Miami Man

Type: Half Iron

Course Description:

Swim - The swim will take place in Larry and Penny's crystal clear lake. The swim will start and end on the wide sandy beach that is open all summer long for swimming. Participants will start on the North side of the beach and swim a .6 mile loop clockwise around the lake. International distance participants will swim 1 lap, while Half Iron participants will swim 1 lap, exit the water, run through the arch and across the scoring line, then re-enter the water and swim a second lap. Participants will encounter an aid station with drinks and food between the swim exit and the transition area. The swim course and the crystal clear lake was extremely popular with last year's participants as it was voted the 2nd best thing about the race overall, just edged out by the run course and followed closely by our wonderful volunteers.

Bike - The bike ride will go through farmland areas of unincorporated Miami-Dade county (the Redlands), all on paved roads of course, and will encounter very little vehicular traffic. The course will be well marked with arrows at each intersection both as signs on each stop sign and as arrows painted on the pavement. There will also be police controlling traffic at each intersection with a stop sign and at each intersection where the course turns. Last year the event earned high praises for the excellent work by the police keeping the course safe and because there was so little traffic on the course, but remember that it is an open course, so you will see an occassional car on the road.

International distance participants will follow the same course as the half iron, except they will make a U-turn at the 11 mile point and return along the same course they took out. This makes the bike a 22 mile course with an aid station at the 11-mile turnaround. The turnaround is just before Krome avenue for those plotting out the course in advance.

Half Iron distance participants will go out for 13 miles, make 2-15 mile loops, then return along the same route. There will be an aid station with bottle handups and food as well as restrooms at the Fruit & Spice park. Participants will pass this intersection at mile 13, mile 28 and mile 43 of the course.

Run - We've saved the best for last - the RUN! The first mile includes paved road and some hard packed dirt road that takes you through the back gate into Metro Zoo, where you will run .75 of a mile by Antelopes, Gazelles, Camels, and Lions, to name a few. At that point the run course goes half way down and back the beautiful palm tree lined Metro Zoo main entrance, then re-enters the Zoo at about the 3 mile mark for another 1.25 miles by many animals including giraffes, gorillas, and zebras. The run then goes through non-public areas of the zoo to another back entrance to Larry and Penny Park and from that point back to the finish area. International distance participants will do 1 loop and Half Iron distance participants will do 2 loops. The run course was voted the best part of the event by last year's participants.

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Added by TaoSurfing on July 11th, 2009