Travel to Florida this winter for flat and fast running in scenic Melbourne on Florida’s Space Coast. Located Miami and Jacksonville and east of Orlando the Publix Florida Marathon & 1/2 Marathon Weekend is your perfect warm winter running destination. Held a month after the Disney Marathon this event features a 5K, 8K, Mascot Marathon and Kids Run take place on Saturday and a Marathon, Half Marathon, and Half Marathon Relay on Sunday. All those race options make this the perfect weekend for families and runners of all ages and abilities.
The flat and fast course makes this a great event to qualify for the Boston Marathon, too. With 20 miles of running on flat straight aways the Publix FLorida Marathon is primed for you to PR! The half marathon features 9 of the same miles for more PR’s! The marathon course twice takes runners to the beach side barrier island and back to the mainland before concluding at the riverfront Front Street Park in downtown Melbourne. There will be more than 20 musical acts along the course of the half and full marathon and half a dozen on the routes of the 5-k and 8-k races. The races are walker and headphones friendly with a seven hour time limit on the Marathon course. Half Marathoners have 5 hours to complete the event.
All half marathon, half marathon relay and full marathon finishers get a Florida theme collectible medal made of recycled metals plus an embroidered Florida Marathon & 1/2 Marathon logo hat. All registered participants get tech tees made from recycled materials. Runners will be treated to a post-race concerts both days. There will be pizza and fruit to runners on Saturday and pancakes, pizza and brews courtesy of Florida Beer to runners Sunday.
For more information and to register, please visit http://thefloridamarathon.com.
