Frankie Ruiz, co-founder of the Miami Marathon, also started the Brickell Run Club, which brings hundreds out to pound the pavement together on Monday nights – and see the city in a whole new way.
Omar Nelson, a physician-scientist at UM, created One Love Run to get locals from all over the city to venture into Overtown, a stigmatized neighborhood they otherwise might avoid.
Robert “Raven” Kraft has ran eight miles on the South Beach sand every single day since Jan. 1 1975, and he’s sort of a staple of the neighborhood. Here’s what a day in his life is like.