Matt Talley had never entered a competitive road race before this weekend, so his debut run in Saturday's third Quarry Crusher Run could have been daunting. But the 24-year-old SCE&G employee ...

The Quarry Crusher Run is not for the faint of heart. The punishing 3.7-mile race has runners dashing down into an active quarry, then climbing back up at a quad-busting 10 percent grade.