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Puma has been dropping off runners across the world to promote its Ignite Pwrcool line of shoes and apparel, with Miami as the focus of the second installment for Puma's Ignite Your City campaign.
A video shows a trio– two men and a lady– first running through Little Havana and Calle Ocho to get to Wynwood, where they sprint past street art, the zebra-striped Wynwood building where Junior & Hatter is located, and Jugofresh. They then magically appear in South Beach, running past a coconut cracking man on Ocean Drive, volleyball players in Lummus Park, and a sandy dog, only to appear seconds later in Downtown Miami, running around Museum Park with Miami's cruise port in the background. They finally finish at the graffiti-filled Miami Marine Stadium, where they ditch their shoes and dive into the ocean.
We plotted out a rough map using Google Map Pedometer to see if this running route was actually doable. It turns that at 20.1398 miles, give or take a few, Puma's tour de Miami is only a few miles less than a marathon, so it's totally doable for seasoned runners, although you will have to run through some busy roads and sketchy side streets. Good thing you have your Puma running shoes on...