The 2012 L.A. Marathon

Friends Elizabeth Woo and James Morgan try and keep each other warm inside Dodger Stadium before the start of the L.A. Marathon.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Brad Austin, 23, of Brentwood puts his feet up inside Dodger Stadium before the start of the L.A. Marathon.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Twins Brittany Chumo, left, and Stephanie Tollison, from Oklahoma City, enjoy the warmth inside Dodger Stadium before the start of the L.A. Marathon.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Runners begin the L.A. Marathon at Dodger Stadium. The 26.2-mile race ended in Santa Monica.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A male runner, clad in a red dress, begins the L.A. marathon at Dodger Stadium.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Wheelchair racers participate in the L.A. Marathon.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

The elite women runners begin their 26.2-mile trek at Dodger Stadium.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Simon Njoroge, a 23-year-old from Kenya, won the men’s division of the L.A. Marathon, posting a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Fatuma Sado won the women’s division of the 27th annual L.A. Marathon, with a finishing time of 2 hours, 25 minutes and 39 seconds. Beacuse she was the first to cross the finish line overall, Sado won a $100,000 gender challenge bonus, in addition to $25,000 and a Honda CRV for being the first woman to finish the marathon.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Fatuma Sado won the women’s category of the Los Angeles Marathon, crossing the finish line with a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Krige Schbort, 48, of Ceadertown, Ga., crosses the finish line to win the men’s wheelchair division for the third consecutive year, posting a finishing time of 1:39:53.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Shirley Reilly, 26, of Tucson, Ariz., crosses the L.A. Marathon finish line to win the women’s wheelchair division for the second consecutive year, finishing in 1:57:09.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Participants in the L.A. Marathon wheelchair race make their way along Cesar Chavez Boulevard.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Marathon runners make their way up Glendale Boulvard in Echo Park.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Caesar Marmolejo, 25, dressed as Batman, enjoys a light moment with fellow marathon participant Espie Rodriguez as they make thwir way down Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Marathon runners are a blur as they head along Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Marathon participants run down Sunset Boulevard.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Christine Sowder lets out a yawn as runners pass her by on Hollywood Boulvard.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

“Superman” Christopher Dennis encourages runners on Hollywood Boulvard.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An L.A. Marathon participant stops to tie his shoe on Sunset Boulevard during the race.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Participants in the L.A. Marathon zip past Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Eduardo Gonzalez, 18, of San Pedro, front, and Alex Maldonado 17, of San Pedro take a breather after finishing their first marathon.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)