Some 425 runners and walkers from 10 states took off from Anchorage Resort to the bridge connecting the 18-Mile Stretch and the Florida Keys on Dec. 6 for the 15th annual Key Largo Bridge Run.
Participants in the 5K and 10K races scaled Jewfish Creek Bridge, where they took in views of Florida Bay, Lake Surprise and the Everglades.
Giorgio Leone, 39, of Coral Gables won the overall 10k with a time of 44:46.94. Key Largo’s Lucy Wiedmar, 25, took the overall women’s 10k division in 52:01.18. Women’s 10K Masters winner Marilyn Zuniga, 41, of Miami, posted a time of 58:58.60
Crossing the finish line first in the 5K was Key Largo resident Holly Smith, 40. She cruised to victory with a time of 20 minutes, 23.80 seconds. Julian Costa, 34, of Orlando took the overall men’s 5K division in 20:47.46.
Miami’s Lee Wilkinson-Brown, 42, won the men’s 5K masters division with a time of 23:29.22. Women’s 5K Masters winner Elizabeth Souto, 47, of Key Largo, posted a time of 29:11.05.
The race’s oldest finisher was Bob James, 80, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, while the youngest was 4-year-old J. Bastron of Tavernier. Bob Arnold, 64, of Tavernier won the men’s 60-64 age division with a time of 24:17.70. More information is at keylargobridgerun.com.
Photos by Jim McCarthy and Doug Finger.
