2023

Firefighters run in full bunker gear during the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run Saturday, April 1, 2023, near Marathon, Fla. The annual footrace attracted 1,500 runners that traversed the longest of 42 bridges over water that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Entrants in the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run are cooled by spray nozzles as they run under a City of Marathon fire truck’s ladder Saturday, April 1, 2023, near Marathon, Fla. The annual event attracted 1,500 runners that traversed the longest of 42 bridges over water that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Entrants in the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run approach the finish line Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Marathon, Fla. The annual event attracted 1,500 runners that traversed the longest of 42 bridges over water that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

A boat cruises along the Seven Mile Bridge as a portion of 1,500 entrants compete in the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run Saturday, April 1, 2023, near Marathon, Fla. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

A portion of the field of 1,500 competitors approaches the “hump” of the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys while competing in the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run Saturday, April 1, 2023, near Marathon, Fla. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

A portion of the field of 1,500 competitors reaches the highest point of the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys while competing in the annual Seven Mile Bridge Run Saturday, April 1, 2023, near Marathon, Fla. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

The sun rises above the Atlantic Ocean in the Florida Keys as a field of 1,500 competitors traverses the Seven Mile Bridge from Little Duck Key to Marathon, Fla., Saturday, April 1, 2023. The annual Seven Mile Bridge Run shut down the longest bridge on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway to traffic for three hours Saturday morning for the race over the convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Joanna Stephens, 28, of Atlanta won the overall women’s title and Vaclav Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Fla., won the overall men’s division. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)