MIAMI (AP) -- A Puerto Rican man ran the Miami Half-Marathon backwards to draw attention to the plight of Puerto Rico, which is struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria.
WPLG Local 10 reports that 34-year-old Jorge Cruz finished the 13.1 mile route in 1 hour, 47 minutes and 12 seconds on Sunday. Out of the more than 14,000 runners competing in the half-marathon, Cruz placed 1,361.
Cruz, who ran the 5K race Saturday with his girlfriend, is hoping to set a Guinness World Record.
The pair has been running races backwards for almost 10 years.
They said they want to raise consciousness to a world that sometimes seems to do things "backwards."
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