© Lets You Support Local and Life-Saving Causes

© Healthy Way to Begin Your Day

© Discover Your Time on a Certified 5K Course with the D Tag Timing System

© Free Skin Cancer Screenings with a Doctor

© Free T-Shirt

© Free Refreshments

© Relax on a Beautiful Beach Afterwards

© Gives You a Chance to Win an Award

© Gives You an Excuse to Run

Charities:

Cause #1 Melanoma, a skin cancer, is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Every 67 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from melanoma. Sun exposure is responsible for most melanomas and other skin cancers. Floridians are at risk – of all states, the risk of melanoma is highest in Florida.Runners are at particular risk due to their increased sun exposure.

UM is on the cutting-edge of melanoma and skin cancer research. A portion of the proceeds from this race will go to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery for research and development of new treatment options for patients with melanoma and skin cancer.

Cause #2 A portion of the proceeds will go to the City of Miami’s TEAM FOR LIFE Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Public Access to Defibrillation (PAD) Program (the AED PAD program, orPAD program for short). The PAD program works to help make AEDs available in public and/or private places in Miami “in order to improve survival rates of those who suffer a cardiac arrest.”

Hearts are powerful, enduring muscles but they may still succumb to problems that cause them to stop beating. Sudden cardiac arrest is the condition in which a person’s heart suddenly stops beating properly. This is suffered by people of all ages. Once the heart stops, the victim has two to five minutes before irreversible brain damage begins to occur. If used in time, the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) device can jump start the heart, saving the victim’s life. Unfortunately, getting an AED to a victim before brain damage occurs is very difficult, which is why installing AEDs in public places around Miami can mean saving someone’s life.

Click here to find information about sudden cardiac arrest and AED success stories.

An AED on the University of Miami campus

Text Box: The AED uses an electrical shock to reset heart cells, giving them the best chance to start working together as a beating heart.

Text Box: Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anyone, including the thin, the young, and the fit. Clogged arteries are not a prerequisite.

Text Box: Sudden cardiac arrest is the Nation’s leading cause of death; over 465,000 Americans die each year from this medical emergency.

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Cause #3 A portion of the proceeds will go Sahara of South Florida, a non-profit organization that strives to increase awareness about domestic violence on families in South Asian communities.