ING Miami 1/27/08 (Read 625 times)

You should call your hotel and see if there is a shuttle to/from the airport and how much it costs. I know a lot of hotels on SB offer that, but I'm not sure about downtown. Otherwise the best option is a taxi. I don't know how much they are to downtown, but from the airport to Key Biscayne or Miami Beach is $40 and those are further away, so it'd be less than that I'd bet.

I'm renting a car. I found a great deal for my flight. Round trip from Philly is costing me 49 bucks each way on southwest. The catch is, they don't fly to Miami. So, I'm flying to Lauderdale, which I guess is about 40 mins from Miami. As for eating, I haven't decided yet. I had planned on going down and running with a friend, but he got hurt. So I'm on my own.

I'll be there. I'm running the half with my sister (the person that got me into running in the first place). I'm not sure if were going to run it together or break apart but it will be a blast either way. As for the heat I was concerned until yesterday. I'm from Rochester, NY and the weather has been cold. Yesterday I was going to do my last long run before the race. It was 8 degrees when I got up so I decided, quite unhappily, to try a treadmill. I've avoided treadmills for quite some time as I strongly prefer running outside. I was incredibly surprised to find that I had an awesome run indoors! It also eased my fears of melting in the heat of Miami. I honestly enjoyed the warm temps of my local gym. Spotting me shouldn't be terribly difficult. Here's what to look for: - shirtless guy - bright yellow Mizuno sneakers - an mp3 player on my right arm - a 6 inch straw under the arm band of my mp3 player (I use the straw to drink at water stations more easily) - a yellow championchip Greg

A buddy and I will be running the half. Just did the Palm Beach half, with PR 1:37:38, even with the heat. Hope it stays a bit cooler. Couple bridges otherwise not much to see other than the causeway, not much shade either. If you come for a visit run the Gables or AIA in Fort Lauderdale for a better view/sightseeing. See you all there, warming up for the Feb A1A in Fort Lauderdale, fast and Flat! Ed

Ok so today I did just 4 miles with fartleks: Mile# Split time 1.00 10:36 2.00 8:39 3.00 8:19 4.00 7:20 Tomorrow will be a swim day and Thursday will be a 4 mile tempo run. We fly down to Miami on Friday morning. So since I'm coming form temps in the 20Fs I need to try and get used to the warmer temps a bit so plan on getting in 3 mile of very easy running after we check into the hotel. Saturday is the 5K which I'll run as a short tempo run and the Sunday is the big day. I know that is really not enought time to acclimate but hopefully it will help some

Goodluck to everyone!!I hope we all a great race.I will be at the Marriott Biscayne Bay will be there Friday morning.

That's nice the high temp here in Indianapolis tomorrow is 14 low temp 6 windchill subzero temps can't wait for some fun in the sun!!