You had your marathon fun, Miami. Now, here comes the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run

The Miami Marathon had its moment two weekends ago.

Now, get ready for another 25,000 runners and walkers in the Mercedes-Benz Miami Corporate Run – and its sister races – in the 2017 series that has announced its race dates for the wildly popular three-city South Florida event.

The series will begin at 6:45 p.m. April 6 with the Fort Lauderdale Corporate Run at Huizenga Plaza, 32 East Las Olas Boulevard.

It continues at 6:45 p.m. April 12 with the West Palm Beach Corporate Run at Meyer Amphitheatre, 104 Datura Street.

And the huge finale in Miami is at 6:45 p.m. April 27 at Bayfront Park, 310 Biscayne Boulevard.

The event, which started in 1985 as the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Corporate Challenge, has grown from 1,300 entrants to a combined series participation of more than 36,000 last year.

Last year, the Miami event’s largest team of 860 companies – 1,904-strong University of Miami – was bigger than that orginal race. The Miami race alone draws more than 26,000.

“For one night the receptionist and the mailroom guy – are there mailrooms anymore? – got to rub noses with the CEO,’’ said Corporate Run director Laurie Huseby of Footworks, which produces the race, at last year’s Miami event. “No complaining on this night. A great morale-builder with your co-workers.’’

Registration is $40 a team member. For more information, contact TeamFootWorks at 305-666-7223 or visit www.mercedesbenzcorporaterun.com or www.teamfootworks.org.

This story was originally published February 2, 2017 at 10:13 AM with the headline "You had your marathon fun, Miami. Now, here comes the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run."