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Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Tournaments play a key role in most sports but may be critical in keeping the Lowcountry's most home-grown sport alive. Half-rubber, a sport similar to baseball but played without the bases and with only half a ball, is nearly a century old and barely exists beyond the coastal regions of Charleston and Savannah.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
What a spring it's been! Not only gorgeous weather, but headliner weekends with the Cooper River Bridge Run, the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament, two seafood festivals, the Charleston Air Show, the inaugural Dragon Boat Festival and AVP Charleston Open pro volleyball tournament.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center in Awendaw will host a "Walk in the Woods" program for National Wildflower Week, featuring botanist Robin Mackie of the Francis Marion and Sumter national forests at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Dedicated runners have come to expect running-related injuries. In any given year, up to 70 percent of runners sustain an injury that stops them from running. Yet those problems often are caused by errors in training and technique and can be avoided, according to Sam Murphy, a training consultant to the London Marathon, Nike and Adidas and co-author of the upcoming book "Running Well."
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc. , a nationally accredited therapeutic horseback-riding center, will hold its annual Spring Horse Show 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the center, 2669 Hamilton Road on Johns Island.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Saturday's NPC Junior USA Championships, an amateur bodybuilding, fitness and figure contest at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center, has become a launching point for many bodybuilders aspiring to become professionals. Just ask Melissa and David Griffin of North Charleston.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
On Wednesday evening, thousands of cyclists in hundreds of locations worldwide, including two in the Lowcountry, will participate in The Ride of Silence, a free bike ride that asks cyclists to travel no faster than 12 mph and remain silent while riding.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
One of the best ways to see Charleston is from a kayak, but if you don't want to do it alone, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission is offering two guided trips May 25: one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Let's face it. Most Lowcountry residents — perhaps most Americans outside of Southern California — probably can't name more than two or three of the top professional volleyball players in the world, much less the United States. But unlike other sporting events, which require you to be a bit of a fan, the AVP Crocs professional volleyball tour is as much sport as it is a spectacle of amusement, people-watching and laid-back lounging.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
If you haven't been putting in many laps at the nearest pool lately, here's a reason to get going. The seventh annual Lowcountry Splash, aka "Get Under It" bridge swim, will be held at 8 a.m. May 31.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Johns Island will be the setting this weekend for a new road race and one that has been brought back to life.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
While this may sound like a stroll through a Johns Island tomato field, the Tour de Tomato Family Fun Ride is a 12.5-mile bike ride, described as "very leisurely," at 9 a.m. Saturday along the West Ashley Greenway.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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International Migratory Bird Day is Saturday, and several activities will be held in the area in the coming two days to celebrate.
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