World Championship Beach Marathon

 Tomorrow I will run the World Championship Beach Half Marathon in Cocoa Beach, Florida.  It will be my first long distance race on sand.  I plan to run in my barefoot shoes.  The most I have ever run in those shoes is 5 miles.  The Half Marathon will be 13.1 miles.  It will be my 9th marathon, half and full of the year.  Miami Marathon, Melbourne Marathon Relay, A1A Fort Lauderdale Half Marathon, Gasparilla Half Marathon, Miami Beach 13.1, Gulf Coast Half Marathon, Chicago Half Marathon, Atlanta 13.1, Halloweenathon, Beach Half Marathon, Space Coast Half Marathon and end with Palm Beaches Full Marathon - all to raise $11,000 for GUA Africa's Emma Academy - www.runfogguaafrica.com .