May 4, 2024

Favorite Runs - Sun on the Beach

Location:	Melbourne, FL, USA
Description:	The boring thing about running in Florida is the flat terrain. So, if you live near the water, you can do hill training by running over the causeway. What is a causeway, you say? Why, it's a bridge connecting two short pieces of land, usually leading to the Florida beaches. In Melbourne, we have two causeway bridges, each about .4 miles from bottom to top, so you can get some real training effect here. My favorite run starts at Kiwanis Park, immediately clims the bridge, (blessedly) glides downhill for another .4 mi, then stays flat for the next 1 mile to the beach. At that point, you could extend your run for probably another 6 or 7 miles if you wanted to, running on a safely protected sidewalk past some rather expensive, but beautiful, waterfront property. But I like to just turn around and run bank into the sunset, looking forward to that gut-busting .8 mile trek up and down the bridge again. The view from the top of the bridge is terriffic, watching sail- and power- boats up and down the Indian River.
Tom Babington

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