America’s Swim and Fitness Festival and The Race to Cure Diabetes

America’s Swim and Fitness Festival and The Race to Cure Diabetes, a Miami Beach-based festival to promote swimming, fitness and diabetes awareness is set for 9-12 November 2006. This swimming and fitness centered festival will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The Festival, together with the Foundation, have as a mission to promote a correct lifestyle, complete with correct diet and physical activity, the two most important factors in preventing this type of disease and bettering the quality of life for people who already suffer from it.

Some of the groups behind the festival are The Gary Hall Jr. Foundation, The Race Club, BD, and The World Olympians Association. America’s Swim and Fitness Festival has a variety of swimming and fitness events planned. These include wet and dry events for adults and children.

Swimming Events
• Disability swim
• 200 meter beginning swim
• 400 meter intermediate swim
• One mile advanced swim
• America’s Swim Relay - 4 teams of six swimmers each, 3 men and 3 women with one team member over 39 years old, racing head-to-head in the ocean to a bulkhead and back to the beach, short run up the beach to the next team member until all six have completed the relay.

Land Events

• The Fitness Open - 7 minutes on a treadmill, followed by 7 minutes on a stationary bike, with the best time winning for men and women.
• Fitness Grand Prix - Five tasks to be completed one after the other, with the best final time winning for men and women categories. The tasks are a treadmill mile run, 10 push ups, 20 sit ups, jump rope 50 times, and shoot one basket.
• The Sunset 5km Run - A 5-kilometer (3.1 mile) race at sunset along the white sands of Miami Beach.
• The Beach Volleyball Challenge - A beach volleyball tournament among teams representing USA-based modeling agencies.
• The Fitness Duathlon - Climb one-half mile on a treadmill inclined to a 25% grade, then up a 30 foot climbing wall. The Best time wins.

For more information, visit the America’s Swim & Fitness Festival and The Race to Cure Diabetes web site.