Marathon in Florida Keys

Marathon is positioned in the heart of the Florida Keys in fact just about in the middle of the Florida Keys island chain. The area of Marathon consists of many Keys or islands starting with Long Key, the Conch Keys, Duck Key, Grassy Key, Boot Key, Crawl Key and Pigeon Key. Marathon is separated from the Lower Florida Keys on the south end by the Seven Mile Bridge. This bridge is famous and has been seen in many movies and is host to the Seven Mile Bridge Run each year.
Long Key is the place to visit for a beautiful park like setting with many opportunities to fish, kayak, camp or simply just relax on the beach. There are plenty of quaint guest accommodations between Long Key and Marathon Key. Duck Key is home of the Hawk's Cay Resort & Marina and is a great place to hold corporate meetings. Grassy Key is the closest to Marathon Key and the Dolphin Research Center is there. This is a great attraction in Marathon offering a day long learning experience for adults and children. Learn all about the bottle nose dolphin and even swim with them in a limited session at the Research Center.
Marathon is a quaint place to take a very relaxing vacation. There are many great amentities including some great restaurants that serve fresh seafood and some good shopping with many gifts and crafts from local artists. Marathon has some very nice communities including Key Colony Beach and Sombrero Beach.

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Marathon of the Palm Beaches

The 5th Annual Marathon of the Palm Beaches takes place between December 5th - 7th 2008. The Marathon, Half Marathon and Marathon Team Relay will all start at 6:00 a.m. on December 7th.

One of the highlights of Marathon Weekend will be the marathon breakfast on Dec. 5th, featuring marathon great Uta Pippig, an advocate of women's running, as guest speaker. More than 60 percent of the participants are women. Pippig, 43, a two-time Olympian for Germany and the first woman to win the Boston and Berlin marathons three times, will run the 5K and give out medals and sign autographs during the kids' races.

Returning men's champion Paul Rugut, a Kenyan now living in America, will defend his title against several top local runners, including two-time Olympian Ronnie Holassie of Miramar.Defending women's marathon champion Sonja Friend-Uhl is six months pregnant and will run the 5K.

Marlene Persson of Deerfield Beach is among women's marathon favorites.

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