Full Coverage: The 30th running of the Los Angeles Marathon
Join us today for live full coverage of the Los Angeles Marathon, from the predawn preparations to the finish line. The L.A. Times has reporters and photographers along the route, and even some runners in the race. We’ll kick off a live blog of events in the early morning. Look for tips on where to watch, where to eat and which road closures are likely to cause you headaches. Road closures
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With 20 miles behind him, Daniel Limo began to doubt he would win the Los Angeles Marathon.
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The Los Angeles Marathon is set to begin at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, 30 minutes earlier than planned.
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Ryan Hall, one of the favorites to win Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon, says he doesn’t expect the weather playing a big role in the race.
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Walking on the San Clemente pier a week before running in her 67th marathon, Ann Tack McClure is difficult to distinguish from the throngs of Orange Coast sun-worshipers enjoying an early-March afternoon.
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Ryan and Sara Hall routinely train in the Ethiopian Highlands, have decorated running careers and corporate sponsors, but the husband and wife duo is approaching the Los Angeles Marathon with a strategy that would seem familiar to even the most novice runners.
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With the weekend forecast calling for temperatures in the high 80s, the full-field starting time for Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon will take place 30 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, marathon organizers announced Tuesday.
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The Los Angeles Marathon has sold out for the third consecutive year and will feature the second-largest field in its 30-year history, race organizers announced Tuesday.
