10 years ago we were a couple with a son who moved here from Austin, TX, ready to chase a dream of opening a running store in our hometown.  We always affectionately talk about Baltimore as being a "homers" town.  Many of us go away but we all seem to come back and appreciate it more once we are back.  This is a great community filled with solid families who have good values and thankfully an affection and loyalty for the homers that have small businesses.

We hired a guy (Mike Nasuta) that did not say much who was making milkshakes at Friendlys and ran for Calvert Hall.  Then we hired a girl that said less who was a standout runner at Towson and had never had a job (Cori Koch).  After being around them and their families, we realized that we had a skill more important than any marketing or technical fitting skill, we (mostly Kara) could identify, hire and retain quality human beings.  The guy went on to run for Wash U and is now some wicked smart scientist in Michigan and the girl ran for the Terps and now is in product development at Under Armour.

We hired Erin Chlumsky of Fallston fame to be our first store manager and then we had to open in Harford County.  Now Erin has a thriving massage and yoga practice in Boulder, CO.

The wicked smart guy had a brother (Brian) working at Applebees Neighborhood Grill and he had a friend at Towson.  The Applebees brother graduated from Towson and opened our store in Bel Air and the friend (Tom Mansfield) opened our store in Annapolis.  Brian hired a Patriot named Brad who eventually took over the Bel Air store after years of hard work.

Sweet Katie Czech Heyl used to run from the store and talk about her job working in a cube and we fixed that and then Katie launched an estore for us, bought the apparel and did all the training groups.  Then she decided to move on to a better career (motherhood) and told us not to worry.  She said Ericka Butler was going to take us to the next level and she has. 

Marie Bolton moved to the area and worked at the Y and she was in a training group, then ran the training groups, then opened a store in Clarksville. 

The Dolphin Whisperer finally joined us full time to open a Charm City Run in the Charm City and we are very excited to have her on board.

By spring of 2012 we will have 5 locations and we have built Charm City Run not one store at a time but one person at a time.  We have the privilege of watching these folks grow and develop all within the solid character with which they came to us. 

In 2001, we decided to have a race to commemorate 911 and we met Dave Cooley and he became like a father to Josh and a guiding force in Charm City Run and then he helped us find Kelly who has taken off and tried to deliver a great race experience every weekend. 

Thanks to all of you have supported us over the years.  We hope that you have been treated like a human being and received service second-to-none.

Please come in and say hi.  Here is the team minus the 30-40 part-timers who give us so much.

Annapolis - Rich Moran NY native came to us by way of FL.

Baltimore- Deirdre Weadock, Dolphin Whisperer, NDP, Terp.

Bel Air - Brad Viers Bel Air native John Carroll and Towson.  A hard working buck.

Clarksville - Caleb Chamberlyne VA native, former Mountaineer.  Great one liners.

Timonium - Marie Bolton, pride of Leesburg VA, former hoops standout at Bridgewater.

Apparel & Marketing - Ericka Lundell Butler, Dulaney, JMU

Footwear & Online - Brian Nasuta Applebees, Calvert Hall, Towson

Manager of the Managers - Tom Mansfield Friend of Applebees and Hereford, Towson

Training and Training (employees and training programs) - Marie Bolton

Events- Kelly Dees