Several runners on Sunday crossed the finish line at the Miami Marathon.
Several runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes on Sunday crossed the finish line at the Miami Marathon.
At the event, more than 18,000 athletes had the chance to participate in the full marathon or complete half.
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WATCH HEREAfter completing the full marathon with a time of 2 hours and 20 minutes, Paul Eyanae was the first person to cross the finish line, while Beth Marzigliano was the first woman who completed the full marathon.
Winners who completed the Miami Marathon half first were Solomon Kagimbi and Nell Rojas.
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Rojas spoke with NBC6 and said this event was a training ground for the full Boston Marathon that’s coming up.
"The humidity was insane today," she said. "You have to run very intuitively, you don’t know how hard to go out, you don’t know when it's going to hit you. Have to kind of back off but you don’t know like how much so it was a good practice.”
The Miami Marathon began in 2003 and has become so popular throughout the years its gathered international attention.
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People from 77 countries flew in to run in the marathon, with the majority of participants being from Colombia and Mexico.
Colombia had the most participation out of any country with more than 2,000 athletes in attendance.
Sergio Gomez was one of them after training for six months.
"This is all about discipline, it’s not the marathon itself, it’s the journey to end here, so happy, happy,” he said.
