I have long fancied running on the beach. Staying at the Catalina Hotel, which is only one block away from South Beach, provided the perfect chance for me to realize my fancy. It was about 5:30 p.m., when the sun was less scorching, that I commenced my first beach run. I started at the 17th street and ran along the beach to the 5th street. Then following the same route back to where I started. It's about 2.5 miles in total.

The beach was so wide that it was virtually divided into two sections: the one closer to the sea was for sunbathing; the other for running. Most of the sand I ran on was in fact hard-pressed, possibly resulted from all the running. Although I couldn't dig my toes in the sand as much as I had hoped--it was nevertheless a remarkable experience.