Surviving The Marathon

For most runners, today’s Los Angeles Marathon XIV will involve a series of small triumphs--from getting to the starting line on time to making it up the highest hill. Here is a guide to the race.

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QUICK FACTS

Today

Bike tour start: 6 a.m. at Coliseum.

Wheelchair start: 8:20 a.m. at 6th and Figueroa streets

Walkers/runners start: 8:45 a.m. at 6th and Figueroa streets

5-Kilometer run/walk start: 9:30 a.m. at Los Angeles Convention Center

Entries: About 20,000 runners

Distance: 26.2 miles

Course closure: Vehicles will be allowed back on the streets on a staggered schedule. Competitors then must use sidewalks.

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QUICK NOTES

REGISTRATION

No signups on today, except for the 5K.

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PARKING

Parking for runners is available downtown. Exit at Spring, Broadway or Grand off the 101 (Hollywood) Freeway and choose one of the many lots near starting line. Or exit at 3rd or 4th Street off the 110 (Harbor) Freeway. Runners are advised to arrive early in downtown area and to be prepared for heavy vehicle traffic.

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TRAINS AND BUSES

You can also take an Amtrak train to Union Station, then transfer to the Metro Red Line and get off at the 7th Street Metro Center station at 7th and Flower streets, two blocks from the starting line. You can take the Metro Blue Line to that same 7th Street station. MTA will reroute 60 bus routes Sunday in the downtown, Hollywood, Exposition Park and Mid-Wilshire areas. MTA information: (800) 266-6883.

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STREET CLOSURES

The Los Angeles City Department of Transportation and marathon officials have devised a staggered schedule of road closures based on 12-minute-per-mile pace by a runner. Streets nearer to the start will generally be closed before dawn and reopen by 11 a.m. Streets closer to the end will generally close before 6 a.m. and will reopen by mid-afternoon. Here are some estimated closing and reopening times, respectively, of key intersections along the marathon route:

- Figueroa and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard: 5:20 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.

- Rodeo Road and Crenshaw Boulevard: 5:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.

- Wilshire Boulevard and Rossmore Avenue: 5:40 a.m.; 1 p.m.

- Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Drive: 5:45 a.m.; 1:30 p.m.

- Hollywood and Vermont Avenue: 5:50 a.m.; 3 p.m.

- Wilshire and Virgil Avenue: 5:55 a.m.; 3:30 p.m.

Source: Times files: https://www.lamarathon.com