Travel

How to Get Here

If traveling by air, the closest airports are Northwest Florida Regional Airport (VPS, in Fort Walton Beach, FL), and the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP, in Panama City Beach area). If you're staying on the east end of 30A, ECP is closest. If staying on the west end of 30A, VPS is closest. Sometimes the best airfares can be found by flying into Pensacola (PNS) which is about 1.5-2 hours to the west.

If traveling by automobile, check out MapQuest.

On the morning of the race, to avoid the closed roads, we advise that you come into Seaside from the East side, by coming down 395 (from 98) to 30A. There will be a shuttle provided from an offsite parking area.

Where To Stay

The month of March is a particularly busy month for visitors in northwest Florida because it marks the beginning of Spring Break. Please remember to book your accommodations early in order to guarantee that you will have a place to stay for the race!

There are many accommodations available in our area, but the following are generous sponsors to our race and offer reduced rates or donate part of their proceeds to the race. Thanks for supporting our sponsors.

Seaside Cottage Rental Agency | 800-277-8696
Stay in the award-winning town of Seaside, the most convenient location to the race start/finish line. Click on the GREAT RATES logo to see how you can stay in Seaside and save!
Website: www.cottagerentalagency.com

Sunburst Beach Vacations | 866-310-5718
Offers accommodations along Scenic HW 30-A, many within walking distance of the starting/finish line for the Seaside Half Marathon. Our properties include Gulf front beach homes, condominiums and Gulf view homes with private pools within several unique beach communities. We are a small locally owned company with intimate knowledge of our area, and we can provide professional, friendly advice to create the perfect beach vacation to fit your needs. For all Seaside Half Marathon runners we are offering a special of a free night stay in any of our homes. This offer is good with a minimum of 2 paid nights and is good thru March 7, 2010.
Website: www.sunburstco.com

Weather

It's always a picture perfect day in Seaside, with perfect running weather! But for those of you who insist on trying to predict Mother Nature, we have compiled the following information:

Click Here For Current Raceday Forecast

Temperature: The weather in early March is somewhat unpredictable, but the average high is about 69/70 and the average low is about 51/52. Over the past 10 years, it has been as hot as 78 and as cold as 35 on March 5th.

Rain: It might rain, it might not. March isn't the rainiest month of the year, but it's not the driest month either. (Four years ago it poured during packet pick-up on the Saturday evening before the race; however, we had nice race weather the next day.)

Water Temperature: Except for snowbirds and college spring-breakers, most folks find that the Gulf is still too cool for swimming.