Located on Florida's Space Coast, just north of Miami, south of Jacksonville and east of Orlando and Tampa, the State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon Weekend makes for a perfect warm winter running destination for runners of all ages and levels. It is held a month after the Disney Marathon, and, like a rock-n-roll marathon, our event includes more than 20 musical acts along the course of the half and full marathon and half a dozen on the routes of the 5-k and 8-k races.

Both the 1/2 and full Marathons areUSATF-certified courses with ChronoTrack timing.  The Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon is one of the last qualifiers of the year for the Boston Marathon .

It is a walker and headphones-friendly event with a five-hour time limit on the course.

A very scenic route that includes four bridge crossings for the full and two for the half-marathon, the course twice takes marathoners to the beach side barrier island and back to the mainland before concluding on main street of downtown Melbourne -- followed by the awards ceremony and a party featuring yet another live band.

The event features an elite field of Masters runners with $8,000.00 of the event's $15,500.00 cash purse going to top finishers in the men and women 40 & over Masters group.

$2,000 ($1,000.00 for each race) of the event's total purse of $15,500 will be awarded to competitors in the Florida Today 5k and 8k races.

$5,000.00 of the event's total purse of $15,500 will be awarded to athletes competing in Sunday's Top End EuroAmerican Handcycling Championships.

Among top Masters elites who have competed in the event are 4-time Olympian Colleen DeReuck, 1983 Boston Marathon champion Greg Meyer, 4-time Boston Marathon Winner and 4-time NYC Marathon winner Bill Rodgers, 2010 Womens Masters 1/2 Marathon Champion Lori Kingsley and 2009 & 2010 USA 1/2 Masters Champion Paul Aufdemberge.

The State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Half-Marathon is the official 2010 USA Masters Half-Marathon Championship. Many of the nation's top elite male and female Masters runners will be among the field competing for the USATF's prestigious national title.

Masters LDR Championships are open to all member athletes of USATF, including permanent resident aliens. However, only United States citizens shall be awarded individual championship awards and/or prize money.

The 8-K, 1/2 marathon and full marathon are all USATF Florida State Championship races in their respective distances.

"The Good Neighbor Award"

State Farm will award $125.00 cash prize to the top finishing male and female Brevard County resident in each the marathon and the half-marathon.


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