David Quick
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North Carolina native David Quick received a degree in English from Duke University in 1986. After a one-year stint as a reporter and photographer at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in West Virginia, Quick came to work in Charleston as a reporter in 1988. Quick has run 15 marathons, including three Boston Marathons.
Recent Stories
New drug may hold promise for lupus sufferers
For the first time in a half-century, a new drug appears to offer hope to sufferers of lupus, the chronic, autoimmune disease that plagues an estimated 2 million people, mostly women, in the United States.
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80 years of get up and go
When I called Bill Boulter in the early afternoon last Thursday, I started the conversation by asking if he had worked out already.
"Oh, yeah, three hours," he responded.
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Biting research
Studies here indicate mouthpieces may lower stress hormone, delay fatigue
We've all seen the movie scenes when someone -- a woman giving birth, a wounded soldier getting battlefield surgery -- is given something to bite on to help endure the pain.
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Runners again brave soggy conditions
FOLLY BEACH -- On a second consecutive Saturday, hundreds of runners sloshed through sections of flooded streets in road races held on one of Charleston's barrier islands.
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'The next step'
Runner returns to passion through amputation
Being active is just in Richard Blalock's DNA.
"I've run all my life," says the 56-year-old Mount Pleasant engineer. "My mom said I ran before I walked."
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Form follows function
ChiRunning focuses on positioning body
Even your grandma, who likely never ran a mile in her life, can watch runners during a race and identify those with a good, graceful form and those who don't.
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Yoga class for survivors
Women can reconnect with their bodies
After a recurrence of breast cancer and subsequent major surgery and reconstruction, Marla Loftus longed to return to practicing yoga.
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Bad weather can't slow Bailey, Knight in 15K
Johnson, Clinton place first in 5K race
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND -- Despite days of forecasted rain, wind and chilly temperatures on Saturday and the accuracy of those forecasts, 340 brave souls still ran in the 27th annual Charlie Post Classic road races -- which at several points featured ankle-deep, flooded streets that many compared to a steeplechase.
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Training minus the miles
CrossFit system aimed at getting runners ready
Can you train for endurance events, such as a marathon or triathlon, without logging major miles?
The guys at Lowcountry CrossFit think so.
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Duchess of York to sub for Gupta at donor gala
For months, the scheduled guest speaker for tonight's Rx Society Donor Appreciation Gala was Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent. But in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, Gupta has been reporting from the ravaged Caribbean nation, as well as providing medic...
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