This Sunday, March 2, the municipality of Coamo will hold the 63rd edition of its traditional race, with 3,100 registered runners.
Walking the streets of the municipality of Coamo just days before the Medio Maratón San Blas 2025 is like breathing an air of celebration, enthusiasm and passion for sport, and that passion is shared by Puerto Rican runners, world-class athletes, merchants, residents and Puerto Ricans in the diaspora who, as in past years, will return to the town where they were born to enjoy and take in its unchanged culture.
This Sunday, March 2, at 7:00 a.m., the starting gun will fire for the 3,100 participants who will set off from highway PR-14, in the Las Calabazas sector, to take on the famous San Blas route.
Do you know which countries will be represented this year? Or by how much current registration numbers exceed last year's? And did you know that very few Puerto Ricans have won the half marathon championship?
🌎 Countries represented at the Medio Maratón San Blas 2025
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Mexico
Colombia
United States
Dominican Republic
Chile
Ecuador
🏅Puerto Rican champions and records at the Medio Maratón San Blas
Rodolfo Méndez (1963, 1964 and 1965)
Diego Moreno (2018)
Alexander Torres (2023)
Remarkably, 19 athletes representing Kenya have taken first place, making it one of the most decorated countries in the event's history. Philip Tarus, who ran in 1999 for the African nation, holds the fastest time on the San Blas route, finishing in 1:02:10.
Registration numbers are up
In an interview with Platea, the race's executive director, Antonio Rodríguez, said that when registration closed in January, his team counted 1,000 more athletes than in the previous edition. Runners range in age from 18 to 80.
This content was translated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
