Our Team JOIN OUR TEAM THE BEGINNING MEET OUR TEAM It all began with The Levinsons... Welcome to Charm City Run. Kara and I started Charm City Run in 2002 at the Timonium location. It was a former bank and the vault and drive-through are still there. Do not try to make a deposit. Your money will not show up in your account. I am a Baltimoran and Kara hails from Route 29 in Howard County via Greenville, SC. The Charm City Run idea was born during a 4.5 year stay in Austin, TX where I earned an MBA from the University of Texas-Austin and where Kara taught Physical Education and 2nd Grade at the St. Andrews Episcopal School. Kara and I talked about running the first time we met and we ran a lot together until little ones came along. In Austin, everyone runs on Town Lake and a running store there called Run-Tex had hundreds of coolers all around the lake filled with Powerade and water. Kara thought that was just wonderful and decided that Run-Tex is where the Levinsons would be purchasing their shoes. Kara and I trained for the Fort Worth Marathon together and ran it in cotton shirts and lacrosse shorts. It was a disaster of epic proportions. We were malnourished, dehydrated and overheated. DO NOT MESS WITH TEXAS. Like every crazy runner, I forgot how bad it was in two weeks and announced to Kara that I thought I could do better next time. Kara knew that was not the case and gifted me a Run-Tex training program. It was then that I discovered Run-Tex magic. It was so positive. People from all different walks of life became friends and it was just all goodness. After two years at Dell Computer, a much smaller stint at a process manufacturing software company (I do not know what that means either), and the birth of a beautiful boy named Ben, we traveled home to see family. During a run with Kara on the NCR trail, Kara looked at me and said “Baltimore needs a Run-Tex.” I laughed but was disconcerted to notice that she was not laughing. While I was trying to figure out what process manufacturing software was I volunteered at Run-Tex and then worked there part-time. After 6 months we moved back to the Charm City and added the RUN. Our goals were simple, create a place where we would want to hang out and create a workplace where we would want to work. Enjoy hanging out, leave inspired. Best, Josh & Kara Levinson FIND A STORE Annapolis Baltimore - Fells Point Bel Air Columbia Frederick Timonium UPCOMING EVENTS MILES AND MARGARITAS IN FELLS POINT Dec 1, 2021 Fells Point, Fun Run (FREE), Pub Runs HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE FUN RUN AT CHARM CITY RUN ANNAPOLIS Dec 2, 2021 Fun Run (FREE), Annapolis, Holiday DECEMBER TRAVELING THURSDAY AT R. HOUSE Dec 2, 2021 Fells Point, Fun Run (FREE) OUR STORY About Charm City Run Meet Our Team Community Responsibility Privacy Policy Charm City Run LLC Brands: Charm City Run © Charm City Run 2019 All Rights Reserved.