Olá Donay,
1. (idiomatic) To set out to go (someplace); to move towards.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_forEntão eu diria o seguinte:
1)Eles foram em direção à praia.
Dependendo do contexto, eu diria:
2)Eles correram para à praia.
A base da minha resposta é o pequeno texto abaixo.
An English BBC man was staying in my house in the village, hoping to film the whale hunt. Ernie said, " The whales don't like filming. " But what could I do, turn the BBC man out? One day, while my crew and I were down on the ice, a dangerous wind came up, and we left in a hurry, observing widening cracks as we
made for the beach. After that, no whaling was possible for two weeks.
Pena que a baleia não comeu a todos!
Marcio Alexandre