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Scott Dunlap comes in costume to the 420 Games, held for the first time at the Santa Monica Pier. Ghe fun run started half an hour late.

Scott Dunlap comes in costume to the 420 Games, held for the first time at the Santa Monica Pier. Ghe fun run started half an hour late.

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Pot advocates hold a 4.2-mile fun run in Santa Monica. Humor ensues.

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A 420 Games attendee wears pot leaf socks. The event is part of a larger effort to dispel the lazy stoner stereotype.

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Candice Lawler, 29, stands in line to get in the 420 Games and fair in Santa Monica. Saturday’s event was the first 420 Games held in the L.A. area.

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A crowd lines up to attend the 420 Games. Vendors selling pot products, food trucks and marijuana dispensary employees were on hand to share information.

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The start of the 4.2-mile fun run Saturday. The leader of the pack quit at the 2-mile mark, confused about where he was supposed to turn on the course. The eventual winner got lost on his way to the finish line.

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Othello rocks a pot-leaf scarf.

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“This is the most unique exercise group in the world,” Chris Barnicle, winner of 420 Games fun run, said after jumping over the finish line.

  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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