The 2019 Palm Beaches Marathon must include the Lake Worth Beach!

Check out this news from journalist Tony Doris published in today’s Palm Beach Post, the very first paragraph in a story headlined, “Marathon weekend a success”:


WEST PALM BEACH — The 2018 Fitteam Palm Beaches Marathon weekend wasn’t about elite runners breaking speed records as they raced through West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. [emphasis added]

West Palm Beach does not
have a beach!

If the marathon yesterday “wasn’t about the elite runners” as Tony Doris reported, then what was all the buzz about?

The 2018 marathon weekend was about
this race not having a beach!

Lake Worth has a BEACH!

The spectacular Lake Worth Beach was not included in the 2018 Palm Beaches Marathon. There was not one single beach in this year’s race. Not one! Without a beach shouldn’t the race be called the “Palm Marathon”?

Can you imagine a marathon runner hailing from Germany, Brazil or Russia and wondering, “Where the hell is the beach?”

West Palm Beach does not have a beach. The City of Lake Worth does have a spectacular beach.

Next year the 2019 Fitteam Palm “Beaches” Marathon must include the Lake Worth Beach and Casino Complex:


On the shores of the Atlantic Ocean . . . It has quickly become the new travel destination in South Florida. The new casino building remains true to the original 1920's architecture; and while there is no gambling at the new building, the name “Casino” remains as a reminder of the history and importance of the building to the citizens of Lake Worth.


To learn more about this topic please read a blog post from yesterday about the “Palm Beaches Marathon which includes no beaches in Palm Beach County.”