On Sunday, several runners, walkers, and wheelchair racers crossed the finish line of the Miami Marathon.
More than 18,000 competitors had the opportunity to compete in either the full marathon or the half marathon.
Paul Eyanae was the first guy to cross the finish line, clocking in around 2 hours and 20 minutes, while Beth Marzigliano was the first woman to finish.
Solomon Kagimbi and Nell Rojas finished the Miami Marathon half first.
Rojas told NBC6 that this event was a training ground for the upcoming Boston Marathon.
“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 grown in popularity over the years, attracting international attention.
People from 77 countries travelled in to compete in the marathon, with the majority coming from Colombia and Mexico.
Colombia had the highest participation rate of any country, with almost 2,000 athletes in attendance.
Sergio Gomez was one of them, having trained 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 was saying.