Miami Marathon

2015 Miami Marathon
Miami Marathon
Date January 24, 2016
Location Miami, Florida
Event type Road
Distance Marathon Half Marathon
Established 2003
Official site www.themiamimarathon.com

The Miami Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event spanning the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, Florida, as well as the county of Miami-Dade. With its inaugural race on February 2, 2003, the Miami Marathon has been one of the fastest-growing annual marathons, attracting world-class distance runners.

Life Time Fitness produces this event with the goal of bringing world-class marathoning to South Florida.

Race

The Miami Marathon is open to all runners, male and female, from any nation, and is an official Boston Marathon qualifier.

The 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) race is typically run on the last Sunday in late January or the first Sunday in early February, at approximately 6:10am. The Miami Half Marathon, a 21.075-kilometre (13.095 mi) race, is started concurrently. A wheelchair division of the marathon begins 5–10 minutes before the footrace.

Celebrities or local politicians typically start the race. The legendary Frank Shorter, Olympic marathon gold medalist in 1972, and Ryan Hall, winner of the 2008 United States Olympic Trials, have been given this honor.

Beginning on Biscayne Boulevard next to the American Airlines Arena (home of the Miami Heat), the course takes runners eastbound on the MacArthur Causeway, past cruise ships docked at the Port of Miami, to South Beach. From there, competitors travel northbound along the famous Ocean Drive, through the City of Miami Beach, and then westbound along the Venetian Causeway and back to the mainland and the City of Miami. Here, the Miami Half Marathon finishes and the full marathon continues southbound through the financial district, Brickell, into Coconut Grove, out the Rickenbacker Causeway towards Key Biscayne, and then back through Brickell and downtown Miami to complete the 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) at Bayfront Park.

The race has been growing over the years. In 2010, 18,321 runners took part in the combined races. For the 10 year anniversary in 2012 the race sold out at 25,000 runners and has continued to reach that number of participants since.

The average temperature at the start of the race for the years 2003-2007 was 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit (17.4 degrees Celsius).

Athletes With Disabilities

Through partnership with Achilles International the Miami Marathon host a division for athletes with disabilities. Sub-divisions include push-rim and hand crank wheelchairs. In 2014 Maickel Melamed, who has muscular dystrophy, finished the race in just under seven hours. He began his race at 4:00am accompanied by his team and a police escort.

Previous Race

Prior to the establishment of the Miami Marathon the Orange Bowl Marathon had been run in Miami in the late seventies and eighties. [1] Originally the race had started and finished in the Orange Bowl stadium but after issues with the course the start and finish moved to the Crandon Park.[2] The marathon was never as popular as other races in the racing calendar and had trouble attracting athletes.[3] Eventually financial problems caused the event fold.[4]

Orange Bowl Marathon
Date January
Location Miami, Florida
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 1978-1988

Marathon Winners

Miami Marathon 2003-

Year Men Time Women Time
2016 Benazzouz Slimani 2:24:56 Allison Kieffer 2:55:30
2015 Luis Carlos Rivero Gonzalez 2:20:47 Alemnesh Ashetu Habtemikael 2:39:31
2014 Samuel Malakwen 2:19:46 Mariska Kramer 2:49:28
2013 Luis Rivero Gonzalez 2:26:14 Mariska Kramer 2:46:07
2012 [5] Samuel Malakwen 2:16:55 Raquel Maraviglia 2:41:39
2011 [6] Tesfaye Alemayehu 2:12:57 Alena Vinitskaya 2:44:38
2010 [7] Michael Wardian 2:28:39 Brett Ely 2:45:36
2009 [8] Benazzouz Slimani 2:16:49 Michele Suskek 2:43:31
2008 [9] Jose Garcia 2:17:43 Kelly Liljeblad 2:47:13
2007 [10] Teshome Gelana 2:17:51 Ramilla Burangulova 2:40:22
2006 Ruben Garcia Gomez 2:18:15 Hiromi Ominami 2:34:11
2005 Elias Rodrigues Bastos 2:17:24 Sandra Ruales Mosquera 2:37:00
2004 William Gomez Amorin 2:14:42 Stacie Alboucrek 2:42:32
2003 David Ruto 2:12:22 Volga Yudziankova 2:40:23

Orange Bowl Marathon 1978-1988[11]

Year Men Time Women Time
1988[12] Dennis Rinde 2:23:19 Maureen Hurst 2:50:32
1987[13][14] John Boyes 2:23:22 Jan Yerkes 2:52:00
1986 Bernard Bobes 2:21:26 Shirley Silsby 2:53:18
1985 Jimmy Ashworth[15] 2:18:49 Jan Yerkes 2:41:30
1984 Tommy Persson 2:13:26 Joelle de Brouwer 2:44:41
1983 Bill Rodgers 2:15:07 Monika Lovinich 2:35:16
1982 Dave Long[16] 2:12:16 Charlotte Teske 2:29:01
1981 Benji Durden 2:12:33 Carol Gould 2:41:39
1980 Ken Misner 2:18:31 Dorthe Rasmussen 2:40:35
1979 Stan Curran 2:19:12 Gayle Olinek 2:55:08
1978 Pat Chmiel 2:24:20 Jane Killian 2:54:13

References

  1. ↑ "Orange Bowl Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. ARRS. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Miami Marathon Opens Season For Road Races". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando Sentinel. 9 January 1987. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Orange Bowl Marathon sets course for prestige". St Petersburg Independent. St Petersburg Independent. 2 January 1984. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Sharon Robb (9 January 1986). "Ob Marathon Battles Money Woes". Sun Sentenel. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 29, 2012". Active.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  6. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 30, 2011". Active.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  7. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 31, 2010". Active.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  8. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 25, 2009". Active.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  9. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 27, 2008". Active.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  10. ↑ "ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon - Marathon- January 28, 2007". Active.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  11. ↑ "Race On The Rise New Sponsor Puts Orange Bowl Marathon On The Road To New Life.". Sun Sentenel. Sun Sentenel. 9 January 1987. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Orange Bowl results 1988". ARRS. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Orange Bowl results 1987". ARRS. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Sharon Robb (11 January 1987). "Mailman Delivers Ob Win It's A Slow Marathon, But Boyes Alone At End". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Jimmy Ashworth profile at Power of 10
  16. ↑ Dave Long profile at Power of 10

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