Advice for running in Miami Beach (routes, sand, time of day, etc.)

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1 year ago 03/27/2023 8:20am EDT

I will be there for a few weeks and I am excited. I have never been there and looking to run A LOT (up to 90 minutes per day or more). I have been reading up on the Miami Beach boardwalk and my assumption is it is connected to North and South Beach paths. If I have confirmation of this path being continuous, I will probably run on this every morning and trade in for some sand miles on the actual beach too.

What else can I do? I guess restaurants and coffee shops for post runs are welcome in this conversation.

1 year ago 03/27/2023 8:29am EDT

re: Mountain Man II

Just watch out for naked face-eating cannibals high on bath salts.

npr.org

'Bath Salts' Drug Suspected In Miami Face-Eating Attack

The drug has been linked to other crimes in which the suspect becomes irrational and violent. In some ways, they're a "walking dead person," according to the president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police.

Link:www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/0...

1 year ago 03/27/2023 9:06am EDT

re: Mountain Man II

I always use Strava Heatmaps when traveling to at least start planning my runs. Great Runs also is decent.

1 year ago 03/27/2023 12:19pm EDT

re: Mountain Man II

There's a track in South Beach that's open to the public if you need as well. Used it in my stay there a few weeks ago

1 year ago 03/27/2023 12:44pm EDT

re: Hejendo76

My dad had a condo on Brickell Key. I am not a fan of Miami Beach. The restaurants are pretty terrible and just exist to rip off tourists. Beach is nice, but the water is pretty cold this time of year. Running along the beach is nice. If you get board, drive over to Key Biscayne. There is a state park at the far end of the island and a city park just off the causeway. You can get on some trails in the parks. Another good place for a run is Corral Gables. Run up and down Desoto Blvd and Alhambra Circle to see lots of cool old Mediterranean Revival homes and the famous Biltmore Hotel.

The only tourist thing worth doing in Miami is the boat tour of the bay. They take you by a bunch of huge celebrity homes, including the house from Scarface.

The Everglades NP and Key West make for a nice day trip. The birds at Everglades NP are so used to being around people that you can get right up close and they don't care.

Wynnwood and Little Havana are interesting neighborhoods to visit.

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