Photos and text: Leonardo Ampuero R. (Instagram: @AmpueroLeonardo) *
It’s 4:20 in the morning. Miami is wide awake. The energy is felt from the first minute we arrive at the subway (yes, Miami has a Metro), with part of the 15,000 athletes who will run this circuit, which in this edition is special: in addition to resuming after being suspended last year for conditions that we all know, celebrates 20 years of history.
5:40 in the morning and, along with more than 22,000 people who have gathered outside the FTX Arena, near the well-known Bayside, the notes of the national anthem are sung. The energy and tension grow.
The initial shot has been fired and the City of the Sun begins to be streaked with the colors of dawn, allowing the athletes to discover, as they pass through the 42-kilometre race, iconic and tourist postcards, such as the port of Miami, Alton Road , Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road, Downtown Miami, Coconut Groove, Key Biscayne, Brikell, to reach the finish line at Bayfront Park.
Miami Marathon 2022
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. The runners used the subway to get to the start. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. The runners used the subway to get to the start. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. The runners used the subway to get to the start. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Start of the Miami Marathon, in front of the FTX Arena, early Sunday, February 6, 2022. Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy)
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Arrival on Biscayne Boulevard. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Rest afterwards. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Rest afterwards. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Post break in front of the cruise port. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Joy for having crossed the finish line. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Rest in Bayfront Park. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Around ten in the morning, several were those who had already crossed the line of glory. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. There were athletes in costume. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. The Florida National Guard Orchestra surprised the public by entertaining and singing tropical songs in Spanish. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Post stretch at Bayfront Park. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy)
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy)
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Selfies to record participation. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon, Sunday, February 6, 2022. Selfies to record participation. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Miami Marathon 2022. Photo: Leonardo Ampuero (courtesy).
Photographer Leonardo Ampuero. Photo: courtesy.
They have spent 2 hours, 21 minutes, 34 seconds and Jackson Limo, in men, and with 2 hours, 29 minutes, 0 seconds, Martha Akeno, in women, make the Kenyan flag shine on the podium of a wet and sunny Miami radiant.
Invoice that happened to the competitors who reached the finish line with clear symptoms of dehydration, as was the case of Martha, who, after recovering, was able to celebrate the new record she set in the race. She further stated that she will donate part of her $4,500 prize to an orphanage in her country.
But, beyond the competition, this Sunday morning there is a party: sports, family, with friends, who have come out to celebrate life and health after this pandemic. Some took it on the side of fun and went out in costumes to tour the city, which woke up today besieged by car traffic to receive each step at the speed of its competitors.
sounds in the distance The bees, of Juan Luis Guerra, and my curiosity starts to see what happens: the stage was taken over by the US military, not precisely to exercise discipline as they usually do, but to show their kinder and little-known side, which left more than one of us surprised by the spark and spontaneity of an orchestra that made everyone dance.
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*Leonardo Ampuero A. (38 years old). Ecuadorian / beach. Communicator and cultural manager. digital nomad. He has made travel his lifestyle. National Human Rights Award in Photography Chile 2016. His work has been exhibited in Japan, Australia, Poland, Spain, Chile and Ecuador.
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