Thousands Brave Rainy Conditions For 2019 Fitbit Miami Marathon and Half Marathon
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Thousands of runners braved the rainy weather and took off running early Sunday morning in the 2019 Fitbit Miami Marathon and Half Marathon.
Both races had a combined field of more than 20,000 participants who started the race at the American Airlines Arena.
The route took runners over the MacArthur Causeway into Miami Beach, then through the Art District and back around through Coconut Grove. They finished at Flagler and Biscayne.
42-year-old Kate Landau won the women's marathon title in 2 hours, 27 minutes 47 seconds.
The overall winner was Ezekiel Kipsang who finished the 26.2 miles in two hours, 16 minutes and 35 seconds, more than two-and-a-half minutes faster than runner-up and fellow Kenyan Jacob Chemtai.
The winner of the men's half marathon is Isaac Mukundi, 31, of Kenya, defeating countryman Dominic Korir by 6/10ths of a second in 1 hour six minutes 50.1 seconds to Korir's 1:06:50.7.
The women's half marathon was won by Melanie Myrand of Montreal in 1:19:11. The women's half marathon runner-up: Margarita Quintero Petris of Mexico City, in 1:22:34.
There were numerous rolling road closures but all roads should be reopen by 5pm.
