Brief Description
Registration Fees and Options
Packet Pickup
Directions & Parking
Nearby Hotels
Race Day Awards
Walking Rules
Course Map
Mascot Description
Brief Description
The 34th Annual Key Biscayne Lighthouse 10K/5K Run starts and finishes near the base of the historical Cape Florida Lighthouse in Bill Baggs State Park. Both races run through the State Park and the beautiful Village of Key Biscayne. Free state park entrance, water stations and race clocks throughout course.  Food, water, adult beverages, music and massages for all runners after the race. Online registration opens September 1
Registration Fees and Options
Registration Fee: $25
1) Register online on www.active.com  (until 9:00 pm, Thursday, November 10)
2) Register at the following satellite locations;
• Island Athletics - 79 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne, FL 33149-1411
(305) 365-9989 (until 6pm, Friday, November 11th)
• Runner’s High - 11209 South Dixie Highway, Miami, FL 33156
(305) 255-1500 (until noon, Friday, November 11th)
3) Download Registration Form
4) THERE IS NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION
Packet Pickup
  1. Race Packets (containing your race number and t-shirt) for all applications received ON OR BEFORE Thursday, November 3rd will be available at Island Athletics, 79 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne starting Saturday, November 5th through Friday, November 11th, 2011. This includes all on-line registrations as well as any done through Island Athletics or Runner’s High (see Registration Fees and Options for store locations.)
  2. All other race packets (including ones not picked up prior) will be available starting at 6:15am on the morning of the race.
Directions and Parking
Take I-95 South or US1 North to the toll booth entrance ($1.50 fee) of the Rickenbacker Causeway. Drive 7 miles until you can see the light(house) in Bill Baggs State Park. The entrance to Bill Baggs State Park will be open at 6:15am and CLOSED at 7:15am.   Park entrance fee is waived for this event and you are invited to enjoy the park for the remainder of the day. REMEMBER - PARK ENTRANCE CLOSES AT 7:15AM.  Parking attendants will be on site to direct you to the available parking spaces. 
Nearby Hotels Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne
www.ritzcarlton.com

Silver Sands
www.silversandsbeachresort.net

Hotel Urbano
www.hotelurbano.com
Race Day Awards
5K Run - 8 and under, 9-11, 12-14, 5-year age groups from 15-69, 70 and over.
10K Run - 14 and under, 5-year age groups from 15-69, 70 and over. 

Awards will be presented to the top Male/Female Open/Key Biscayne finishers. These winners will be excluded from their age group for additional awards. The top 3 open finishers and the top KB finisher in each age group will receive an award.   Please plan to stay for the awards ceremony directly after the race.
Walking Rules The 10K is NOT a walk. Runners must complete the race within 1:20 minutes or be disqualified. Walkers may walk the 5K but will not be judged. No special awards will be given for walkers unless they place within their age groups.
Course Map Click to download the course map
Mascot Description
In Latin, This species goes by the official names Pavo Cristatus and Pavo Muticus. The male is the only one that is officially a “Peacock”. The female goes by the name “Peahen”.

Typical in the animal world, and sometimes in our own, the male gets all the attention due to the amazing variety of brilliant feather coloration as he struts and poses given any incentive to do so. His vibrant colors are not pigments but optical interference “Bragg Reflections” based on regular periodic nanostructures of the barbules (fiber-like components of the feathers). This interference-based structural color is important for the Peacock’s iridescent hues that change and shimmer with the viewing angle, since unlike pigments, interference effects depend on light angle as everyone knows.

During the mating season, the males will often emit a very loud, high pitched cry which can damage the human ear drums.

In Greco-Roman mythology, the Peacock is identified with the goddess Hera (Juno). The “eyes” upon the Peacock’s tail comes from Argus whose hundred eyes were placed upon the Peacocks feathers by the goddess in memory of his role as the guardian of Io, a lover of Zeus that Hera has punished. The “eyes” are said to symbolize the vault of heaven and the “eyes” of the stars.

The females have a mixture of subdued colors in their makeup but are observed to have an uncanny ability to mesmerize and control the males which has puzzled investigators of this species over the years. They are the individuals in this species that keep a happy equilibrium among the families.

Is anyone surprised about this ?