How to watch Miami Marathon 2025: Channel, live stream, start time, route, prize money, past winners and more

More than 18,500 runners will hit the streets of South Florida this weekend for the 2025 Life Time Miami Marathon. 

Back for the 23rd year, the Miami Marathon has grown into an internationally renowned event, drawing top athletes from across the globe to race in the sun and sand. As a USTAF-certified course and a qualifier for the Boston Marathon, the competition gets hot in Miami. 

Kenya’s George Onyancha finished first in the 2024 race, becoming the first male runner to win the accolade in back-to-back years. Onyancha finished the course in 2:17:34, while Leah Rotich finished first on the women’s side with a time of 2:41:39. 

Don’t miss out on all the action in South Beach. The Sporting News has you covered with everything you need to know about the 2025 Miami Marathon, including TV channel and streaming options for the annual race. 

How to watch the Miami Marathon in 2025

• Date: Sunday, Feb. 2
• TV channel (Miami): News coverage on ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox
• Live stream: Fubo

The Miami Marathon will not be available to watch nationally.

However, for those in the Miami market, the race is typically covered by local news affiliates, including WPLG-10 (ABC), WFOR-TV (CBS), WTVJ (NBC) and WSVN (Fox). You can stream all three channels live on Fubo, which offers a free trial for all new users.

For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo for as low as $59.99, a $25 savings. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and 200+ top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.)

Miami Marathon 2025 start time

The Miami Marathon’s opening ceremony will be at 5:45 a.m. ET on Sunday, February 2. 

The Athletes with Disabilities (AWD) Start time is 5:55 a.m. ET with the first wave of runners set to start at 6:00 a.m.  Below is a full schedule for Sunday’s events.

• 4:00 a.m. — Pre-race shuttles leave Miami Beach Convention Center*
• 4:30 a.m. — General gear check and VIP tent gear check open | Bayfront Park
• 5:00 a.m. — Start line access open
• 5:45 a.m. — Opening ceremony
• 5:55 a.m. — Athletes with Disabilities (AWD) Start
• 6:00 a.m. — Life Time Miami Marathon and Half Start
• 6:30 a.m. — Spectator bleachers open | Finish Line
• 6:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. — Finish Fest post-race party | Bayfront Park
• 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. — Post-race shuttle service back to Miami Beach Convention Center
• 8:30 a.m. — Half Marathon Elite athlete awards ceremony | Bayfront Park
• 9:30 a.m. — AWD Full and Half Marathon athlete awards ceremony | Bayfront Park
• 10:00 a.m. — Marathon Elite athlete awards ceremony | Bayfront Park
• 11:00 a.m. — Kids Run Miami / Miami Kids Mile start

2025 Miami Marathon prize money, purse for winner

There is prize money for top finishers in every division for the marathon and half-marathon. Below are the payouts for the marathon’s top finishers. For full awards including para-athletes, masters division and half-marathon payouts, click here and scroll to the bottom.

Overall Elite Male

• 1st place: USD $4,500 + Delta Flight Voucher
• 2nd place: USD $2,000
• 3rd place: USD $1,000

Overall Elite Female

• 1st place: USD $4,500 + Delta Flight Voucher
• 2nd place: USD $2,000
• 3rd place: USD $1,000

Miami Marathon 2025 route

The course is USTAF-certified, flat and single-loop with several bridges along the course and a slight incline.

Miami is also a Boston-qualifying race. Full details on how to qualify for the Boston Marathon can be found here.

The starting line is at 601 Biscayne Blvd and begins with runners heading north in front of the Kaseya Center, home of the Miami Heat.

Though a flat course, there are several bridges with slight elevation changes. A quarter mile into the race, the MacArthur Causeway connects to Watson Island. Runners then continue along the MacArthur Causeway for about three miles before a second bridge connects to Miami Beach.

Runners continue through Miami Beach until mile 8 when participants return to mainland Miami by crossing the Venetian Causeway, a three-mile stretch. After passing through Brickell, runners complete an approximate out and back along the water to Coconut Grove.

The finish line is at 301 Biscayne Blvd, four blocks south of the starting line and adjacent to Bayfront Park.

Miami Marathon Weather Forecast

The forecast for Sunday’s race shows temperatures in the low 70s in the early morning for start time before reaching the low 80s during the afternoon.

Weekend forecasts show a partially cloudy outlook with no rain expected.

Past Miami Marathon winners

The course record is 2:12:22 set by Kenya’s David Ruto back in 2003. Below is a list of the five most recent winners for both men and women. You can search for a comprehensive list of winners here.

Men

Winners of the men’s division in the 2019-2024 Miami Marathons are:

Year	Runner (Country)	Time
2024	George Onyancha (Kenya)	2:17:34
2023	George Onyancha (Kenya)	2:18:26
2022	Jackson Limo (USA)	2:21:34
2021	Canceled (COVID-19)
2020	Saidi Juma Makula (Tanzania)	2:22:01
2019	Ezekiel Kipsang (Canada)	2:16:36

Women

Winners of the women’s division in the 2019-2024 Miami Marathons are:

Year	Runner (Country)	Time
2024	Leah Rotich (Kenya)	2:41:39
2023	Damaris Areba (USA)	2:33:51
2022	Martha Akeno (USA)	2:29:00
2021	Canceled (COVID-19)
2020	Aydee Loayza Huaman (Peru)	2:46:54
2019	Kate Landau (USA)	2:37:48