James Island Connector Run

James Island Connector Run is held in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 31, 2026. Three formats start together at 8:00 a.m.: an 8K covering five miles, a 5K of 3.1 miles open to runners and walkers, and a separate walk-only 5K for those who would rather not share the road with a racing field.

The 8K is the distance to look at, because it sits in the gap most calendars ignore. Five miles is long enough that you cannot sprint it and short enough that it needs no taper, so it works well as a hard effort inside a fall block. Pace it a touch more conservatively than a 5K, roughly at an effort you could hold for forty minutes, and expect the last mile to be where it bites. Having a walk-only option also makes the morning workable for mixed-ability groups.