind on the bridge span is a factor most years.
When should I start tapering for the Cooper River Bridge Run?
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Cut your weekly volume by about a third, then by half in race week, and keep a few short efforts at race pace so your legs stay sharp. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week. With the race on April 3, 2027, your taper starts around March 25, 2027.
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No. The plan above builds in your browser with no account, no email, and no card. Make a free account only if you want to keep it, log your runs against it, and have the coach keep adapting it as your training goes.