Future marathoners participate in the kids races at the LA Big 5K at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Future marathoners participate in the kids races at the LA Big 5K at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
John F. Kennedy High School students and faculty leaders prepare for the L.A. Marathon in Granada Hills, Monday, Mar 13, 2023. 2,500 students will be running in the Los Angeles Marathon as a part of Students Run LA. They will be accompanied by nearly 500 adult volunteer mentors, who will be running the marathon alongside them. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
John F. Kennedy High School students and faculty leaders prepare for the L.A. Marathon in Granada Hills, Monday, Mar 13, 2023. 2,500 students will be running in the Los Angeles Marathon as a part of Students Run LA. They will be accompanied by nearly 500 adult volunteer mentors, who will be running the marathon alongside them. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Runners gather at the start of the 30K Students Run LA Friendship Run at at Hansen Dam Recreation Center Sunday morning. Thousands of middle and high school students and their volunteer leaders participated in the run as a part of the SRLA marathon training program.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Joy Lano of Arcadia holds up a sign that was made for her after completing the Rose Bowl Half Marathon as over 2,500 students from Students Run LA (SRLA) participated continuing its 34th marathon-training season. Students participating in a community service project celebrating benefiting the Ronald McDonald House of Pasadena donating paper products, including paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates, diapers, and feminine hygiene products at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday, January 15, 2023. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)
Runners start their races at the 37th Annual LA Marathon at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, March 20, 2022.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Crazy people running when no one is even chasing them at the 37th Annual LA Marathon at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, March 20, 2022.
(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Although runners should watch where they step, they can also catch a glimpse such landmarks as the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles City Hall, Little Tokyo, Disney Hall and Music Center of Los Angeles County, Dolby Theater in Hollywood, part of Historic Route 66 in West Hollywood, and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills before finishing in Century City.
The race is presented by ASICS, a Japanese multinational corporation that produces sportswear. The name is an acronym for the Latin phrase “anima sana in corpore sano” translated by ASICS as “a sound mind, in a sound body. The race has drawn more than 22,000 runners from all 50 states and 67 nations, its largest field since 2020 when it had a record 27,150 entrants, the 21st time in 22 years it topped 20,000 entrants.
When the marathon was next run in November 2021 — eight months later than usual because of restrictions prompted by the coronavirus pandemic —there were more than 13,000 entrants, organizers said. There were 14,300 entrants for the 2022 race.
Mayor Karen Bass will be the honorary starter when 22,000 runners take off this morning on a 26.2-mile trip around the city for the 38th annual Los Angeles Marathon. If she has any advice for competitors this year, it could be “watch your step.” Light rain greeted the runners, which made the course slicker than usual, but officials had vowed to fill as many of the this year’s storm-spurred potholes as possible.
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After weeks of record-setting wet weather, organizers warned runners to watch for road damage, though crews had been out fixing storm-battered streets them for days. Participants — and the spectators aiming to cheer them on — were greeted by a cloudy, wet, 58-degree morning on Sunday, March 19, with light put persistent showers. The worst of the rain from a small storm swooping in to the north was expected to divert away from L.A., but light showers were expected as the runners strode though the morning.
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The “Stadium to the Stars” course starts at famed Dodger Stadium, winds through some of the city’s most iconic neighborhoods including Chinatown, downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, with its finish in Century City.
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Source:: Los Angeles Daily News
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