2013 media guide - LA Marathon

Media Guide 

2013 ASICS LA Marathon 

28th Running • March 17,2013 

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CONTENTS 

ASICS LA Marathon Fast Facts.............................4 

ABOUT THE RACE...............................................7 

About the ASICS LA Marathon...........................7 

Course Description............................................9 

Course Highlights.............................................14 

Course Map.....................................................29 

History.............................................................31 

Race Participation............................................34 

Rainfall and Weather.......................................35 

Prizes and Incentives.......................................36 

RACE EVENTS AND LOGISTICS...........................39 

Race Day Schedule..........................................39 

Course Traffic Closures....................................40 

Transportation and Logistics............................41 

Race Support...................................................43 

On-Course Entertainment...............................45 

Finish Line and Post-Race Celebration.............50 

Press, Radio and Television Coverage..............51 

NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo...................53 

LA Big 5K..........................................................54 

THE COMPETITORS...........................................55 

Elite Runners...................................................55 

Wheelchair Elite Field......................................70 

RECORDS AND RESULTS....................................77 

Race Results.....................................................77 

Race Records...................................................86 

CHARITY AND COMMUNITY.............................91 

Charities..........................................................91 

Charity Relay....................................................98 

Marathon Stories.............................................99 

KiDSMARATHON............................................105 

TEAM AND SPONSORS....................................107 

Partners and Sponsors...................................107 

Marathon Team and Staff..............................111 

This Race Information Guide to the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon was accurate based on information 

provided up to March 1, 2013. For additional information or for questions, please contact 

Sugerman Communications Group at (310) 974-6680. 

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FAST FACTS 

FAST FACTS 

ASICS LA Marathon Fast Facts 

The 28th edition of the ASICS LA Marathon will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2013. 

The race day schedule is as follows: 

6:55 a.m. Wheelchair participants start at Dodger Stadium 

7:00 a.m. Hand-‐crank wheelchair participants start at Dodger Stadium 

7:08 a.m. Elite women start at Dodger Stadium (time approximate) 

7:25 a.m. Elite men and rest of the field start Dodger Stadium (time approximate) 

9:55 a.m. Awards presentation at the ASICS LA Marathon Awards Stage, adjacent 

to the finish line 

 

 

The race will be run over the iconic Stadium to the Sea course that starts at 

Dodger Stadium in the City of Los Angeles and passes through West Hollywood, 

Beverly Hills and the federal VA property before finishing in the City of Santa 

Monica. The race concludes at the intersection of Ocean and California 

avenues, just steps from the Pacific Ocean. 

The course features a host of local landmarks, such as Disney Hall, Grauman’s 

Chinese Theatre, the Sunset Strip, Rodeo Drive and a finish near the Santa 

Monica Pier. 

 

 

 

 

For the second year in a row, runners can join together in support of their 

favorite charity by participating in the marathon charity relay. The relay allows 

one person to run the first half of the marathon while their partner completes 

the race. Each relay runner will register and raise money for one of the ASICS 

LA Marathon’s official charities, and will receive a specially designed relay 

medal upon finishing. 

In this year’s race, there will be 185 “Legacy” runners who have run all 27 prior 

editions of the ASICS LA Marathon. 

Media coverage of the race extends worldwide, on multiple platforms: 

Live television broadcast on KTLA (Ch. 5) from 6:00 a.m.-‐11:00 a.m. PST. 

Rebroadcast of the KTLA broadcast nationwide on Universal Sports starting 

at 12:00 p.m. PST. 

An interactive live radio broadcast is scheduled on AM 570 KLAC radio in 

Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 a.m. PDT and lasting throughout the entire 

race. Runners and fans will be able to get live weather and traffic reports 

and tweets during the broadcast. 

Live streaming of the race broadcast on KTLA.com and www.570klac.com. 

A total of 81 official charities are aiming to raise $4 million for this year’s race. 

 

Approximately 24,000 entrants are expected, making the race once again one 

of the five largest marathons in the U.S. and one of the dozen largest 

worldwide. 

 

Entertainment planned for the 26.2-‐mile course includes more than 35 bands, 

500+ cheerleaders, 5 entertainment centers and programs from nearly half of 

the marathon’s official charities. 

 

 

 

 

A total prize purse of $110,000 in cash will be offered to both the men’s and 

women’s fields, with $25,000 for first place, $12,500 for second, $10,000 for 

third, $5,000 for fourth and $2,500 for fifth in each division. 

The men’s elite field features defending champion Simon Njoroge and 16 

others, all vying to break Markos Geneti’s 2011 race record of 2:06:35. 

The women’s elite field of eight is led by Olympic Bronze Medalist and U.S. 

record-‐holder Deena Kastor, a Southern California native who will make her 

debut appearance in this race. 

An ASICS LA Marathon “Challenge Bonus” of $50,000 will be given to the first 

person — man or woman — who crosses the finish line. The elite women’s 

field will begin the race slightly before the men’s field. In the nine years of the 

challenge, the women have won five times, including 2012, when Fatuma Sado 

(Ethiopia, 2:25:39) finished ahead of Njoroge (Kenya, 2:12:12) by 4:04. 

 

For the second year in a row, ASICS is sponsoring a program called “Support 

Your Marathoner”, using the latest technology to help friends and family 

support their runners on race day through video message boards posted along 

the course. More information is available at supportyourmarathoner.com. 

Pre-‐marathon highlights include the massive NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo in 

the South Hall of the LA Convention Center on Friday and Saturday, as well as the 

LA Big 5K at Dodger Stadium the morning before the marathon. 

Date Event Site Time 

Friday, 

March 15 

Saturday, 

March 16 

Saturday, 

March 16 

NutriBullet Health & Fitness 

Expo (Free admission) 

LA Big 5K 

(Registration required: $35) 

NutriBullet Health & Fitness 

Expo (Free admission) 

LA Convention 

Center 

Dodger 

Stadium 

LA Convention 

Center 

10:00 a.m. – 

7:00 p.m. 

8:00 a.m. 

9:00 a.m. – 

6:00 p.m. 


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TAB 1: 

ABOUT THE RACE 

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ABOUT THE RACE 

ABOUT THE ASICS LA MARATHON 

“Stadium to the Sea.” 

Say just those four words, and runners across the United States will immediately 

know what you’re referring to: the iconic course of the ASICS LA Marathon, which is 

set for its 28th edition on March 17, 2013. 

TAB 1: 

BLANK BACK 

Frank McCourt purchased the operating rights to the race in 2008, which continues 

to be one of the five largest marathons in the United States and one of the top 12 

worldwide. Soon afterward, he asked his team to devise a course that would show 

off the very best of Los Angeles. Working with public officials and community 

stakeholders, the Stadium to the Sea course was born. The course begins at Dodger 

Stadium and continues through downtown Los Angeles, across West Hollywood, 

Beverly Hills, the U.S. Veterans Administration grounds, ending in Santa Monica. 

At each mile along the way, runners will pass several internationally renowned 

iconic landmarks, starting at Dodger Stadium and including Chinatown, the El 

Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles City Hall, Little Tokyo, the 

Disney Hall and Music Center of Los Angeles County, four different sites of the 

Academy Awards in Hollywood, parts of Historic Route 66 in West Hollywood, 

Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and the famous runner’s mecca of San Vicente 

Boulevard in Santa Monica before finishing on Ocean Avenue alongside the Pacific 

Ocean. 

Approximately 24,000 runners are expected on race day. Defending champion 

Simon Njoroge leads the men’s elite field, with 17 runners trying to beat Markos 

Geneti’s 2011 race record of 2:06:35. Headlining the women’s elite field of eight 

runners is Southern California native and Olympic Medalist Deena Kastor, who 

currently holds the American record in the marathon. 

Once again, the race offers the opportunity for entrants and their supporters to 

raise funds for one of the 81 worthy charities affiliated with the ASICS LA Marathon. 

An exciting schedule has been prepared for the weekend, featuring the following: 

 

 

The NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo will be held in the South Hall of the 

LA Convention Center in Downtown LA on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, 

March 16. More than 100 exhibitors from around the country will be 

present. 

The LA Big 5K, sponsored by Big 5 Sporting Goods, will take place at Dodger 

Stadium on Saturday, March 16, offering a perfect warm-‐up for the 

marathon the following day. 

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KTLA 5 will air the race live in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 a.m., with a 

nationwide rebroadcast on Universal Sports beginning at 12:00 p.m. PST. 

Monarch Sports will present live radio coverage of the race on AM 570 

KLAC. The ASICS LA Marathon will also provide live race tracking on its 

Twitter feed. 

Corporate support for the race continues to expand, with ASICS elevating 

its role to become the new Title Partner of the marathon. The marathon 

also introduced its Premier Partner level of sponsorship this year, which 

engages partners who help enhance the runner experience. This year’s 

Premier Partners are Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain Spring Water and 

NutriBullet. 

More than 3,000 students will be participating in this year’s ASICS LA 

Marathon as a part of Students Run LA (SRLA), an after-‐school mentoring 

and physical fitness program for at-‐risk middle and high school students in 

Los Angeles. Through the program, students learn how discipline and 

perseverance lead to success in the marathon and in life. More than 

51,000 students have participated in the program since its inception in 

1987, with over 95 percent of SRLA starters finishing the race. 

A total of 185 Legacy Runners—men and women who have completed all 

27 prior editions of the race— will step to the line in 2013. 

Course Description 

The 2013 ASICS LA Marathon will follow the iconic Stadium to the Sea course that 

debuted in 2010. Tweaked in 2011 for improved flow, the route begins at Dodger 

Stadium in Los Angeles and finishes at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and 

California Avenue in Santa Monica. 

It is the fourth primary route for the Marathon in its 28-‐year history: 

Course Years Type Start/Finish 

1 1986-‐ 

1995 

2 1996-‐ 

2006, 

2009 

Loop 

Loop 

Loop course starting on Figueroa Street, adjacent to 

the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and finishing 

in front of the Graham Statues in Exposition Park. 

Variants: 

1986: Start and finish on Figueroa Street. 

1987-‐95: Start on Figueroa, finish in Exposition 

Park. 

Loop course starting in Downtown Los Angeles, 

finishing at the Central Library at Flower & 5th 

Streets. 

 

This year, elite running coach and ASICS ambassador Andrew Kastor has 

led the LA Roadrunners, the official training program of the ASICS LA 

Marathon. Its proven 26-‐week training regimen has helped 32,000 

people— 99% of Roadrunner entrants— finish the marathon since 1991. 

Variants: 

1996: Start at Figueroa & 8th Streets. 

1997-‐01: Start at Figueroa & 6th Streets. 

2002-‐04: Route changed to flatten the course. 

2005-‐06: Route changed for better flow. 

 

These are all complemented by a wealth of entertainment and support 

efforts, with more than 35 bands, 500+ cheerleaders, 5 entertainment 

centers and programs from nearly half of the official charities. 

A strong and expanded sponsor team has made the 2013 race possible: 

Title Partner: ASICS 

Premier Partners: Arrowhead and NutriBullet 

Sponsors: Clif Bar, Ultima Replenisher, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Keck Medical 

Center of USC and MarathonFoto 

Media Partners: KTLA, Universal Sports and Monarch Sports 

3 2007-‐ 

2008 

4 2010-‐ 

2013 

Point 

to 

point 

Point 

to 

point 

Point-‐to-‐point course starting on Ventura Blvd & 

Lankershim, adjacent to Universal City, and 

finishing at Flower & 5th Streets in Downtown Los 

Angeles. 

Point-‐to-‐point Stadium to the Sea course starting at 

Dodger Stadium and finishing on Ocean Avenue 

and Santa Monica Blvd in Santa Monica. 

Variant: 

2011-‐13: Initial loop at Dodger Stadium eliminated, 

Chinatown and Little Tokyo loops added, 

finishing at California Avenue in Santa 

Monica. 


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The Stadium to the Sea course incorporates a number of unique elements in the 

history of what was originally called the City of Los Angeles Marathon: 

1. The 2012 race marked just the third time that the race had been run outside of 

the City of Los Angeles. The first inter-‐city race debuted in 2010, when the 

course was changed to follow the Stadium to the Sea route. This historic race 

began in Los Angeles, but crossed into West Hollywood at 8:44 a.m. with Silvia 

Skvortsova (Russia) at the head of the women’s pack. She led the field into 

Beverly Hills at 8:56 a.m. with eventual winner Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) and Teyba 

Naser (Ethiopia) leading the field into Santa Monica at 9:29 a.m., on their way 

to the finish line. 

2. The 2010 race was the first year that the course that did not finish in 

downtown Los Angeles. 

3. After being run on a loop course for its first 21 editions, the Stadium to the Sea 

is the second point-‐to-‐point course in the race’s history. The 2013 race will be 

the sixth in seven years to be run on a point-‐to-‐point course, after the 2007 and 

2008 races that began next to Universal City. Civic approvals of the new course 

were obtained during June and July 2009. Participating cities are listed below: 

Beverly 

Hills 

Los 

Angeles 

Santa 

Monica 

West 

Hollywood 

Incorporated: 1906 1850 1886 1984 

Area: 5.7 sq. mi. 498.3 sq. mi. 15.9 sq. mi. 1.9 sq. mi. 

Population: 

Miles 

(2011 route): 

34,358 

(2011) 

16-‐18 

3,819,702 

(2011) 

1-‐14, 16, & 

18-‐24 

90,377 

(2011) 

24-‐26 

34,650 

(2011) 

14-‐16 

The current Marathon course covers the standard marathon distance of 42.195 km 

or 26 miles, 385 yards. The inaugural Stadium to the Sea course was certified in 

December 2009 as to distance by USA Track & Field course measurer Ron Scardera 

(certificate number CA09075RS); the updated 2011 course was certified by Scardera 

on September 23, 2010 (certificate number CA10075RS), and the certification holds 

for this year’s race as well. 

While the course complies with the USA Track & Field record requirements for 

elevation (allowing a maximum net decrease of not more than “one part per 

thousand (i.e., one meter per kilometer) for each of the 42.195 kilometers,” the 

start and finish are more than the allowed 7.86 miles (30% of the race distance) 

apart and thus marks run on this course are not eligible for record status. The start 

and finish lines of the Stadium to the Sea course are approximately 17 miles apart. 

The course moves downhill in the first three miles, goes uphill in the second three 

miles and then stays relatively flat before heading downhill at the 15-‐mile point, 

then on to the finish on Ocean Avenue. 

The course, turn-‐by-‐turn: 

ASICS LA Marathon course elevation chart (courtesy Ron Gross) 

Start: Dodger Stadium: Lot G, merging 

onto Elysian Park Avenue 

1. Mile 1 Left onto Sunset Blvd. 

2. Mile 2 Left onto Broadway 

3. Mile 2 Right onto Alpine Street 

4. Mile 2 Right onto Spring Street 

5. Mile 2 Left onto Cesar Chavez Avenue 

6. Mile 2 Right onto Main Street 

7. Mile 3 Left onto 1st Street 

8. Mile 4 Right onto Central Avenue 

9. Mile 4 Right onto 2nd Street 

10. Mile 4 Right onto Spring Street 

11. Mile 4 Left onto 1st Street 

12. Mile 5 Right onto Grand Avenue 

13. Mile 5 Left onto Temple Street 

14. Mile 6 Right onto Edgeware Road 

(over the 101 Freeway) 

15. Mile 6 Left onto Bellevue Avenue 

16. Mile 6 Right onto Glendale Blvd. 

17. Mile 7 Left onto Park Avenue 

18. Mile 7 Left onto Sunset Blvd. 

19. Mile 9 On Sunset Blvd., merging onto 

Hollywood Blvd. 

20. Mile 12 Left onto Orange Drive 

21. Mile 12 Right onto Sunset Blvd. 

22. Mile 15 Left onto San Vicente Blvd. 

23. Mile 15 Right onto Santa Monica 

Blvd. 

24. Mile 16 Left onto Doheny Drive 

25. Mile 16 Right onto Burton Way 

(eastbound) 

26. Mile 17 Merge onto South Santa 

Monica Blvd. 

27. Mile 17 Left onto Rodeo Drive 

28. Mile 18 Right onto Wilshire Blvd. 

29. Mile 18 Left onto South Santa 

Monica Blvd. 

30. Mile 18 Merge onto Santa Monica 

Blvd. 

31. Mile 19 Right onto Sepulveda Blvd. 

32. Mile 20 Left onto Ohio Avenue 

33. Mile 20 Right onto Sawtelle Blvd. 

34. Mile 21 Left into Veterans Ad. 

(Dowlen Drive) 

35. Mile 22 Left onto Bonsall Avenue 

36. Mile 22 Left onto Eisenhower Ave. 

37. Mile 22 Exit Veterans Administration 

at Bringham Avenue 

38. Mile 22 Right onto San Vicente Blvd. 

39. Mile 23 Cross to eastbound San 

Vicente Blvd. at Montana Avenue 

40. Mile 25 Left onto Ocean Avenue 

Finish: Ocean Avenue & California Ave. 


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Breakdown 

Number of streets: 36 

Number of turns: 35 

The mile-‐by-‐mile elevation changes (in feet): 

Left turns: 19 

Right turns: 16 

Mile Elevation Change Mile Elevation Change 

Start 505 — 15 224 -‐168 

1 425 -‐80 16 212 -‐12 

2 306 -‐119 17 242 30 

3 288 -‐18 18 278 36 

4 290 2 19 244 -‐34 

5 370 80 20 252 8 

6 391 21 21 313 61 

7 365 -‐26 22 337 24 

Metric and other splits: 

Km Elevation Change Km Elevation Change 

Start 505 — 40 km 207 -‐118 

5 km 276 -‐229 Finish 105 -‐102 

10 km 405 129 Last mile 178 — 

15 km 398 -‐7 Finish 105 -‐73 

20 km 349 -‐49 

25 km 210 -‐139 1 st half 505411 -‐94 

30 km 245 35 2 nd half 411105 -‐306 

35 km 325 80 

By contrast, the 2010 course began at an elevation of 505 and finished at 75 feet 

(net of -‐430 feet). By halves, the 2010 course lost 113 feet of elevation in the first 

half (elevation: 392 feet), and lost another 317 feet in the second half. 

8 362 -‐3 23 345 8 

9 410 48 24 306 -‐39 

10 396 -‐14 25 192 -‐114 

11 386 -‐10 26 119 -‐73 

12 351 -‐35 Finish 105 -‐14 

13 400 49 Start to finish change: -‐ 401 feet 

14 392 -‐8 Miles uphill: 11 Miles downhill: 15 


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Course Highlights 

Start: 

Dodger Stadium adjacent to Parking Lot G behind center field 

One of the icons of Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium opened on April 10, 1962 with an 

audience of 52,564 fans. The first privately financed baseball park since Yankee 

Stadium opened in 1923, it was designed by Capt. Emil Praeger and occupies 300 

acres. The stadium seats 56,000 spectators for Dodger baseball games, and has also 

been home to several other historical events, including the 1984 Olympic baseball 

tournament, the 1987 Papal Mass with Pope John Paul II, and the “Encore! The 

Three Tenors” concert in 1994 with José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano 

Pavarotti. 

Mile 1: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard, just north of Marion Avenue 

(Elevation change: -‐81 feet, from 505 to 425 feet; 1 turn) 

From the start, the runners head toward the Sunset Gate, exiting the Stadium onto 

Elysian Park Drive and then turning left on Sunset Boulevard, heading into 

downtown Los Angeles. 

Mile 2: 

Ending on North Broadway, just north of Sunset Boulevard 

(Elevation change: -‐119 feet, from 425 to 306 feet; 1 turn) 

On Sunset, the runners find themselves on a portion of historic Route 66, a major 

highway from the Midwest to Southern California during the first half of the 20 th 

century. Sunset Boulevard becomes Cesar E. Chavez Avenue past Figueroa Street, 

just before the runners turn left onto Broadway and head into Chinatown. 

Mile 3: 

Ending on Main Street, between Temple and 1st Streets 

(Elevation change: -‐18 feet, from 306 to 288 feet; 4 turns) 

The city’s Chinatown district was developed in the 1870s; to mark the entryway, the 

city erected the 25-‐foot-‐high Chinatown Gateway Monument (also known as the 

Twin Dragon Towers Gateway) in 2001. It cost $800,000 to build and was designed 

to symbolize luck, prosperity and longevity. 

The runners enter Chinatown under the Gateway, heading toward Alpine Street and 

the massive Dynasty Center shopping plaza before turning right in Alpine and 

another right on Spring Street. They will then exit Chinatown with a left onto Cesar 

E. Chavez Ave. 

As runners turn from Cesar E. Chavez Ave., they will see the El Pueblo de Los 

Angeles State Historic Park, the oldest settlement in Los Angeles, on Main Street. 

Los Angeles was founded in the fall of 1781 by its 44 original settlers, but the Old 

Plaza in El Pueblo Park dates from 1815. 

The oldest residence in the city that is still standing is the Avila Adobe (14 Olvera 

Street), which was built in 1818 on adjacent Olvera Street. The Plaza Church (535 

North Main) was built by Franciscan fathers and Native Americans and opened in 

1822. The Pico House (430 North Main) was the city’s first masonry structure and 

was built as a hotel by Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of Alta California (now 

the State of California). The current marketplace format of Olvera Street is a 

relatively new development, dating back from 1929. 

The Los Angeles Mall Civic Center complex sits on Main Street at Temple Street, 

marked by the six story 60-‐ton Triforium created by artist Joseph Young in 1975, 

which features 1,494 multicolored glass prisms. It was refurbished in 2006. 

Mile 4: 

Ending at 1st Street, just north of Spring Street 

(Elevation change: +2 feet, from 288 to 290 feet; 5 turns) 

Mile 4 courses through the heart of downtown Los Angeles, turning from 1 st Street 

onto Central Avenue and then beginning a long climb from Central Avenue & 2 nd 

Street to the top of Bunker Hill, then exiting out of downtown into Echo Park. 

This rise is 185 feet from Central Avenue (elevation 265 feet), up and out of 

downtown to Bellevue Avenue (elevation 450 feet) in Echo Park, between 

approximately the 3½ and the 5½-‐mile points. This is the largest and longest 

climb on the course. 

Los Angeles City Hall (200 North Spring Street) is a famous Art Deco skyscraper that 

stands 28 floors and 454 feet high. Built in 1928, the building became an icon 

through its appearances on television in the 1950s as the headquarters of the Daily 

Planet newspaper on “The Adventures of Superman” and in the 1960s on the series 

“Dragnet.” It was the tallest building in California from its completion until 1964, 

and the tallest in Los Angeles until 1968 (due to legal height restrictions in place 

until 1957). 

The new Police Administration Building (known informally as “Parker Center”) at 

Main & 1st Streets serves as the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police 

Department, and opened in October 2009. 

The course loops through Little Tokyo beginning at Los Angeles Street, one of three 

recognized “Japantowns” in the U.S. (the other two are in San Francisco and San 

Jose). It was founded in the early 1900s and declared a National Historic Landmark 

District in 1995. The route passes the Buddhist Temple (342 East 1 st Street, the first 

Shingon temple in North America) and the Japanese American National Museum 

(369 East 1 st Street), which opened in 1992. 


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The former home of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, St. Vibiana’s 

Cathedral, is located at 214 South Main Street. It was built in 1876 and later 

damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake; it was then deeded to the City to 

make way for a new cathedral. Sold to private developers in 1999, it was restored 

and renamed Vibiana, and is used today for special events. 

Times Mirror Square (1 st and Spring Streets) is the home of the daily newspaper Los 

Angeles Times. The original Art Deco building opened in 1935, joined by its more 

modern addition in 1948. 

Mile 5: 

Ending on Temple and Victor Streets 

(Elevation change: +90, from 280 to 370 feet; 2 turns) 

The course continues its vertical climb that began at Central Avenue. On the way up 

1 st Street is the County of Los Angeles governmental complex, including the Stanley 

Mosk Memorial Courthouse (111 North Hill Street), which opened in 1956. 

At 1 st Street and Grand Avenue, the runners pass the landmark Walt Disney Concert 

Hall (which opened in 2003) as they turn right onto Grand, passing the Performing 

Arts Center of Los Angeles, popularly known as the Music Center. The complex 

includes the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which has hosted the Academy Awards 26 

times (1969-‐87, 1990-‐94, 1996, 1999), as well as the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark 

Taper Forum, which opened in 1964 and host 2.3 million guests annually. 

To the right of the runners on Grand as reach Temple Street is the Kenneth Hahn 

Hall of Administration (500 West Temple Street), which opened in 1960 and is home 

to the Los Angeles County Supervisors. 

Runners then turn left onto Temple Street at the Rafael Moreno-‐designed Cathedral 

of our Lady of Angels (555 W. Temple St.), which opened in 2002 on a 5.6-‐acre 

parcel for $250 million. It is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of 

Los Angeles. 

Mile 6: 

Ending at Glendale Boulevard just before Santa Ynez Street 


The route continues on Temple (going uphill), passing the massive John Ferraro 

Building, headquarters of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and 

named for the former longtime City Councilman, who was also a two-‐time All-‐ 

American tackle at USC. The building was designed by famed Los Angeles architect 

A.C. Martin and opened in 1964. 

The runners then take a right on Edgeware Road to cross the Hollywood (101) 

Freeway and then veer left to Bellevue Avenue, leaving the downtown area. The 

course then enters Echo Park, the area’s original center of motion picture 

production— notably Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios (1712 Glendale Boulevard, 

just north of the course) — prior to World War I. 

The course will remain relatively flat from the 5½-‐mile point until a major 

downhill section on San Vicente Boulevard just before the 15-‐mile mark. 

The 16-‐acre Echo Park Lake began as a reservoir in 1868, but was converted by the 

City into a park and lake from 1892 to 1895. Its original design is credited to Joseph 

Henry Tomlinson, the first Superintendent of the City’s Department of Parks. 

Mile 7: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard just before Silver Lake Boulevard 


Past the Echo Park Lake is Angelus Church (1100 Glendale), the headquarters of the 

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, which was founded by famed 

evangelical preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. It accommodated 5,400 

worshippers when it opened on January 1, 1923, and is still in use today. 

The route turns onto Park Avenue and then onto Sunset Boulevard for the second 

time (now for 2.16 miles), passing the well-‐known Taix French Restaurant (1911 

West Sunset), which opened at this location in 1962. It is still run by the Taix family. 

Mile 8: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard between Myra Avenue and Bates Avenue 

(Elevation change: -‐3 feet, from 365 to 362 feet) 

Sunset Boulevard runs from downtown Los Angeles all the way to the Pacific Ocean, 

about 22 miles. During this mile, the route passes Silver Lake Boulevard and runs 

through the Silver Lake neighborhood. The area is also known as “Sunset Junction,” 

named for the intersection of Silver Lake and Santa Monica boulevards. 

At the intersection of Sunset and Maltman Avenue, runners can look to the right 

towards the Hollywood Hills and see the triple-‐domed Griffith Observatory (which 

opened in 1935) on Mt. Hollywood in Griffith Park, as well as the iconic Hollywood 

sign. The sign was originally mounted in 1923 as an ad for a new residential 

development called Hollywoodland. It’s easy to see thanks to its 50-‐foot-‐high 

letters! 

KCET Studios (at 4376 Sunset) originally opened in 1912 as a motion picture studio, 

and was purchased by the local television station in 1971. 


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Mile 9: 

Ending at Hollywood Boulevard and Edgemont Street 

(Elevation change: +48, from 362 to 410 feet) 

The route transitions onto Hollywood Boulevard at North Virgil Avenue/North 

Hillhurst Avenue, and includes a 3.20-‐mile stretch on Hollywood Boulevard (miles 8-‐ 

12), moving through the City’s Los Feliz district. 

Barnsdall Art Park is located at 4814 Hollywood (at Vermont Avenue) and was 

donated in 1927 as an arts center by Aline Barnsdall. It includes Frank Lloyd 

Wright’s famed Hollyhock House (1921). 

Mile 10: 

Ending at Hollywood Boulevard and Wilton Place 


Situated along Hollywood between Normandie Avenue and Western Avenue are 

both “Thai Town” and “Little Armenia.” Los Angeles has the largest number of 

people of Thai descent of any city in the world outside of Thailand. The area was 

designated “Thai Town” by the Los Angeles City Council in 1999; the Council later 

recognized the area from Vermont Avenue on the east end to Van Ness Avenue on 

the west as “Little Armenia” in 2000. 

Mile 11: 

Ending at Hollywood Boulevard at Wilcox Avenue 


“Hollywood” proper begins at Gower Street, where the Hollywood Walk of Fame 

begins; the Walk continues west to La Brea Avenue. There are nearly 2,500 stars 

today along the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Most 

recently, late actor Richard Burton received the 2,491 st star on March 1 st , 2013. 

Hollywood landmarks are scattered along the route: the Museum of Death (6031 

Hollywood), opened in Los Angeles in 2009 with memorabilia from the Black Dahlia, 

Charles Manson and other infamous cases; the Music Box @ Fonda (6126 

Hollywood), which opened in 1926, was known for many years as the Henry Fonda 

Theater. 

At the center of the Walk of Fame is the intersection of Hollywood & Vine, which 

became famous for its concentration of radio and motion picture-‐related 

businesses in the 1920s. Just north of the intersection is the Capitol Records Tower 

(1750 Vine Street), the world’s first circular office building, which was designed by 

Welton Becket and opened in 1956. 

Continuing on Hollywood Boulevard is the Pantages Theater (6233 Hollywood, 

between Argyle Avenue and Vine), an Art Deco-‐style performing arts venue that 

opened in 1930 as a vaudeville and movie house. It was home to the Academy 

Awards from 1950 to 1960; it is now a conventional theater and underwent 

renovation in 2000. 

Mile 12: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard and LaBrea Avenue 


The route now moves through the heart of Hollywood, with many historical 

locations, including the Musso & Frank Grill (6667 Hollywood, between Cherokee 

and Las Palmas Avenues), which opened in 1919 and is still in operation, covered 

with photos of diners from the Golden Age of Hollywood like Charlie Chaplin, 

Douglas Fairbanks, Orson Welles and many others. 

Other landmarks along this mile include the American Cinematheque, including the 

Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood), the first Egyptian–style theater in the United 

States. It opened in 1922 under Sid Grauman (of Chinese Theatre fame) and was 

refurbished in 1998. Next door is the Pig ‘N Whistle restaurant, which opened in 

1927 to serve diners who were not allowed to eat in theaters at the time. Finally, 

runners will also pass the original Frederick’s of Hollywood (6751 Hollywood), which 

opened in 1947. 

Near the intersection of Hollywood and Highland Avenue is the Hollywood Wax 

Museum (6767 Hollywood, opened in 1965) as well as Ripley’s Believe or Not! 

Odditorium (6780 Hollywood). This is also the site of the El Capitan Theatre (6838 

Hollywood), which was opened by Grauman in 1926, and refurbished by the Walt 

Disney Company in 1991. 

The massive Hollywood & Highland retail and entertainment development, 

decorated with movie history themes, in 2001. It includes the Dolby Theatre 

(formerly the Kodak Theater), which has been the home of the Academy Awards 

since 2002. In 1958, the first eight stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame were 

installed at this intersection. 

Grauman’s Chinese Theater (6801 Hollywood) was the third of Grauman’s themed 

theaters, and opened in 1927. The theater is well known for the 200+ handprints, 

footprints and signatures immortalized in the concrete in front of the building, 

beginning with actress Norma Talmadge in 1927. The theater hosted the Academy 

Awards from 1944 to 1946, and is still in use today as a movie theater. 

Madame Tussauds Hollywood (6933 Hollywood) opened in 2009, and today has a 

collection of more than 100 wax figures in its three-‐story building. In June 2012, the 

museum unveiled its wax figure of 90-‐year-‐old Betty White, the oldest celebrity 

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As the course turns south at Orange Drive, runners pass the original site of the 

Academy Awards in 1929, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (7000 Hollywood), which 

opened in 1927 and was refurbished in 2005, as well as Hollywood High School 

(Orange & Sunset), founded in 1903. Its well-‐known graduates include actors Carol 

Burnett (1951), Judy Garland (1930), James Garner (1944), Jason Robards (1940), 

Lana Turner (1937) and Fay Wray (1925), among others. 

The route returns to Sunset Boulevard for the third time, this time for 2.66 miles. 

Mile 13: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard, just west of Fairfax Avenue 

(Elevation change: +49 feet, from 351 to 400 feet) 

The Hollywood Guitar Center sits at the route’s 20 km point (7425 Sunset, between 

Vista and Gardner Streets). It is the focal point of the Rock Walk, where more than 

180 musical artists, groups and contributors have been memorialized since 

November 1985. The original class of seven inductees included Stevie Wonder and 

Eddie van Halen. 

Mile 14: 

Ending at Sunset Boulevard just past Alta Loma Road 


The halfway point of the course (13.1 miles) is on Sunset Boulevard just east of 

Laurel Avenue, which is also the site of one of L.A.’s best-‐known comedy clubs, the 

Laugh Factory (8001 Sunset). 

Runners will also pass another Hollywood icon from the 1920s, the Chateau 

Marmont (8221 Sunset). It opened in 1929 and is well known for several celebrity 

events, including Jean Harlow’s honeymoon and John Belushi’s death from drug 

overdose. 

The route leaves the City of Los Angeles between Marmont Lane and Roxbury Road, 

and enters the City of West Hollywood and the famed Sunset Strip, starting at 

Harper Avenue and continuing for 1.61 miles west to Sunset and Sierra Drive at the 

border with Beverly Hills. 

Runners will see the eclectic nature of West Hollywood on full display in its many 

landmarks such as the Body Shop (8250 West Sunset); Carney’s, the restaurant 

inside a train car at 8351 West Sunset; the Comedy Store at 8433 West Sunset, 

famous as the launching point for comedians; the Andaz West Hollywood (8401 

West Sunset), also as known as the “Riot House” for the wild antics of its guests 

such as Jim Morrison of The Doors, Led Zeppelin and The Who; and the House of 

Blues Sunset Strip (8430 West Sunset), which is one of the best-‐known performance 

venues on the Strip. 

Mile 15: 

Ending at Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of Robertson Boulevard 


Still in West Hollywood, the route passes several other famous music venues 

including the Viper Room (8852 West Sunset, just past Larrabee Street), which 

opened in 1993 with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers as its first headlining act. It has 

had an interesting history: for example, actor River Phoenix died there in 1993 on 

Halloween morning and Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz served as a 

bartender there in the 90s. Its original owner was actor Johnny Depp; in 2004, the 

ownership was sold to Harry Morton, son of Hard Rock Cafe co-‐founder Peter 

Morton. 

One of the most historic performance venues on the Sunset Strip is the Whisky A Go 

Go (8901 West Sunset, at San Vicente), which opened its doors in 1964 and was 

known for its “go-‐go” girls dancing in suspended cages. The rock group The Doors 

was the house band in 1966; the Chicago Transit Authority (later known as Chicago) 

played as the house band until they were discovered by Jimi Hendrix in 1968. 

As the route turns left onto San Vicente Boulevard, it heads south towards Santa 

Monica Boulevard and another architectural icon, the Pacific Design Center, a 1.2-‐ 

million-‐square-‐foot development designed by Cesar Pelli. It is dominated by the 

Center Blue building (which opened in 1975), better known as the “Blue Whale”; 

the Center Green building opened in 1988, and the Center Red complex was finally 

completed last year. 

On Santa Monica Boulevard, the route continues on Historic Route 66 for 0.43 miles 

before reaching Doheny Drive. 

Mile 16: 

Ending at Burton Way, just past Oakhurst Drive 


The course continues on Santa Monica Boulevard with well-‐known Southern 

California landmarks such as the Palm Restaurant (9001 Santa Monica), which has a 

special backroom that was the favorite entertaining spot for the Los Angeles 

Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Games. This is also the site of celebrity-friendly 

Dan Tana’s (9071 Santa Monica) as well as The Troubadour (9081 Santa 

Monica), which was founded in 1957 by the late Doug Weston. This was the music 

venue where superstars such as Elton John, Randy Newman, Guns & Roses and 

Cheech & Chong were launched to fame. 

After running between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on Doheny, the course 

enters Beverly Hills at Doheny Drive and Burton Way. Those two streets were 

named for two famed Southern Californians, oil magnate Edward Doheny (whose 

company drilled the first successful oil well in the L.A. area) and Burton E. Green 

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The runners pass a large Bristol Farms market (9039 Beverly Blvd.) which was 

previously the famed Chasen’s Restaurant (1936-‐95) — where Ronald Reagan 

proposed to Nancy Davis. It has been a favorite haunt of actors and comedians 

including Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx. 

Mile 17: 

Ending at Rodeo drive at Dayton Way 


This is one of the highlight miles on the course, running through Beverly Hills. On 

Burton Way, the runners will pass the 10-‐acre Beverly Hills Civic Center, dominated 

by the Beverly Hills City Hall (450 North Crescent Drive), which opened in 1931. The 

top of the cupola of City Hall is covered with gold leaf. 

From “Little Santa Monica” (which is actually South Santa Monica Blvd.), the course 

turns south on Rodeo Drive for 0.31 miles, turning west at Wilshire Blvd. The three-block 

stretch on Rodeo covers one of the world’s most famous shopping districts, 

with more than 100 shops and boutiques, which rose to fame in the 1970s. 

Mile 18: 

Ending at Santa Monica Boulevard, just past Century Park East 


At the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard is the Beverly Wilshire Hotel 

(9500 Wilshire), which opened in 1928 on the former site of the Beverly Hills 

Speedway. It was originally an “apartment hotel,” designed for permanent 

residents; it later became a hotel, and at one point had Pancho Gonzales as its 

tennis instructor. The course continues on Wilshire for 0.51 miles before it turns 

onto South Santa Monica Boulevard. 

Once back on Santa Monica, the course continues on 2.40 miles of Historic Route 

66. Along the way, runners will pass the Sony BMG Music office building (9830 

Wilshire), designed by I.M. Pei in 1989 and formerly the home of the Creative 

Artists Agency. They will then run by the Peninsula Hotel (9882 Santa Monica) as 

well as the site of the now-‐closed Friars Club of California (9900 Santa Monica), 

which was founded in 1947 by Milton Berle and his friends. 

As the route merges onto Santa Monica Boulevard proper, it re-‐enters Los Angeles 

between Moreno Drive and Century Park East, heading into Century City. Once the 

studio backlot for the 20th Century Fox motion picture studios, the 180-‐acre parcel 

of what is now Century City was sold in 1961 to Alcoa and developer William 

Zeckendorf. The Los Angeles Country Club golf course lies to the north of the 

course. 

Mile 19: 

Ending at Santa Monica Boulevard, just past Westholme Avenue 

Elevation change: -‐34 feet, from 278 feet to 244 feet) 

Continuing on Santa Monica, the course passes the Westfield Shopping Center into 

West Los Angeles, and continues on portions of the old Pacific Electric Co.’s “Red 

Car” Santa Monica Line train route, which was in operation from 1896 to 1940. 

Mile 20: 

Ending at Sepulveda Boulevard, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard 

(Elevation change: +8 feet, from 244 feet to 252 feet; 1 turn) 

The race passes by the mammoth Los Angeles Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ 

of Latter-‐Day Saints (10777 Santa Monica), which was erected in the 1950s. 

Moving west toward the 405 (San Diego Freeway) on Santa Monica, the course 

passes Westwood Boulevard and turns north on Sepulveda Boulevard. 

Mile 21: 

Ending inside the Veterans Administration grounds, on Dowlen 

Drive, 100 feet before Bonsall Avenue 

(Elevation change: +61 feet, from 252 feet to 313 feet; 3 turns) 

From Sepulveda, the course takes a left on Ohio Avenue, headed toward the U.S. 

Veterans Administration grounds. The “Bad News Bears Field” is located at the 

corner of Sepulveda and Ohio, part of the Los Angeles Department of Parks & 

Recreation. The 1976 movie of the same name was actually filmed in Chatsworth; 

however, Bill Lancaster (son of film great Burt Lancaster), who originated the idea 

for the film, played Little League baseball at that field in the 1950s. the idea for the 

film came from Bill Lancaster, who played Little League baseball at that field in 

1958. His friends asked the City to rename the field in his honor after his death in 

1997. 

As the course turns north on Sawtelle Boulevard, runners begin the last significant 

climb of the race— a 80-‐foot rise over Heroes Hill— and pass through the National 

Soldier’s Home gates of the U.S. Veterans Administration grounds. Founded in 1887 

as the Veterans Home, the facility spans 713 acres and is home to the Veterans 

Administration’s Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. 

Mile 22: 

Ending at San Vicente Boulevard, before Montana Avenue 

(Elevation change: +26 feet, from 313 feet to 337 feet) 

Runners will cover 1.20 miles within the Veterans Administration grounds, with a 

total climb of 80 feet from Ohio Avenue (262) to Bonsall & Eisenhower Avenues 

(342) before exiting the property at Bringham Avenue. 

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Exiting the Veterans Administration grounds, the route now joins one of the famous 

running routes in California for 3.82 miles: San Vicente Boulevard, which heads all 

the way to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. In this mile, the route runs through the 

Brentwood neighborhood, where many Hollywood stars make their homes. 

Runners also pass by the Farmers Market on Gretna Green Way, as well as the 

Brentwood Country Mart: both locations are sure bets for star sightings! 

Mile 23: 

Ending at San Vicente Boulevard just past Bristol Avenue 

(Elevation change: +8 feet, from 337 feet to 345 feet) 

The grassy “runner’s median” on San Vicente begins at Gretna Green Way, opposite 

the Brentwood Country Club. It continues all the way to Ocean Avenue. 

Mile 24: 

Ending at San Vicente Boulevard at 18th Street 

(Elevation change: -‐39 feet, from 345 feet to 306 feet) 

The course enters the City of Santa Monica at 26th Street. 

Mile 25: 

Mile 26: 

Ending at San Vicente Boulevard, between 7th and 4th Streets 


Ending at Ocean Avenue, south of Idaho Avenue 

(Elevation change: -‐73 feet, from 192 feet to 119 feet; 1 turn) 

Runners turn south on Ocean and head south for the final 0.82 miles to the finish 

line, running parallel to Palisades Park and Santa Monica State Beach. 

Course segments by street 

Street Miles Street Miles 

1. Start Elysian Park Ave. 0.22 18. Mile 7 Park Ave. 0.12 

2. Mile 1 Sunset Blvd. 1.19 19. Mile 7 Sunset Blvd. 2.14 

3. Mile 2 Broadway 0.29 20. Mile 9 Hollywood Blvd. 3.20 

4. Mile 2 Alpine Street 0.09 21. Mile 12 Orange Drive .26 

5. Mile 2 Spring Street 0.29 22. Mile 12 Sunset Blvd. 2.66 

6. Mile 2 Cesar Chavez Ave. 0.08 23. Mile 15 San Vicente Blvd. 0.42 

7. Mile 2 Main Street 0.53 24. Mile 15 Santa Monica Blvd. 0.43 

8. Mile 3 1st Street 0.32 25. Mile 16 Doheny Drive 0.61 

9. Mile 4 Central Ave. 0.11 26. Mile 16 Burton Way 0.53 

(eastbound) 

10. Mile 4 2nd Street 0.45 27. Mile 17 S. Santa Monica Blvd 0.34 

11. Mile 4 Spring Street 0.01 28. Mile 17 Rodeo Drive 0.31 

12. Mile 4 1st Street 0.31 29. Mile 18 Wilshire Blvd. 0.51 

13. Mile 5 Grand Ave. 0.22 30. Mile 18 Santa Monica Blvd. 2.40 

14. Mile 5 Temple St. 0.75 31. Mile 19 Sepulveda Blvd. 0.23 

15. Mile 6 Edgeware Road 0.07 32. Mile 20 Ohio Ave. 0.24 

16. Mile 6 Bellevue Ave. 0.24 33. Mile 21 Veterans Admin. 1.20 

(0.41 on Eisenhower Avenue) 

17. Mile 6 Glendale Blvd. 0.40 34. Mile 22 San Vicente Blvd. 3.82 

35. Mile 23 Ocean Ave. 0.82 

Finish: 

Ending at Ocean Avenue & California Avenue 


The race finishes at California Avenue, next to the famed the California Incline 

connector from Pacific Coast Highway. This intersection is marked on its west side 

by the giant Santa Monica Beacon, designed by public artist Jody Pinto as part of 

the Beach Improvement Group project in 2000. A statue of Saint Monica, for whom 

the city is named, is located at Wilshire and Ocean. 

Just past the finish line is the Fairmont Miramar hotel at the corner of Wilshire 

Boulevard and Ocean. In the 1880s, it was the residence of one of the founders of 

Santa Monica, former Nevada Senator John P. Jones, and later sold to razor 

magnate King Gillette and finally to hotelier Gilbert Stevenson in 1921. 


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Course highlights by noteworthy streets 

Street Total distance covered Course coverage 

Sunset Blvd. 6.07 miles in 4 segments 1.19 miles during miles 1-‐2 

0.08 miles during mile 3 

2.14 miles during miles 6-‐8 


Hollywood Blvd. 3.20 miles in 1 segment 3.20 miles during miles 9-‐12 

Santa Monica 

Blvd. 

3.17 miles in 3 segments 0.43 miles during miles 14-‐15 

0.34 miles during mile 17 


Wilshire Blvd. 0.51 miles in 1 segment 0.51 miles during mile 18 

Rodeo Drive 0.34 miles in 1 segment 0.31 miles during miles 17-‐18 

San Vicente 

Blvd. 

4.24 miles in 2 segments 0.42 miles during mile 15 


Ocean Avenue 0.82 miles in 1 segment 0.82 miles during miles 26 and 

the finish 

The route includes 5.6 miles of Historic Route 66, a major national highway that 

spanned 2,451 miles from Santa Monica to Normal, Illinois from 1926-‐85. The 

course sections on Route 66 include: 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunset Blvd.: 0.76 miles from Elysian Park Ave. to Figueroa Street (Miles 1-‐2) 

Sunset Blvd.: 1.67 miles from Park Avenue to Manzanita Street (Miles 7-‐9) 

Santa Monica Blvd.:0.43 miles from San Vicente Blvd. to Doheny Drive (Mile 15) 

Santa Monica Blvd.: 0.34 miles from Burton Way to Rodeo Drive (Mile 17) 

Santa Monica Blvd.: 2.40 miles from Wilshire Blvd. to Sepulveda Blvd. (Miles 

18-‐20) 

Mile 

Approximate timings of runners at each mile (times are all a.m.) 

Location (City) 

Lead 

Women 

Lead 

Men 

Full Field 

Start Dodger Stadium near Lot G (LA) 7:08 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 

1 

Sunset Blvd., just north of Marion 

Ave. (LA) 

7:13 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 

2 

Broadway, just north of Sunset 

Blvd. (LA) 

7:19 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 

3 

Main Street, between Temple & 

1st Streets (LA) 

7:24 a.m. 7:40 a.m. 7:55 a m. 

4 

1st Street, just north of Spring 

Street (LA) 

7:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 8:05 a.m. 

5 

Temple Street & Victor Street 

(LA) 

7:35 a.m. 7:50 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 

6 

Glendale Blvd., just before Santa 

Ynez St. (LA) 

7:41 a.m. 7:55 a.m. 8:25 a.m. 

7 

Sunset Blvd., just before Silver 

Lake Blvd. (LA) 

7:46 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 

8 

Sunset Blvd. between Myra & 

Bates Aves. (LA) 

7:52 a.m. 8:05 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 

9 

Hollywood Blvd. & Edgemont 

Street (LA) 

7:57 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 8:55 a.m. 

10 

Hollywood Blvd. & Wilton Place 


8:03 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:05 a.m. 

11 

Hollywood Blvd. & Wilcox Ave. 


8:08 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 

12 Sunset Blvd. & LaBrea Ave. (LA) 8:14 a.m. 8:25 a.m. 9:25 a.m. 

13 

Sunset Blvd., just west of Fairfax 


8:19 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:35 a.m. 


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Mile 

14 

15 

16 

Approximate timings of runners at each mile (times are all a.m.) 

Location (City) 

Sunset Blvd., just past Alta Loma 

Road (LA/WH) 

Santa Monica Blvd., west of 

Robertson Blvd. (WH) 

Burton Way, past Oakhurst Drive 

(WH/LA/BH) 

Lead 

Women 

Lead 

Men 

Full Field 

8:25 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 

8:30 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 9:55 a.m. 

8:36 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 10:05 a.m. 

17 Rodeo Drive & Dayton Way (BH) 8:41 a.m. 8:49 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

Finish 

Santa Monica Blvd & Century 

Park East (BH/LA) 

Santa Monica Blvd., past 

Westholme Ave. (LA) 

Sepulveda Blvd., north of Santa 

Monica Blvd. (LA) 

Dowlen Drive before Bonsall Ave. 

(VA) 

San Vicente Blvd., near Montana 


San Vicente Blvd., past Bristol 


San Vicente Blvd. & 18th Street 

(SM) 

San Vicente Blvd., between 7th & 

4th Streets (SM) 

Ocean Ave., past Idaho Avenue 

(SM) 

Ocean Ave. & California Ave. 

(SM) 

8:47 a.m. 8:54 a.m. 10:25 a.m. 

8:52 a.m. 8:58 a.m. 10:35 a.m. 

8:58 a.m. 9:03 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 

9:03 a.m. 9:08 a.m. 10:55 a.m. 

9:09 a.m. 9:13 a.m. 11:05 a.m. 

9:14 a.m. 9:18 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 

9:20 a.m. 9:23 a.m. 11:25 a.m. 

9:25 a.m. 9:27 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 

9:31 a.m. 9:31 a.m. 11:45 a.m. 

9:32 a.m. 9:32 a.m. 11:48 a.m. 


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Start Line Map 

History 

The ASICS LA Marathon was an offshoot of the successful 1984 Los Angeles Summer 

Olympic Games, an event that revolutionized the Olympic Movement with more 

than 30,000 volunteers. The Los Angeles City Council asked for bids for the event in 

1985, and the inaugural race was held in 1986. 

There was an overwhelming turnout of 10,787 registrants, making the race the 

largest first-‐time marathon in the U.S. From there, the race has been an important 

fixture on the U.S. marathon calendar. In late 2004, the original organizers, Los 

Angeles Marathon, Inc., sold the race to Devine Racing, which operated the 

marathon from 2005 to 2008. The race was sold to Going the Distance, LLC in late 

2008; the rights to the race are now owned by a successor company, LA 

MARATHON LLC, with Frank McCourt as sole shareholder. 

Milestones 

The 27 editions of the ASICS LA Marathon have been filled with many milestones: 

Year 

Marathon Milestones 

1985 The Los Angeles City Council asks for proposals to stage a City of Los 

Angeles Marathon, and selects Los Angeles Marathon, Inc. to organize 

the race. 

1986 Los Angeles Marathon I is held on a loop course beginning and ending on 

Figueroa Street, in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A crowd 

of 10,747 runners registered to participate with 7,581 finishers, led by 

Americans Ric Sayre (2:12:59) and Nancy Ditz (2:36:27). 

1987 Students Run L.A. is created by Boyle Heights High School teacher Harry 

Shabazian, who after participating in the inaugural race in 1986, gathers 

six students to train for the 1987 edition. 

For the 1988 race, Shabazian’s work catches the attention of Aliso 

Continuation High School teachers Eric Spears and Paul Trapani, who 

implements the program at their school. Today, thousands of students 

are part of this six-‐month training program. 

Pictured: Runners leave the 

starting gates at Dodger 

Stadium to start the 2012 race. 

(Credit: Jim Safford) 

1990 A Senior Walk of 5,000 meters is introduced on the day before the 

Marathon on the UCLA campus, along with a 5K race the next day that 

finishes in the Coliseum. These events grow into the LA 5K Run/Walk, 

held each year. 

1995 The Los Angeles Bike Tour debuts, with more than 12,000 cyclists taking 

part despite a heavy downpour. 


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Year 


Year 


1996 A new loop course is introduced that starts and finishes in Downtown Los 

Angeles. In addition, the Los Angeles Marathon becomes the first major 

U.S. race to adopt ChampionChip technology to track individual runner 

times. 

1997 Although Russian Nadezhda Ilyina wins the women’s race, she is 

disqualified for course-‐cutting while trying to find a restroom at the 22-‐ 

mile mark. Lorna Kiplagat (Kenya) is declared the winner. 

2002 A faster and flatter course is introduced, with the start and finish 

remaining in Downtown Los Angeles. 

2004 “The Challenge” is introduced, giving a handicap start to the women’s 

elite field and offering a cash bonus for the first person, male or female, 

to cross the finish line. Russia’s Tatyana Pozdniakova wins the initial 

edition of The Challenge by 3:54 over men’s champion David Kirui of 

Kenya. 

2010 An all-‐time record of 26,054 register for the race. Korir wins again in 

2:09:19 in the inaugural run on the Stadium to the Sea course, but 

almost-‐unknown Kenyan Edna Kiplagat wins the women’s race in 2:25:38 

and the Challenge by 2:06. 

Modest changes are made to the Stadium to the Sea route to improve 

the runner flow, eliminating the opening loop around Dodger Stadium 

and adding runs through Chinatown and Little Tokyo in the downtown 

area. The finish line is moved north to Ocean and California Avenues. 

2011 A new all-‐time record of 2:06:35 is set by Ethiopia’s Markos Geneti, 

despite unfavorable weather conditions throughout the race day. A new 

record is also set by charity fundraisers, who reach $3 million in 

donations. 

2012 20-‐year-‐old Fatuma Sado wins the women’s race with a time of 2:25:39 – 

the fourth fastest finish ever. 

Late in the year, Chicago-‐based Devine Racing purchases the Marathon 

from Los Angeles Marathon, Inc. 

2005 A slight revision of the course is instituted, while maintaining the 

downtown start and finish. 

2006 The 2005 course yields race records for both men and women: 2:08:40 

for Kenya’s Benson Cherono and 2:25:10 for Russia’s Lidiya Grigoryeva. 

2007 A dramatic new point-‐to-‐point course is introduced, starting at Universal 

City and finishing in Downtown Los Angeles. 

2008 In September, Devine Racing sells the Marathon, with the approval of the 

City of Los Angeles, to Frank McCourt, whose affiliate, LA MARATHON 

LLC, now operates the race. 

2009 Using the fast 2005-‐06 loop-‐course route, starting and finishing in 

Downtown Los Angeles, a new race record is set by Wesley Korir of 

Kenya (2:08:24), who also won the Challenge ahead of Tatiana Petrova of 

Russia (2:25:59). 

The new “Stadium to the Sea” course is announced on November 9, after 

approvals from the cities of Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills 

and Santa Monica, as well as the federal government. The new course 

starts at Dodger Stadium and finishes at Ocean Avenue and Santa Monica 

Boulevard in Santa Monica. 


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Race Participation 

Year Entrants Finishers U.S. Rank World Rank 

1986 10,787 7,553 5 9 

1987 14,697 10,330 2 4 

1988 17,040 12,759 2 4 

1989 18,918 13,398 2 4 

1990 19,161 14,115 2 4 

1991 18,385 14,531 2 4 

1992 19,843 15,298 3 4 

1993 19,122 14,546 3 4 

1994 19,033 14,840 3 6 

1995 19,227 15,186 3 5 

1996 19,272 16,180 4 7 

1997 19,970 15,967 3 5 

1998 19,378 15,603 5 8 

1999 20,630 16,827 4 7 

2000 21,000 17,164 4 7 

2001 20,072 16,221 4 7 

2002 22,107 18,900 4 7 

2003 22,437 17,097 4 7 

2004 24,532 19,533 4 7 

2005 24,801 20,606 4 7 

2006 25,947 20,335 5 8 

2007 24,715 20,230 6 10 

2008 20,863 17,356 6 11 

2009 17,307 14,240 7 13 

2010 26,054 22,580 4 8 

2011 23,547 19,902 5 11 

2012 22,288 18,729 5 12 

Total: 528,845 421,297 

Rainfall and Weather 

Weather data was obtained from the National Climatic Data Center of Asheville, 

N.C.; finish and noontime temperatures for 1986-‐99 are estimated, using 

downtown L.A. high and low temperature data and LAX three-‐hour observation 

readings. Rain totals are for 7 a.m.-‐1 p.m. on race day. 

Year Start Temp. (F) Finish Temp. (F) Noon Temp. (F) 

Rain 

(inches) 

1986 65 58 65 0 

1987 68 63 68 0 

1988 64 61 64 0 

1989 72 66 72 0 

1990 61 57 61 0.02 

1991 72 66 72 0 

1992 64 62 64 0 

1993 86 79 86 0 

1994 66 61 66 0 

1995 62 61 62 0.22 

1996 68 64 68 0 

1997 55 52 55 0 

1998 51 49 51 0 

1999 65 62 65 0 

2000 52 50 52 1.61 

2001 60 57 60 0 

2002 69 64 69 0 

2003 67 62 67 0 

2004 84 76 84 0 

2005 68 60 68 0 

2006 59 63 59 0 

2007 83 58 83 0 

2008 67 54 67 0 

2009 66 60 66 0 

2010 66 63 66 0 

2011 57 58 57 2.36 

2012 47 49 54 0.01 

Average 65.3 60.6 65.6 N/A 


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Prizes and Incentives 

Prize purses at the ASICS LA Marathon have varied greatly over the history of the 

race, beginning at $42,500 in cash (total) plus a car and a camera package for the 

men’s and women’s winners in 1986. This year’s cash prizes are as follows: 

Place Men’s Purse Women’s Purse 

1 $25,000 $25,000 

2 $12,500 $12,500 

3 $10,000 $10,000 

4 $5,000 $5,000 

5 $2,500 $2,500 

The first man or woman to cross the finish line will earn $50,000 in the ASICS LA 

Marathon “Challenge”. The elite women’s field is given a handicap based on a 

calculation of the differences in lifetime bests among the top-‐seven-‐seeded men 

and women in the elite field. Since 2004, the bonus has been awarded to the first 

person— male or female— to cross the finish line. Challenge winners are below: 

Year Handicap Bonus Challenge Results 

2004 20:30 $50,000 

2005 15:50 $75,000 

Tatyana Pozdniakova (Russia, 2:30:17) finished 

ahead of David Kirui (Kenya, 2:13:41) by 3:54. 

Mark Saina (Kenya, 2:09:35) finished ahead of 

Lyubov Denisova (Russia, 2:26:11) by 0:46. 

Year Handicap Bonus Challenge Results 

2010 18:47 $100,000 

2011 17:03 $100,000 

2012 17:31 $100,000 

Edna Kiplagat (Kenya, 2:25:38) finished ahead 

of Wesley Korir (Kenya, 2:09:19) by 2:06. 

Markos Geneti (Ethiopia, 2:06:35) finished 

ahead of Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopia, 2:26:34) by 

2:58. 

Fatuma Sado (Ethiopia, 2:25:39) finished 

ahead of Simon Njoroge (Kenya, 2:12:12) by 

4:04. 

A separate prize purse of $10,100 is also offered for wheelchair competitors: 

Place 

Open Division 

Men 

Open Division 

Women 

Masters Division 

(combined) 

Quad Division 

(combined) 

1 $2,500 $2,500 $400 $600 

2 $1,000 $1,000 $250 $450 

3 $500 $500 $150 $250 

An additional prize — the Nan Harman Time Bonus Award — of $1,000 is available 

for Stadium to the Sea course-‐record times in both the men’s (1:31:51) and 

women’s (1:53:12) divisions. The award recognizes the efforts of Nan Harman, who 

served as the Marathon’s wheelchair race coordinator from 1993-‐2007. 

2006 16:46 $100,000 

2007 19:51 $100,000 

2008 19:38 $100,000 

2009 16:57 $100,000 

Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia, 2:25:10) finished 

ahead of Benson Cherono (Kenya, 2:08:40) by 

0:16. 

Fred Mogaka (Kenya, 2:17:14) finished ahead 

of Ramilia Burangulova (Russia, 2:37:54) by 

0:49. 

Tatyana Aryasova (Russia, 2:29:09) finished 

ahead of Laban Moiben (Kenya, 2:13:50) by 

4:19. 

Wesley Korir (Kenya, 2:08:24) finished ahead 

of Tatiana Petrova (Russia, 2:25:59) by 0:38. 


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TAB 2: 

RACE EVENTS 

AND LOGISTICS 


RACE EVENTS AND LOGISTICS 

Race Day Schedule 

Downtown Los Angeles will be busy on Sunday, March 17, as the ASICS LA 

Marathon and all of its associated events will get going early in the morning: 

6:55 a.m. Wheelchair participants start at Dodger Stadium 

7:00 a.m. Hand-‐crank wheelchair participants start at Dodger Stadium 

7:08 a.m. (approx.) Elite women start at Dodger Stadium 

7:25 a.m. (approx.) Elite men and rest of the field start Dodger Stadium 

TAB 2: 

9:55 a.m. Awards presentation at the ASICS LA Marathon Awards 

Stage, adjacent to the finish line 

Traffic controls will begin as early as 3:00 a.m., with the final opening of roads 

around the finish line in Santa Monica between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. 

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Course Traffic Closures 

In order to create a safe and efficient environment for the runners, the streets 

along the marathon route will be closed. A list of planned closures is as follows: 

Street Closed From Closed To 

Time Time 

Closed Open 

Elysian Park Ave Dodger Stadium Sunset Blvd 4:00AM 9:00AM 

Sunset Blvd Innes Ave Figueroa St 4:00AM 9:20AM 

Cesar Chavez Bunker Hill Alameda St 4:00AM 9:32AM 

Ave 

Broadway Cesar Chavez Ave Alpine St 4:00AM 9:35AM 

Alpine St Hill St Alpine St 4:00AM 9:35AM 

Spring St College St 2 nd St 4:00AM 9:35AM 

Main St E. Cesar Chavez 3 rd St 4:00AM 9:50AM 

Ave 

1 st St Hope St Alameda St 4:00AM 9:50AM 

Central Ave 1 st St 3 rd St 4:00AM 9:50AM 

2 nd St Alameda St Broadway 4:00AM 9:50AM 

Grand Ave Cesar Chavez Ave 2 nd St 4:00AM 10:05AM 

Temple St Alameda St Glendale Blvd 4:00AM 10:20AM 

Edgeware Rd Temple St Boston St 4:00AM 10:20AM 

Bellevue Ave Sunset Blvd Glendale Blvd 4:00AM 10:20AM 

Glendale Blvd Temple St Sunset Blvd 4:00AM 10:40AM 

Sunset Blvd Echo Park Ave Virgil Ave 4:00AM 11:10AM 

Hollywood Blvd Hillhurst Ave La Brea 4:00AM 12 Noon 

Orange Ave Hollywood Blvd Sunset Blvd 4:00AM 12 Noon 

Sunset Blvd Highland Ave Doheny Dr 5:00AM 12:45PM 

San Vicente Blvd Sunset Blvd Melrose Ave 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Santa Monica La Cienega Blvd Sierra Dr 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Blvd 

Doheny Dr Nemo St Wilshire Blvd 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Burton Way Robertson Blvd Rexford Dr 5:00AM 1:00PM 

S Santa Monica Rexford Dr Sepulveda 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Blvd 

Blvd 

Rodeo Dr Santa Monica Blvd Wilshire Blvd 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Wilshire Blvd Beverly Dr Santa Monica 5:00AM 1:00PM 

Blvd 

Santa Monica Wilshire Blvd Sawtelle Blvd 5:00AM 2:04PM 

Blvd 

Sepulveda Blvd S. Santa Monica Wilshire Ave 5:00AM 2:04PM 

Blvd 

Ohio Ave Veteran Ave Sawtelle Blvd 5:00AM 2:20PM 

Street Closed From Closed To 

Time Time 

Closed Open 

Sawtelle Blvd Santa Monica Blvd Dowlen Dr 5:00AM 2:20PM 

Dowlen Dr Bonsall Ave Wadsworth Pl 5:00AM 2:20PM 

Bonsall Ave Dowlen Dr Eisenhower 5:00AM 2:20PM 

Ave 

Eisenhower Ave Bonsall Ave Bringham Ave 5:00AM 2:20PM 

San Vicente Wilshire Blvd Ocean Ave 5:00AM 5:00PM 

Blvd* 

Ocean Ave San Vicente Blvd Pico Blvd 12:00AM 5:00PM 

*San Vicente & Montana open 2:36PM, San Vicente & Bristol Ave open 2:52PM, San Vicente 

& 18 th St open 3:08PM 

Transportation and Logistics 

Revised traffic routing and a significantly-‐enlarged logistics effort will make access 

to the start line at Dodger Stadium and the finish line in Santa Monica easier and 

more efficient. Potential bottlenecks have been re-‐routed and dozens of additional 

buses have been added to bring people from the finish area in Santa Monica to 

Dodger Stadium in plenty of time for the early-‐morning start. 

 

 

 

Three Dodger Stadium entrances will be devoted to the Marathon beginning at 

2 a.m. on March 17. Private automobiles will be allowed to enter ONLY through 

the Golden State Gate from the Stadium Way exit on the Golden State (5) 

Freeway, and will be directed to Lot 3 for complimentary parking. A specific 

lane at this entrance will be available for drop-‐off only, in Lot 4. 

A fleet of 175 shuttle buses coming from the finish area in Santa Monica will 

enter Dodger Stadium using the Dodger Stadium exit off of the Harbor (110) 

Freeway and entering the Downtown Gate, for drop-‐off in Lot 7, adjacent to 

the start line. These shuttles are free for registered runners who reserved their 

places on these buses, which will leave from Main Street between Olympic 

Drive and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica between 2:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. 

The Academy Road and Park Avenue entrances to Dodger Stadium – favored 

“backdoor” routes for many – will be closed on race day. At the finish in Santa 

Monica, the City of Santa Monica is again offering pre-‐paid parking for 

participants in the City’s many lots, with more than 7,000 spaces available at 

$20 per day at www.ThePermitStore.com/sm/event. Beyond this, street 

parking will be available in Santa Monica, but based on the 2012 race 

experience, will be difficult to find within a mile-‐and-‐a-‐half of the finish. The 

City of Santa Monica has made available reserved parking in its owned lots for 

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The movement of the runners is just part of the Marathon transportation effort. 

The logistical support for the race includes, but is not limited to: 

27 box trucks (24 to 28 feet in length) for Arrowhead and Ultima 

Replenisher station supplies 

23 passenger vans for Keck Medical Center of USC medical support staff 

and runner pick-‐up 

12 box trucks (24 to 28 feet in length) for on-‐course sponsor signage 

6 box trucks (24 to 28 feet in length) for finisher medals and Mylar blankets 

6 panel vans for late supplies 

2 panel vans to handle Cheer Alley and post-‐race food & fluids 

There are more than 600 portable restrooms for runner use located along the 

entire course and at the start and finish lines. 

It takes a lot of people and things to support a 26.2-‐mile race on city streets, 

including, but not limited to: 

14 forklifts 

35 garden hoses 

42 waterless hand-wash 

units 

50 pounds of Vaseline 

78 trucks/vans 

110 radios 

175 buses 

200 rakes 

220 tents 

600+ portable toilets 

593 chairs 

940 tables 

1,600 trash boxes 

2,500 bike-‐rack 

barricades 

3,300 bandages 

5,000 feet of fence 

panels 

5,200 ibuprofen 

tablets 

6,000 volunteers 

10,000 zip ties 

25,000 bagels 

32,500 bananas 

55,000 gallons of 

Arrowhead water 

72,000 half-‐liter 

Arrowhead water 

bottles 

1,220,000 cups 

The ASICS LA Marathon would not be possible without the support of more than 

6,000 volunteers during the two-‐day NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo and on race 

day to lend a hand and cheer on participants. There are nearly 60 different 

volunteer assignment roles, including registration, staffing water and medical 

stations, distributing race bibs and goodie bags, gear check and information 

ambassadors. While the majority of our volunteers live in California, we have 

volunteers who come from as far as New Hampshire, Maryland, Ohio, and even 

internationally to show their support. 

Race Support 

Throughout the course, runners will find an extensive program of support services. 

Locations of hydration and medical stations 

Mile 

Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain 

Spring Water Station 

1 Sunset Blvd, just north of Marion Ave 

2 Broadway, mid-‐block between Cesar 

Chavez Ave and Ord St 

3 Main St, near Cesar Chavez Ave 

4 Grand Ave, between 1st St and 2nd St 

5 Bellevue Ave, just east of Douglas St 

Keck Medical Center of USC 

Medical Station 

6 Sunset Blvd and Mohawk St Sunset Blvd. and Rosemount 

Ave. 

7 Sunset Blvd, between Vendome 

St and Westerly Terrace 

8 Hollywood Blvd, between 

Virgil Ave and Lyman Pl 

9 Hollywood Blvd, between Hobart 

Blvd and Serrano Ave 

Sunset/Hollywood/Prospect – 

small park area 

10 Hollywood Blvd, west of Bronson Ave Hollywood Blvd and Gower St. 

11 Hollywood Blvd, just east of Highland 

Ave 

12 Sunset Blvd, between Vista St and 

Gardner St 

13 Sunset Blvd, west of Hayworth Ave 

Sunset Blvd. and Gardner St. 

14 Sunset Blvd, west of Sunset Plaza Dr San Vicente Blvd. and Cynthia St 

15 Santa Monica Blvd, between Ramage 

St and Willey Ln 

16 Little Santa Monica Blvd, between 

Rexford Dr and Crescent Dr 

Burton Way and Rexford in 

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17 Little Santa Monica Blvd, just west of 

Charleville Blvd 

18 Santa Monica Blvd, between Thayer 

Ave and Fairburn Ave 

19 Santa Monica Blvd, East of Veteran 

Ave centered at Kelton Ave 

20 VA Grounds – Dowlen Dr in front of 

American Red Cross 

Santa Monica Blvd and 

Westholme Ave 

Ohio Ave, west of Sepulveda Blvd 

On-‐Course Entertainment 

Naturally, a race held in the entertainment capital of the world must have a major 

entertainment component. The ASICS LA Marathon is known for its start-‐to-‐finish 

entertainment program to encourage runners and to celebrate the city’s 

diversity. More than 35 bands, 500+ cheerleaders, 5 entertainment centers and 

nearly half of the official charities will have programs on the course, celebrating the 

triumph of each marathoner. 

Bands 

21 VA Grounds – Eisenhower Dr, just 

west of Wadsworth Theatre 

22 San Vicente Blvd, just west of Bundy 

Dr 

23 San Vicente Blvd, between 25th St 

and 24th St 

San Vicente Blvd and Gretna 

Green Wy 

24 San Vicente Blvd, west of 16 th St San Vicente Blvd and 11th St 

25 Ocean Ave, just past Marguerita Ave 

Electrolyte drinks provided by Ultima Replenisher will be provided at every odd 

mile, beginning at mile 3. 

Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain Spring Water and Ultima Replenisher 

electrolyte-‐replacement stations will close on a schedule based on a 14 minutes-per-‐mile 

pace. Late stations on miles 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25 will remain open for 

water service until 3:00 p.m. Each station is staffed by at least 150 volunteers. 

Medical stations are staffed with volunteer physicians, nurses and assistants, 

coordinated by the Keck Medical Center of USC. In addition to the on-‐course 

stations, medical support will be available at the finish line. 

Mylar blankets (commercially known as “Heat Sheets”) will be available for every 

runner at the finish line. 

Runners who stop and cannot continue the race on miles 7-‐23 will be picked up by 

one of 13 vans from the support stations, and taken to the post-‐race area in the 

Civic Center North lot in Santa Monica. 

Mile Location Cross-‐Street Name 

1 Dodger Stadium Start Line Emerald Society 

1 Dodger Stadium Parking Area G San Pedro HS Band 

1 Elysian Park Ave Stadium Way Big Hotel 

3 Main St 1st St Adams Attic 

4 Temple Street Figueroa Run2Win 

5 Temple Street N Boylston Street DJ da 1 stop & Rock the Scene 

5 Temple Street N Bixel St Run2Win 

5 Bellevue Ave Echo Park Ave Run2Win 

6 Glendale Blvd Montrose Street Run2Win 

6 Sunset Blvd Benton Way Born Promise 

7 Sunset Blvd N Reno Street Shakeh 

7 Sunset Blvd Santa Monica Blvd Anders-‐Royal 

8 Hollywood Blvd N Edgemont St 

Mary Lind Recovery Center 

Choir 

9 Hollywood Blvd N Mariposa Ave Mr. Banjo 

10 Hollywood Blvd Wilton Place Hard Six 

10 Hollywood Blvd N Van Ness Ave Power 106 

10 Hollywood Vine Flight 2DA Light 

11 Hollywood Whitley Ave WSS Street Team 

12 Sunset La Brea Senergy 

12 Sunset La Brea Blind Like Sam 

12 Sunset Blvd N Stanley Ave 

Raquel Rodriguez & The Big 

Guys 

13 Sunset Blvd Havenhurst DJ Carmin Wong 

15 Doheny Drive Melrose Ave Break On Through 

15 Doheny Drive Rosewood Ave 100.3FM The Sound 

15 Doheny Drive Burton Way LA River Swim Team 

17 Rodeo Drive Brighton Way The Mason Affair 

17 Wilshire Blvd S. Roxbury Drive Eagle Spirit Dancers 

18 Santa Monica S Ave of the Stars Zen Boogie 


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19 Santa Monica Manning Drum Beats 

19 Santa Monica Veteran DJ Coalcut 

19 Santa Monica Camden Ave Stunt Road 

20 Sepulveda Blvd Ohio Ave Ronny North 

20 Sepulveda Blvd Ohio Ave Felis 

21 San Vicente Blvd Barrington Ave Tommy Mora Band 

21 San Vicente Blvd Barrington Ave Ann Likes Red 

26 San Vicente Ocean Core 

For more information on a specific band, 

please visit www.lamarathon.com/event/course-‐entertainment. 

Entertainment Centers 

Mile Location Location Name 

2 Broadway Alpine St. Chinatown 

4 1 st St. Grand Ave. The Hongo Taiko School 

7 Sunset Blvd. Fountain Ave. Earlez Grille 

8 Hollywood Blvd. Prospect Ave. Salvadorans 

Chinatown 

For the third year, Chinatown will celebrate with the ASICS LA Marathon by bringing 

out the East Wind Foundation for Youth. They will provide a cultural performance of 

Lion Dancing with live music accompaniment. The Chinatown Entertainment Center 

is always very loud, festive, and fun! Come celebrate this Year of the (Water) Snake 

and cheer on runners just after they’ve begun their race! 

Hongo Taiko School 

For more than 20 years, Los Angeles Matsuri Taiko, a premier Japanese taiko drum 

ensemble, has supported runners near mile 4 next to Disney Concert Hall. They seek 

to raise the level of intensity and enjoyment of taiko for themselves, as well as the 

audience, by striving for a high level of group unity. They are dedicated to the 

advancement of the art of taiko drumming with a deep respect of traditional 

Japanese culture and spirit. The Japanese taiko drum ensemble has been a staple of 

the marathon and is well-‐loved by its runners. 

Earlez Grille 

Earlez Grille is a famous hot dog restaurant founded two decades ago by brothers 

Cary and Duane Earle. What started out as a hot dog cart in the Crenshaw Santa 

Barbara Plaza has evolved into a thriving restaurant and successful catering 

business in the heart of the Crenshaw district at Jack's Chili Factory. They offer hot 

dogs, sandwiches, burgers, tamales, Jamaican patties, chicken wings, ol' school 

coffee cakes, vegan & veggie fare and much more. 

Salvadorans 

The Salvadoran Community has been a part of the ASICS LA Marathon for 16 years. 

They bring their popular musical entertainment to Mile 8 at Hollywood Boulevard 

and Prospect Avenue. 

Official Cheer Zones 


17 Rodeo Dr. Dayton Way Beverly Hills Cheer Zone 

18 Little Santa Monica Blvd. Moreno Dr. Cheer Alley 

Beverly Hills Cheer Zone 

Cheer on runners at the glamorous Rodeo Drive and Dayton Way and be 

entertained by local musicians while browsing booths of local businesses and 

sampling treats throughout the morning. 

“Cheer Alley” 

Cheer Alley will be located at South Santa Monica and Moreno, just outside Beverly 

Hills, near mile 18. This year, more than 500 cheerleaders on 20 squads will 

compete for a $2,500 purse prize ($1,250 for first place, $750 for second place and 

$500 for third place). This is the fourth year of the competition. Each squad will 

perform their 2-‐minute routine, and then will line the streets to cheer on runners. 

Squads will be judged on overall spirit, creativity, showmanship and uniform. 

As of March 1, the cheer teams participating in the 2013 competition include: 

Beverly Hills Tigers 

City of Bell Gardens 

Dorsey High School 

Griffith Middle School 

Griffith Middle School 2 

Hollenbeck Middle School 

Huntington Middle School 

John Marshall Senior HS 

Lindbergh Middle School 

Lindsey Middle School 

Patrick Henry K-‐8 School 

Stevenson Middle School 

Thomas Edison Middle School 

Washington Middle School 

Monroe Middle School 

Mt. Vernon Middle School 

San Fernando High School 

Franklin High School 

Ramona Opportunity High School 

Virgil Middle School 


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Charities on the Course 

Nearly half of the marathon’s charities will be showcasing their programs on the 

course, celebrating the individual triumph of each marathoner while providing 

entertainment: 


6 Sunset Blvd N. Alvarado St The Dream Center 

7 Sunset Blvd Silver Lake Blvd Blind Children's Center 

7 Sunset Blvd Lucile Ave JDRF 

7 Sunset Blvd Myra Ave Team In Training 

9 Hollywood Blvd N. Western Ave UDLA 

St. Jude Children's Research 

11 Hollywood Blvd N. Wilcox Ave Hospital 

11 Hollywood Blvd Schrader Blvd The Pablove Foundation 

11 Hollywood Blvd N. Las Palmas Ave Fulfillment Fund 

12 Sunset Blvd N. Alta Vista Blvd Stand Up To Cancer 

13 Sunset Blvd N. Laurel Ave ARC 

N. Crescent 

13 Sunset Blvd Heights Blvd Team In Training 

15 Doheny Drive Rangely Ave Team to End Aids (T2) 

15 Doheny Drive Alden Dr Child S.H.A.R.E. 

16 Burton Way N. Elm Dr LA Running Club 

16 Santa Monica Blvd N. Rodeo Dr Concern Foundation 

18 Santa Monica Blvd Comstock Ave Let's Erase the Stigma 

18 Santa Monica Blvd S Beverly Glen Kids are 1st 

18 Santa Monica Blvd Holmby Avenue Kitten Rescue 

19 Santa Monica Blvd Prosser Ave The Painted Turtle 

19 Santa Monica Blvd Selby Ave Beit T'Shuvah 

19 Santa Monica Blvd Glendon Ave CATS 

19 Santa Monica Blvd Westwood Blvd Connections for Children 

19 Sepulveda Blvd Kelton Ave Fulfillment Fund 

19 Santa Monica Blvd Sepulveda Blvd Hostelling International USA 


Asian American Drug Abuse 

20 Ohio Ave Beloit Ave Program 

21 Ohio Ave Bonsall Ave Rover Rescue 

21 Bringham Ave San Vicente Blvd Hirshberg Foundation 

22 San Vicente Blvd Montana Ave Girls on the Run-‐LA County 

22 San Vicente Blvd S. Carmelina Ave Team in Training 

22 San Vicente Blvd S. Canyon View Dr Real Medicine Foundation 

22 San Vicente Blvd S. Bristol Ave SRLA 

23 San Vicente Blvd Moreno Avenue Rebuilding Together 

23 San Vicente Blvd 26th Street Corazon de Vida Foundation 

23 San Vicente Blvd 23rd Street Peacock Foundation 

23 San Vicente Blvd 20th Street Train 4 Autism 

24 San Vicente Blvd 16th St U.S. Fund for UNICEF 

24 San Vicente Blvd Lincoln Blvd Race for Veronika's Place 

25 Ocean Ave Alta Ave Team Parkinson 


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Finish Line and Post-‐Race Celebration 

Cheer the runners as they take their final steps towards the finish line in Santa 

Monica at California and Ocean Ave. Afterwards, join them in a post-‐race 

celebration in true St. Patrick’s Day form, at the Michelob Ultra Beer Garden located 

on Santa Monica between Ocean and 2 nd Ave. 

Press, Radio and Television Coverage 

A massive program of media coverage will beam the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon to a 

worldwide audience on television, on radio and over the Internet. 

Television 

KTLA Los Angeles (channel 5) will broadcast the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon for the 

fourth year in a row, carrying live, high-‐definition coverage of the race from 6:00 

a.m. to 11:00 a.m., which will also be streaming live on KTLA.com. The race will be 

rebroadcast on Universal Sports outside of Los Angeles at 12:00 p.m. PST. 

Production will be managed by New York-‐based IMG Media, with Steve Mayer 

serving as executive producer and Bruce Treut as director. 

Race-‐day coverage will kick off with the ASICS LA Marathon Pre-‐Show, airing on 

KTLA from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. The Pre-‐Show, anchored by Chris Burrous, will 

blend the morning’s news, weather, and traffic updates pre-‐race coverage, and 

feature a countdown clock to the start of the race. The beginning of the wheelchair 

race will also be covered in the Pre-‐Show, as it begins prior to 7:00 a.m. Megan 

Henderson will act as the Pre-‐Show’s remote anchor, and will report from the Start 

Line between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. 

A total of 18 cameras will provide pictures of the race from every angle, including 

cameras fixed on the men’s and women’s leaders, in the main pack of runners, on 

the course, and overhead from the KTLA-‐5 helicopter. 

As in 2012, KTLA sports anchor Derrin Horton will provide the mile-‐by-‐mile call of 

the race, with veteran running analyst Toni Reavis, who has provided commentary 

for all 26 prior ASICS LA Marathons. Liberte Chan will join Derrin and Toni in the 

studio as co-‐anchor. 

Chris Schauble will once again report from the race itself, both at the Start Line and 

the Finish Line, and will also host the ASICS LA Marathon Awards Ceremony. KTLA 

reporters Eric Spillman, Gayle Anderson, and Lu Parker will also provide coverage 

from several locations throughout the race course. 

U.S. Olympic marathoner Ed Eyestone (1988 and 1992) will provide commentary on 

the men’s elite field, with U.S. Air Force Academy head cross-‐country coach (and 

1996 U.S. Olympic 1,500-‐meter runner) Julie Henner following the women. Andy 

Potts will act as the “Runnin’ Reporter”, reporting in as he runs along the route of 

the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon. 


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KTLA is the third Los Angeles-‐area station to be the television home of the 

Marathon. KCOP (Channel 13) showed the first 16 races from 1986 through 2001, 

followed by KNBC (Channel 4) for eight races from 2002-‐2009 and now KTLA for 

2010-‐13. 

Additionally, the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon will be rebroadcast on Universal Sports. 

Radio 

For the fifth consecutive year, the Marathon will be broadcast live from start to 

finish on the radio, starting at 5:00 a.m. Monarch Sports will produce the show, 

which will air on Clear Channel station AM 570 KLAC (www.am570radio.com) and 

be streamed live on the station’s Web site. Emmy Award-‐winning broadcaster Geoff 

Nathanson will host the race day broadcast along with Fox Sports West track & field 

analyst Tom Feuer, a five-‐time marathon finisher. The broadcast will feature live 

traffic and weather updates, a play-‐ by-‐play of the women’s race, the 

wheelchair/handcrank race, and the men’s’ race, plus live interview reports and 

features. American marathon star Milena Glusac (a 2:31:14 performer and 2001 

U.S. Half Marathon champion), along with Time Warner Cable sportscaster Randy 

Rosenbloom, will provide live on-‐the-‐course coverage of the elite field. Veteran LA 

radio host Leo Quinones will offer interviews of celebrity ASICS LA Marathoners, 

while Scott Calfas returns to provide on-‐site reports along the final mile on Ocean 

Avenue in Santa Monica. Leyla Gulen of KCBS2 television also returns to monitor 

traffic and weather throughout the morning, both on the broadcast and on Twitter. 

Internet 

Enjoy the Marathon live during the entire race weekend, with features on the ASICS 

LA Marathon’s own Web site, www.lamarathon.com. In addition, you can stay 

completely up to date with Marathon news as it happens by following the race on 

Twitter (@lamarathon)! 

NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo 

The marathon’s NutriBullet Health & Fitness Expo will take place on Friday, March 

15 th (10 a.m.-‐7 p.m.) and Saturday, March 16 th (9 a.m.-‐6 p.m.). The expo will host 

more than 150 exhibitors featuring brand-‐new designs in running apparel and 

shoes, as well as the latest developments in sports, fitness and nutrition. All runners 

will be able to pick up their Participant Packet at the Expo. The two-‐day expo is free 

and open to the public. It will be hosted in the South Hall of the Los Angeles 

Convention Center in Downtown LA (1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 

90015). Admission is free and parking is available on-‐site. 

LA Big 5K 

In 1990, a 5K run was initiated alongside the marathon to offer a shorter version of 

the race and promote fitness. A surprising total of 1,956 runners of all ages showed 

up for the inaugural edition, won by Mexico’s Jesus Herrera (14:48) and Chris 

McNamara (USA, 16:12) on an essentially flat course that finished in the Los Angeles 

Memorial Coliseum. Since then, the event has become a fixture of race weekend. In 

2013, the LA Big 5K Run sponsored by Big 5 Sporting Goods will be held on 

Saturday, March 16, at 8:00 a.m., beginning and ending at Dodger Stadium. The 

start line will be the same as the Marathon’s start line, and the race will finish in Lot G. 

LA Big 5K registration ($35) will be available online through March 8, and then at 

the Expo on March 15 and on the morning of the race (beginning at 6:30 a.m.) for 

$40. 

Recent winners of the LA Big 5K (all U.S. unless otherwise indicated): 

Year Finishers Men’s Winner & Time Women’s Winner & Time 

2012 2,657 Ankur Tarneja, 16:49 Annabel Clarke, 19:45 

2011 2,920 Hollywood Hesch, 16:02 Amy Smith, 19:19 

2010 3,192 Sequeth Barolone, 16:23 Kate Accardo, 18:31 

2009 1,975 Spencer Knight, 16:37 Jenni Johnson, 18:52 

2008 2,137 Derek Tate, 14:46 Ceci St. Geme, 18:02 

2007 2,240 Brian Livingston, 16:38 Ceci St. Geme, 19:19 

2006 2,276 Ben Gomez (MEX), 16:05 Ceci St. Geme, 17:36 

2005 2,417 Juan Valencia, 16:07 Ceci St. Geme, 17:45 

2004 2,334 Juan Valencia, 15:51 Kathy Smith, 17:57 

2003 2,046 Ray Castillo, 15:29 Sita Jones, 17:50 


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LA Big 5K Course Map 

TAB 3: 

THE 

COMPETITORS 


THE COMPETITORS 

Elite Runners 

A highly competitive race is expected from a compact field of 25 elite runners (as of 

March 1), with 17 men and 8 women set to race the 26.2-‐mile course. Though 

Markos Geneti— who set the new race record of 2:06:35 in 2011— is Ethiopian, 

Kenyan men have won this race 13 of the last 14 years. Russian women have 

dominated as well, winning five of the last eight and seven of the last 12. 

TAB 3: 

Below are the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon elite fields as of March 1 (subject to 

change): 

Bib 

# 

MEN 

Name CTZ Hometown Age DOB Best Venue 


1 Simon 

Njoroge 

2 Nicholas 

Chelimo 

KEN Nyahururu 32 10-‐Jul-‐80 2:09:46 Frankfurt 

KEN Ngong Hills 29 8-‐Jan-‐83 2:07:38 Eindhoven 

3 Moses Kigen KEN Eldoret 29 10-‐Jan-‐83 2:07:45 Dubai 

4 Philemon 

Baaru 

KEN Nyahururu 31 20-‐May-‐ 

81 

2:07:49 Kosice 

5 Wegayehu 

Girma 

ETH 

Addis 

Ababa 

24 28-‐Sep-‐ 

88 

2:08:25 Seoul 

6 Weldon 

Kirui 

KEN Kericho 24 2-‐Dec-‐88 2:09:06 Eindhoven 

7 Birhanu 

Bekele 

ETH 

Addis 

Ababa 

31 20-‐Apr-‐ 

81 

2:09:41 Beijing 

8 Demessew 

Tsega 

ETH 

Addis 

Ababa 

25 13-‐Mar-‐ 

88 

2:09:44 Reims 

9 Ernest 

Kebenei 

KEN Kapsabet 28 20-‐Nov-‐ 

84 

2:10:04 Otsu 

10 Ridouane 

Harroufi 

MAR Casablanca 31 30-‐Jul-‐81 2:10:14 Seoul 

11 Erick Mose KEN Toluca, 

Mexico 

26 3-‐Feb-‐87 2:10:40 Torreon 

12 Nick 

Arciniaga 

USA 

Flagstaff, 

AZ 

29 30-‐Jun-‐83 2:11:30 Houston 

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MEN 

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13 Berhanu 

Gedefa 

ETH 

Addis 

Ababa 

26 22-‐Nov-‐ 

86 

14 Julius Keter KEN Kapsabet 24 20-‐Oct-‐ 

88 

15 Vitaliy 

Shafar 

2:11:30 Rome 

2:11:36 Baltimore 

UKR Kiev 31 27-‐Jan-‐82 2:12:07 Eindhoven 

16 Chris Chavez USA Menlo Park 26 9-‐May-‐86 2:20:19 Oly. Trials 

17 Jason 

Simpson 

Bib 

# 

USA 

Monument 

CO 

WOMEN 

28 5-‐Jul-‐84 2:26:55 Duluth 

Name CTZ Hometown Age D.O.B. Best Venue 

SIMON NJOROGE – DEFENDING CHAMPION: 2:12:12 

KENYA 

Age: 32 (Date of Birth: July 10, 1980) 

Residence: Nyahururu, Kenya 

Personal Best: 2:09:46 (Frankfurt, 2007) 

Affiliation: Nike 

Njoroge is the defending champion of the ASICS LA Marathon, having won the 

2012 race with a time of 2:12:12. He finished with a personal best of 2:09:46 

while finishing sixth at the 2007 Frankfurt Marathon. Having had multiple top-‐six 

finishes since 2007, Njoroge finished first at both the 2011 Buenos Aires 

Marathon with a time of 2:10:24 and at the 2010 Tiberias Marathon with a time 

of 2:11:10. 

F1 

Deena 

Kastor 

USA 

Mammoth 

Lakes, CA 

40 14-‐Feb-‐73 2:19:36 London 

NICHOLAS CHELIMO 

F3 

F4 

Colleen De 

Reuck 

Zemzem 

Ahmed 

USA Boulder, CO 48 13-‐Apr-‐64 2:26:35 Berlin 

ETH 

Addis Ababa, 

Ethiopia 

28 27-‐Dec-‐84 2:27:16 Frankfurt 

KENYA 

Age: 29 (Date of Birth: January 8, 1983) 

Residence: Ngong Hills, Kenya 

F5 

F6 

F7 

F9 

Shuru 

Diriba 

Aberash 

Nesga 

Selomie 

Getnet 

Joanna 

Zeiger 

ETH 

ETH 

ETH 

Addis Ababa, 

Ethiopia 

Addis Ababa, 

Ethiopia 

Addis Ababa, 

Ethiopia 

27 22-‐Oct-‐85 2:28:26 Dublin 

27 15-‐Oct-‐85 2:29:47 Reims 

26 1-‐Jan-‐87 2:31:15 Ljubljana 

USA Boulder, CO 42 4-‐May-‐70 2:43:48 Sacramento 

Personal Best: 2:07:38 (Eindhoven, 2010) 

Affiliation: Adidas 

Chelimo earned his first win at the 2010 Nagano Marathon. He came within a 

split-‐second of another win in 2010 at the Eindhoven Marathon, where 

spectators saw a sprint finish among Chelimo, Charles Kamathi and Paul Biwott. 

Chelimo finished second to Kamathi in that race; the winning margin was so 

narrow that Chelimo's new personal best time of 2:07:38 was the same as that 

recorded by the winner. He has since won the Honolulu Marathon twice. 

F10 

Aleksandra 

Duliba 

BLR 

Minsk, 

Belarus 

27 1-‐Jan-‐86 Debut N/A 


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MOSES KIGEN 

KENYA 


Residence: Eldoret, Kenya 

Personal Best: 2:07:45 (Dubai, 2012) 


Kigen won the 2009 Nairobi Marathon, posting a time of 2:10:12. Not only did he 

reach his then-‐personal best and set a course record at that time, but Kigen also 

set these records after recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle 

accident the year before. In his marathon debut, he won in Arizona in the closest 

ever men’s finish at that event by edging out Tekeste Kebede at the line. Both 

men were credited with the same time. 

WEGAYEHU GIRMA 

ETHIOPIA 

Age: 24 (Date of Birth: September 28, 1988) 

Residence: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

Personal Best: 2:08:25 (Seoul, 2010) 


Girma reached his personal best of 2:08:25 in the 2010 Seoul Marathon, finishing 

10 seconds behind the winner. He has competed three times in Seoul, including 

his inaugural marathon in 2009, when he clocked a 2:11.35. Girma also ran the 

2013 Jacksonville Marathon in 2:15:42 and the 2012 Chongqing Marathon in 

2:10:52. He began his running career in 10 km road and half marathons. 

PHILEMON BAARU 

KENYA 

Age: 31 (Date of Birth: May 20, 1981) 

Residence: Nyahururu, Kenya 

Personal Best: 2:07:49 (Kosice, 2012) 

Affiliation: None 

Baaru recorded his personal best of 2:07:49 at the 2012 Kosice Marathon in 

Slovakia last October. He also won the Lewa Marathon (held in a wildlife 

conservatory on a dirt track with quite a few hills and an average altitude of 

5,500 feet) in Kenya last July when he overcame tough competition to finish with 

a time of 2:19:52. 

WELDON KIRUI 

KENYA 

Age: 24 (Date of Birth: December 2, 1988) 

Residence: Kericho, Kenya 


Affiliation: Skechers 

Kirui won his first marathon in Kenya in 2012 at the Kass Marathon. As Kenya is 

home to many of the world’s top runners, the Kass Marathon typically draws 

from a highly competitive field of athletes. Kirui posted a time of 2:17:44. Kirui 

has also finished second in the 2012 LA Marathon with a time of 2:13:40 and 

placed eighth in the 2012 Eindhoven Marathon, where he made a personal best. 


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BIRHANU BEKELE 

ETHIOPIA 

Age: 31 (Date of Birth: April 20, 1981) 


Personal Best: 2:09:41 (Beijing, 2009) 


In 2009, Bekele took fifth in the Beijing Marathon with a time of 2:09:41. The 

following year he finished sixth at the Xiamen Marathon, 13th at the Paris 

Marathon, and was eighth at the World Half Marathon Championships in 

Nanning where he received the bronze medal as part of the Ethiopian team. He 

finished the Firenze Marathon in 2:09:52 in 2011 and 2:10:38 in 2012. 

ERNEST KEBENEI 

KENYA 

Age: 28 (Date of Birth: November 20, 1984) 

Residence: Kapsabet, Kenya 

Personal Best: 2:10:04 (Otsu, 2012) 


Despite a groin injury, Kebenei won the 2011 Nairobi Marathon with a time of 

2:10:54, missing the course record by just 42 seconds. Kebenei went on to reach 

his personal best at the 2012 Otso Marathon in Japan where he finished in 

2:10:04. He came in third place at the 2012 Southport Australia Marathon with a 

time of 2:12:49. 

DEMESSEW TSEGA 

ETHIOPIA 

Age: 25 (Date of Birth: March 13, 1988) 


Personal Best: 2:09:44 (Reims, 2011) 


Tsega came in 20th at the Road Race World Championships in 2006 in Debrecen, 

helping the Ethiopian team to win the bronze medal at that event. He went on to 

win the Reims Marathon in 2011, setting his personal best with a time of 2:09:44. 

Tsega finished third at both the 2012 Houston Marathon with a time of 2:11:13 

and the 2012 Rome Marathon with a time of 2:10:47. 

RIDOUANE HARROUFI 

MORROCCO 


Residence: Casablanca, Morocco 

Personal Best: 2:10:14 (Seoul) 


Harroufi won Washington DC’s Cherry Blossom ten-‐miler with a time of 45:56, 

the fastest time in the event since Simon Rono ran it in 45:51 in 1998. He also 

came ninth at the 2010 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:13:01 and then 

finished ninth in the 2011 Fukuoka Marathon with a time of 2:13:40. His personal 

best came in the 2008 Seoul Marathon when he ran the race in 2:10:14. 


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ERICK MOSE 

KENYA 

Age: 26 (Date of Birth: February 3, 1987) 

Residence: Toluca, Mexico 

Personal Best: 2:10:40 (Torreon, 2012) 


Erick Mose recorded his personal best at the 2012 Torreon Marathon in Mexico 

with a time of 2:10:40, beating his previous time of 2:12:10 in the same race the 

year before. He finished the 2010 Guadalajara Marathon in 2:16:53. Though he 

was born in Toluca, Mexico, he holds Kenyan citizenship. 

BERHANU GEDEFA 

ETHIOPIA 

Age: 26 (Date of Birth: November 22, 1986) 


Personal Best: 2:11:30 (Rome, 2012) 


Gedefa finished fifth in the 2012 Rome Marathon with a time of 2:11:30, his 

personal best. In January, he ran the 2013 Houston Marathon, where he posted 

a time of 2:15:21. His best time for the 15 km distance came in 2012 when he 

ran the Boilermaker Road Race in Utica, NY, in 44:54. 

NICK ARCINIAGA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Age: 29 (Date of Birth: June 30, 1983) 

Residence: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 

Personal Best: 2:11:30 (Houston, 2011) 

Affiliation: N/A 

While Arciniaga once considered himself a miler and middle-‐distance runner, he 

decided to try his hand at the marathon and made his debut at the Chicago 

Marathon in 2006 with a time of 2:16:58. He went on to run his personal best of 

2:11:30 in the 2011 Houston Marathon. He also finished eighth at the 2012 

Olympics Trials and represented the United States at the 2011 World 

Championships in Daegu, South Korea. 

JULIUS KETER 

KENYA 

Age: 24 (Date of Birth: October 20, 1988) 

Residence: Kapsabet, Kenya 

Personal Best: 2:11:36 (Baltimore, 2008) 


Keter’s performances include his victory at the 2008 Baltimore Marathon, where 

he finished with a time of 2:11:56 and a win at the Guadalajara Half Marathon, 

where he covered the distance in 1:02:55. Keter has also won the Hispaniola 

Lowenbrau Half Marathon in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic four 

consecutive times, running the race in 1:05:03 in 2012. 


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VITALIY SHAFAR 

UKRAINE 


Residence: Kiev, Ukraine 



Shafar competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 29 th place in the 

men's marathon. Running the 2012 Barcelona Marathon in a time of 2:14:22, 

Shafar came in 12 th place. He ran the 2011 Bila Tserkva Marathon in 2:15:20 and 

the 2009 Fukuoka Marathon in 2:15:07, but reached his personal best in 

Eindhoven in 2007. 

JASON SIMPSON 



Residence: Monument, Colorado, USA 

Personal Best: 2:26:55 (Duluth, 2012) 

Affiliation: Unattached 

Simpson earned multiple all-‐conference honors when he ran for Truman State 

University. He also posted a personal best time of 2:26:55 last summer at 

Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota and recorded a 4:14 mile a year ago 

at the NYC Fifth Avenue Mile. He is married to two-‐time Olympic qualifier and 

fellow runner, Jenny (Barrington) Simpson. 

CHRIS CHAVEZ 



Residence: Menlo Park, California, USA 

Personal Best: 2:20:19 (Olympic Trials, Houston ’12) 

Affiliation: Bay Area Track Club 

Chavez ran on the University of California, Berkeley track and cross country team 

for four years and was a member of their 2007 cross country team that placed 

16th at the NCAA championships. It wasn’t until he left Cal that Chavez began 

focusing on long-‐distance races. Since then he ran the 2009 San Jose Half 

Marathon in 1:05:13 and placed 15th at the 2010 Half Marathon National 

Championships in Houston with a time of 1:04:35. 


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Elite Field: Women 

ZEMZEM AHMED 

DEENA KASTOR 


Age: 40 (Date of Birth: February 14, 1973) 

Residence: Mammoth Lakes, California, USA 

Personal Best: 2:19:36 (London, 2006) 

Affiliation: ASICS 

A 25-‐time U.S. champion and U.S. record holder for the marathon, Kastor won 

the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, 

Greece. Kastor also holds the U.S. women’s marathon record thanks to her win at 

the 2006 London Marathon when she posted a time of 2:19:36. She also made 

U.S. half-‐marathon history just one year earlier in 2005 when she shattered Joan 

Benoit Samuelson’s long-‐standing American record by 41 seconds with a time of 

1:07:53 in Philadelphia. 

ETHIOPIA 

Age: 28 (Date of Birth: December 27, 1984) 


Personal Best: 2:27:16 (Frankfurt, 2012) 


Ahmed ran a personal best of 2:27:16 in the 2012 Frankfurt Marathon, placing 

sixth in the event. She achieved her half-‐marathon best with a time of 73:31 in 

the 2012 Zhuhai Half Marathon where she came in third place after taking two 

years off from competing. She went on to beat her own time by finishing the 

2013 Houston Half Marathon in 73:25 last January. 

SHURU DIRIBA 

ETHIOPIA 

COLLEEN DE REUCK 


Age: 48 (Date of Birth: April 13, 1964) 

Residence: Boulder, Colorado, USA 

Personal Best: 2:26:35 (Berlin, 1996) 

Affiliation: Colorado Racing 

De Reuck achieved her first major success at the 1995 Honolulu Marathon, 

finishing the race in 2:37:29. She won the Berlin Marathon the next year, posting 

a time of 2:26:35, her personal best. At age 45, she finished 8th overall in the 

2009 Boston Marathon, beating the W40 winner by more than a minute, and the 

next competitor in her own division by 14 minutes. In January 2012, De Reuck ran 

in the 2012 US Olympic Team Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:38:52. 



Personal Best: 2:28:26 (Dublin, 2009) 


Diriba posted a time of 2:34:31 in the 2011 Dublin Marathon and 2:30:08 in the 

2012 Firenze Marathon. She also ran the 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in San 

Diego, finishing in 14 th place with a time of 2:29:09. Her best time yet came in 

2009 at the Dublin Marathon when she ran the race in 2:28:26. 


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ABERASH NESGA 

ETHIOPIA 



Personal Best: 2:29:47 (Reims, 2011) 


Nesga was a part of the team that won the silver medal at the 2012 African Cross 

Country Championships in the Senior Women’s 8 km event. Her team finished 

the race with a time of 1:50:26, Nesga’s personal time was 27:47. She reached 

her personal best time in a marathon at the 2011 Reims Marathon in France with 

a time of 2:29:47. 

SELOMIE GETNET 

ETHIOPIA 



Personal Best: 2:31:15 (Ljubljana, 2009) 

Affiliation: Unattached 

Getnet has competed in several marathons since 2006 when she ran the Rock ‘n’ 

Roll Marathon in Tempe, Arizona with a time of 2:36:55. Since then she has had 

several top-‐six finishes in that race, including second place finishes at the 2007, 

2008, and 2009. Getnet won the 2009 Marathon de la Rochelle Serge Vigot, and 

set her personal best of 2:31:15 at the Ljubljana Marathon in 2009. 

JOANNA ZEIGER 



Residence: Boulder, Colorado, USA 

Personal Best: 2:43:28 (Sacramento, 2012) 

Affiliation: Colorado Racing 

Zeiger was a professional triathlete who exceled at both the longer Ironman 

distance races (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run) and the shorter 

Olympic distance (0.93 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run). Overcoming near 

career-‐ending chronic back injuries in 2004, Zeiger placed second at Ironman 

Canada and at the ITU World Cup Cancun. In 2010, however, Zeiger changed her 

career path to focus solely on running when her triathlon career was brought to a 

halt due to rib injuries she suffered in a bike crash. Zeiger reached her personal 

best at the California International Marathon last December, finishing the race in 

2:43:48 at the age of 41. 

ALEKSANDRA DULIBA 

BELARUS 


Residence: Minsk, Belarus 

Personal Best: Debut 


Duliba is making her marathon debut in the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon. She 

finished the Poznan Half Marathon in 1:14:43 in 2012. Her personal best time in a 

15K race is 56:05 and 33:35 for the 10K distance. 


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Wheelchair Elite Field 

Below are the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon wheelchair elite fields as of March 1 

(subject to change): 

WHEELCHAIR: MEN 

Bib # Name Hometown Age 

101 Krige Schabort Cedartown, GA, USA 49 

102 Michel Filteau 

Saint-‐Jean-‐Baptiste, Quebec, 

Canada 

103 Aaron Gordian Mexico City, Mexico 48 

104 Saul Mendoza Wimberly, TX, USA 45 

46 

WHEELCHAIR: WOMEN 

Bib # Name Hometown Age 

113 Shirley Reilly Tuscon, AZ, USA 27 

114 Shelly Woods Blackpool, England 26 

115 Adriane Hernandez Puebla, Mexico 47 

116 Susannah Scaroni Champaign, Illinois 21 

117 Ivonne Reyes Gomez Mexico City, Mexico 39 

118 Alicia Ibarra Barajas Mexico City, Mexico 32 

126 Mary Thompson Del Mar, CA, USA 52 

105 Martin Velasco Soria Mexico City, Mexico 43 

106 Scott Parson San Jose, CA, USA 53 

107 Rafael Botello Jiminez Manlleu, Spain 34 

108 Richard Colman Highton, Australia 28 

109 Aaron Pike Champaign, IL, USA 26 

110 Brad Ray Loveland, CO, USA 44 

111 Gonzalo Valdovinos Pueblo, Mexico 34 

112 Santiago Sanz Albatera, Spain 32 

119 Laurens Molina Sibaja San Jose, Costa Rica 35 

120 Eric Kaiser Santa Barbara, CA, USA 48 

121 Edwin Figueroa Commerce, CA, USA 41 

122 Grant Berthiaume Tucson, AZ, USA 51 

123 Aaron Roux Tucson, AZ, USA 28 

124 Matt Davis Bowling Green, KY 46 


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Wheelchair Elite Field: Men 

KRIGE SCHABORT – DEFENDING CHAMPION 

United States 

Age: 49 (September 9, 1963) 

Residence: Cedartown, GA 

Personal Best: 1:23:44, Boston (2012) 

2012 ASICS LA Marathon Result: 1 st , 1:39:53 

Originally from South Africa, but now with dual citizenship with the U.S., 

Schabort has been one of the world’s top wheelers for almost a decade. He 

became a wheelchair competitor in 1989 after losing his legs in a bomb 

explosion while serving in the South African military in Angola and moved to 

the U.S. with his wife Caron in 1995. He is the three-‐time defending champion 

of the ASICS LA Marathon, a four-‐time South African Paralympian (1992, 1996, 

2000, 2004) and was the silver medalist in the 2000 Paralympic Marathon in 

Sydney. 

MICHAEL FILTEAU 

Canada 

Age: 46 (December 30, 1988) 

Residence: Saint-‐Jean-‐Baptiste, Quebec, Canada 

Personal Best: 1:24:49, Padua, Italy (2010) 

2012 ASICS LA Marathon Result: 2 nd , 1:44:01 

A veteran internationalist for Canada, Filteau finished 16 th in the 2008 

Paralympics marathon. He won the 2011 Canadian Wheelchair 10km 

Championship as well as the 2007 Ottawa Marathon wheelchair division in 

1:38:30. He set his lifetime best of 1:24:49 with his third place finish in the 

Padua Marathon in 2010 – a time that shattered his previous best of 1:25:42 

set at Padua in 2009. He had a strong 2010 with medals in four races, and 

placed in the top 10 at both the Gasparilla Distance Classic (4 th ) and the 

Peachtree Road Race (9 th ) in 2011. He finished second in the 2012 edition of 

the ASICS LA Marathon with a time of 1:44:01. 

AARON GORDIAN 

Mexico 

Age: 48 (May 4, 1964) 

Residence: Mexico City, Mexico 

Personal Best: 1:28:07, Los Angeles (2002) 

2012 ASICS LA Marathon Result: 3 rd , 1:44:16 

A two-‐time Paralympian and former World Champion, Gordian took home the 

gold medal in the Men’s 5,000m at the 2011 Parapan American Games in 

Guadalajara, Mexico. He has a history of success at the ASICS LA Marathon as 

he placed third in 2012, second in 2011, and won the race in 2009, with several 

top four finishes prior to that. He placed fourth in the Beijing Paralympic 

Marathon in 2008, finished 12 th in the IPC World Championships marathon in 

Christchurch, N.Z. in January 2011, and has also won several medals at other 

distances, including a silver medal in the 5,000m at the Athens Paralympics in 

2004, two silver medals in the 1,500m and 5,000m distances in the 2007 Pan 

American Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

SAUL MENDOZA 


Age: 45 (June 1, 1967) 

Residence: Wimberley, Texas 

Personal Best: 1:21:24, Oita, Japan (1999) 

Mendoza was struck by polio at just six months old, but nevertheless, he got 

involved in numerous sports, including tract at age 15. He is a much-‐decorated 

star of wheelchair competitions, winning six Paralympic medals in six different 

games from 1988-‐2008, including gold medals in the 5,000m race in 1996 and 

in the 1,500m race in 2004. He has won upwards of 40 marathons, including 

seven ASICS LA Marathons, most recently in 2008. Mendoza works with Eagle 

Sportchairs to design products for the disabled community and also partners 

with the Wounded Warrior program to coach wounded or injured marines. 

MARTIN VELASCO SORIA 

Mexico 

Age: 43 (January 5, 1970) 

Residence: Mexico City, Mexico 

Personal Best: 1:35:37, Los Angeles, California (2005) 

2012 ASICS LA Marathon Result: 4 th , 1:44:23 

Velasco is a winner of three bronze medals at the 2011 Parapan American 

Games in the 800m, 1,500m, and 5,000m). He has competed in the ASICS LA 

Marathon in the past, notching his best finish, 4 th , in last year’s race to follow 

up a fifth place finish in 2008, a sixth place finish in 2007, and a seventh place 

finish in the 2005 edition of the race. Velasco has also represented Mexico in 

the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, and the 2012 Paralympics in London. 

SCOTT PARSON 


Age: 53 (May 22, 1959) 

Residence: San Jose, California 

Personal Best: 1:34:59, Los Angeles, California (2009) 


Parson began competing in wheelchair events after he became a paraplegic as 

a result of breaking his back in a freak accident in May of 1991. He completed 

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took up racing again in 2007 to maintain fitness. He is a previous winner of the 

P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Tempe, Arizona as well as the Rock ‘n’ 

Roll Marathon in San Diego. Parson has also been a fixture near the top of the 

ASICS LA Marathon results as he has finished in the top five in the event for 

four years in a row, including a fifth place finish in 2012, fourth in 2011, second 

in 2010, and third in 2009. 

RAFAEL BOTELLO JIMINEZ 

Spain 

Age: 34 (February 23, 1979) 

Residence: Manlleu, Spain 


Botello holds the Spanish records for 800m, 5,000m, and 10,000m on the track, 

in addition to records in the 5K and the marathon on the road. He has been in a 

wheelchair since a spinal cord injury sustained in a bicycle accident in 2002, and 

began competing in wheelchair races in 2003. Botello has represented Spain in 

two World Championships and two Paralympic Games, narrowly missing a top-‐ 

10 finish in the marathon in Beijing in 2008. 

RICHARD COLMAN 

Australia 

Age: 28 (November 28, 1984) 

Residence: Highton, Australia 

Personal Best: 1:44:40, Melbourne Marathon (2011) 

Richard Colman is a Paralympic sprinter born with spina bifida. He has 

represented Australia in the Paralympic games three times, Athens in 2004, 

Bejing in 2008 and London in 2012. Colman is a seven time medalist in the 

Paralympic games and a world record breaker in the 2004 Paralympics in the 

800m. Colman was born in Norway but moved to Australia at a young age 

where he found a passion for the Australian Football League, basketball and 

swimming. He was the first wheelchair goal empire in Australia’s Geelong 

League. 

Wheelchair Elite Field: Women 

SHIRLEY REILLY– DEFENDING CHAMPION 


Age: 27 (May 29, 1985) 

Residence: Tucson, Arizona 

Personal Best: 1:37:36, Boston (2012) 

2012 ASICS LA Marathon Result: 1 st , 1:57:09 

A veteran of the ASICS LA Marathon, Reilly successfully defended her 2011 title 

in 2012 winning in 1:57:09. She also won the race in 2006, clocking in at 

1:55:23, came second in 2005 (1:51:51), third in 2008 (2:09:56) and second 

again in 2010 (2:03:30). A two-‐time Paralympian, she was seventh in the Beijing 

Paralympic marathon in 2008 (1:40:26) and has been a steady finisher in the 

top races nationwide, including a win (with Christina Ripp) in Columbus in 2005, 

a win in the Boston Marathon in 2012, two third place finishes at that Boston 

Marathon in 2006 and 2009, and a second place finish in Boston in 2010. Reilly 

is a Native American who was born in Alaska, with congenital damage to her 

spine. After finishing high school in Los Gatos, California, she moved to Arizona 

to join the University of Arizona’s wheelchair Track and Road Racing Team. 

SHELLY WOODS 

Great Britain 

Age: 26 (June 4, 1986) 

Residence: Blackpool, England 


The holder of six British wheelchair records, Woods set the 1500m world 

record in 2010 with a time of 3:21.2. She has been the runner-‐up in the New 

York four times, most recently in 2011. She earned two medals at the 2008 

Paralympics, taking the silver in London. Woods has won the London, Paris and 

ASICS LA Marathons, and she took the bronze medal in a demonstration 800 

meters at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. 

SUSANNAH SCARONI 


Age: 21 (May 16, 1991) 

Residence: Champaign, Illinois 

Personal Best: 1:50:06, Grandma’s Marathon (2012) 

Susannah Scaroni, originally from Tekoa, Washington, is a student at the 

University of Illinois majoring in Dietetics. One of Susannah’s goals is to help 

athletes understand how nutrition impacts one’s peak potential. Scaroni 

competed in numerous events last year, including the Illinois half marathon 

where she placed second, the Boston Marathon when she placed fifth with a 

time of 1:50:44, and second in the Grandma’s Marathon with a time of 1:50:06. 


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In 2011, Scaroni finished the Bank of America Chicago Challenge in a time of 

2:02:51 to finish in 7 th place. In 2008, Susannah competed in her first 

Paralympic games, finishing 8 th in a time of 1:58:37. 

ARIADNE HERNANDEZ 

Mexico 

Age: 47 (September 29, 1965) 

Residence: Puebla, Mexico 

Personal Best: 1:44:29, Padova Marathon (2008) 


Ariadne has appeared in several ASICS LA Marathons, including back-‐to-‐back 

wins in 2001 and 2002 and more recently a second place appearance in 2008. 

She also participated in both the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games and the 2004 

Athens Paralympic Games, winning a silver medal in the 5,000m and a bronze 

in the 800m and 1,500m races in Sydney. She placed third in the 800m 

Wheelchair event at the 9 th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2003 in 

Paris, and second in the same event two years earlier in Edmonton. 

TAB 4: 

RECORDS AND 

RESULTS 


RECORDS AND RESULTS 

Race Results 

Year Men Women 

1986: 

March 9 

1. Ric Sayre, USA: 2:12:59 

(race record) 

2. Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzania: 

2:13:27 

3. Rod Dixon, New Zealand: 2:14:48 

4. Eberhard Weyel, West Germany: 

2:18:00 

5. Gary Tuttle, USA: 2:18:05 

1. Nancy Ditz, USA 2:36:27 


2. Christa Vahlensieck, West 

Germany: 2:36:37 

3. Magda Hands, Belgium: 2:38:25 

4. Marciela Hurtado-‐Fuentes, 

Mexico: 2:42:10 

5. Laurie Madison, USA: 2:51:01 

TAB 4: 

Masters: 

1. Kjell-‐Rick Stahl, Sweden: 2:19:20 

Wheelchair: 

1. Bob Molinatti, USA: 2:16:36 

Masters: 

1. Harolene Walters, USA 2:57:26 

Wheelchair: 

1. Candace Cable-‐Brookes, USA 

2:23:10 


1987: 

March 1 

1. Art Boileau, Canada: 2:13:08 

2. Ric Sayre, USA: 2:13:38 

3. Jose Gomez, Mexico: 2:14:31 

4. Artemio Navarro, Mexico: 2:14:46 

5. Ivo Rodriguez, Brazil: 2:14:48 

1. Nancy Ditz, USA: 2:35:24 


2. Sylvia Mosqueda, USA: 2:37:40 

3. Maria Trujillo, Mexico: 2:37:49 

4. Christa Vahlensieck, West 

Germany: 2:40:11 


Masters: 

1. Victor Mora Garcia, Colombia: 

2:19:44 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ted Vance, Canada: 1:54:06 

Masters: 

1. Barbara Fituze, USA: 2:47:21 

Wheelchair: 

1. Candace Cable-‐Brookes, USA: 

2:05:45 

1988: 

March 6 

1. Martin Mondragon, Mexico: 

2:10:19 (race record) 

2. Jesus Herrera, Mexico: 2:10:40 

3. Mark Plaatjes, ex-‐South Africa: 

2:10:41 

4. Carlos Retiz, Mexico: 2:11:30 

5. Manuel Vera Canelo, Mexico: 

2:13:12 

Masters: 

1. Bob Schlau, USA: 2:19:27 

Wheelchair: 

1. Bob Molinatti, USA: 1:56:35 

1. Blanca Jaime, Mexico: 2:36:11 


3. Jillian Costly, New Zealand: 2:37:12 

4. Christa Vahlensieckm West 

Germany: 2:39:29 

5. Sharon Higgins, New Zealand: 

2:41:51 

Masters: 

1. Harolene Walters, USA: 2:54:18 

Wheelchair: 


2:19:38 

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1989: 

March 5 

1990: 

March 4 

1991: 

March 3 


2. Pedro Ortiz, Colombia: 2:13:28 

3. Ernest Tjela, Lesotho: 2:14:30 

4. Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzania: 

2:15:32 

5. Greg Meyer, USA: 2:16:46 

Masters: 

1. John Campbell, New Zealand: 

2:17:51 

Wheelchair: 

1. Jim Knaub, USA: 1:46:52 

1. Pedro Ortiz, Colombia: 2:11:54 

2. Antoni Niemczak, Poland: 2:12:05 

3. Peter Fonseca, Canada: 2:12:07 

4. Mark Plaatjes, USA: 2:13:44 


Masters: 


2:20:15 

Wheelchair: 

1. Moustapha Badid, France: 1:45:40 

1. Mark Plaatjes, USA: 2:10:29 

2. Daniel Boltz, Switzerland: 2:11:10 

3. Eddy Hellebuyck, Belgium: 2:14:14 


2:14:33 

5. Juan Juarez, Argentina: 2:15:20 

1. Zoya Ivanova, USSR: 2:34:42 


2. Rosa Mota, Portugal: 2:35:27 

3. Olga Dourinina, USSR: 2:40:25 

4. Gretchen Lohr-‐Cruz, USA: 2:41:41 

5. Marie Ellena Reyna, Mexico: 

2:42:49 

Masters: 

1. Carol Mather, USA: 3:02:57 

Wheelchair: 


2:07:03 

1. Julie Isphording, USA: 2:32:25 


2. Lizanne Bussieres, Canada: 2:33:44 

3. Helen Moros, New Zealand: 

2:36:44 

4. Graziella Striuli, Italy : 2:36:48 

5. Lorraine Hochella, USA: 2:37:23 

Masters: 

1. Graziella Striuli, Italy: 2:36:48 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ann Cody-‐Morris, USA: 2:03:49 

1. Cathy O’Brien, USA: 2:29:38 

2. Marcia Narloch, Brazil: 2:32:42 

3. Olga Markova, USSR: 2:33:27 

4. Alevtina Naumova, USSR: 2:33:44 

5. Anne Audain, New Zealand: 

2:34:37 

1992: 

March 1 

1993: 

March 7 

1994: 

March 6 

4. Jose Santana, Brazil: 2:14:26 

5. Driss Dacha, Morocco: 2:14:44 

Masters: 

1. Manuel Garcia Perez, Mexico: 

2:25:35 

Wheelchair: 

1. Jim Knaub, USA: 1:40:53 

1. Joseildo Rocha, Brazil: 2:14:29 

2. Jose Santana, Brazil: 2:15:00 

3. Gumercindo Olmedo, Mexico: 

2:15:40 

4. Peter Tshikila, South Africa: 

2:17:22 

5. John Treacy, Ireland: 2:17:28 

Masters: 

1. Dennis Bock, USA: 2:36:32 

Wheelchair: 

1. Jim Mattern, USA: 1:32:15 

1. Paul Pilkington, USA: 2:12:13 

2. Luca Barzaghi, Italy: 2:12:52 

3. Andrezaj Krzyscin, Poland: 2:13:21 

4. Marnix Goegebeur, Belgium: 

2:13:23 

5. Gumercindo Olmedo, Mexico: 

2:13:33 

Masters: 

1. Gregg Horner, USA: 2:34:20 

Wheelchair: 

1. Philipe Couprie, France: 1:34:52 

4. Valentina Egorova, CIS: 2:29:41 

5. Lizanne Bussieres, Canada: 2:31:24 

Masters: 

1. Sandra Marshall, USA: 3:02:47 

Wheelchair: 

1. Connie Hansen, Denmark: 1:57:11 

1. Lyubov Klochko, Ukraine: 2:39:49 

2. Carole Rouillard, Canada: 2:41:09 

3. Lutsia Belaeva, Russia: 2:44:26 

4. Maddie Tormoen, USA: 2:53:13 

5. Judy Mercon, USA: 2:55:01 

Masters: 

1. Candy Dodge, USA: 3:03:10 

Wheelchair: 


1. Olga Appell, USA: 2:28:12 

2. Emma Scaunich, Italy: 2:37:05 

3. Olga Youdenkova, Belarus: 2:40:24 

4. Olga Mitchourina, Russia: 2:46:01 

5. Marina Jones, USA: 2:50:19 

Masters: 

1. Emma Scaunich, Italy: 2:37:05 

Wheelchair: 


1992: 

March 1 

Masters: 


2:14:33 

Wheelchair: 

1. Jim Knaub, USA: 1:40:43 

1. John Treacy, Ireland: 2:12:29 

2. Joselido Rocha, Brazil: 2:12:54 

3. Peter Renner, New Zealand: 

2:14:13 

Masters: 

1. Priscilla Webb, Great Britain: 

2:40:20 

Wheelchair: 


1. Madina Biktagirova, CIS: 2:26:23 


2. Ramilia Burangulova, CIS: 2:28:12 

3. Kerstin Pressler, Germany: 2:29:40 

1995: 

March 5 

1. Rolando Vera, Ecuador: 2:11:39 

2. Bob Kempainen, USA: 2:11:59 

3. Martin Pitayo, Mexico: 2:12:49 

4. Arturo Barrios, USA : 2:14:47 

5. Mark Plaatjes, USA : 2:15:41 

Masters: 

1. John Bednarski, USA: 2:36:40 

Wheelchair: 

1. Paul Wiggins, Australia: 1:36:06 

1. Nadia Prasad, France: 2:29:48 

2. Anna Rybicka, Poland: 2:32:59 


4. Aniela Nikiel, Poland: 2:34:51 

5. Kirsi Rauta, Finland: 2:41:46 

Masters: 

1. Alfreda Iglehart, USA: 3:13:29 

Wheelchair: 

1. Jean Driscoll, USA: 1:52:51 


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1996: 

March 3 

1997: 

March 2 

1998: 

March 

29 

1. Jose Luis Molina, Costa Rica: 

2:13:23 

2. Alfredo Vigueras, Mexico: 2:13:26 

3. Julio Hernandez, Colombia: 

2:14:50 

4. Vladimir Kotov, Belarus: 2:15:30 

5. Luis Carlos da Silva, Brazil: 2:17:04 

Masters: 

1. Hugo Juarez, Guatemala: 2:33:26 

Wheelchair: 

1. Heinz Frei, Switzerland: 1:27:10 

1. El-‐Maati Chaham, Morocco: 

2:14:15 

2. Tesfaye Bekele, Ethiopia: 2:14:21 

3. Juan Salvador, Mexico: 2:16:08 

4. Jacinto Lopez, Colombia: 2:17:41 

5. Margarito Ramirez, Mexico: 

2:18:27 

Masters: 

1. Yoshio Ishizuka, USA: 2:36:14 

Wheelchair: 

1. Saul Mendoza, Mexico: 1:37:27 

1. Zebedayo Bayo, Tanzania: 2:11:21 

2. Jonathan Ndambuki, Kenya: 

2:11:25 

3. Simon Lopuyet, Kenya: 2:11:41 

4. Philip Chirchir, Kenya: 2:12:25 

5. Alejandro Cruz, Mexico: 2:12:27 

Masters: 

1. Peter Rischl, Switzerland: 2:31:53 


2. Lucia Rendon, Mexico: 2:34:55 

3. Maria Carmen Diaz, Mexico: 

2:35:18 

4. Iglandini Gonzalez, Colombia: 

2:35:19 

5. Danuta Batoszek, Poland: 2:36:27 

Masters: 

1. Lorraine Gersitz, USA: 3:11:50 

Wheelchair: 


1. Lorna Kiplagat, Kenya: 2:33:49 

2. Irina Bogacheva, Kyrgyzstan: 

2:34:20 

3. Tatyana Dzabrailova, Ukraine: 

2:35:49 

4. Marina Belayewa, Russia: 2:40:03 

5. Elfenesh Alemu, Ethiopia: 2:40:56 

Masters: 

1. Philomena Chandra, USA: 3:03:10 

Wheelchair: 

1. Louise Sauvage, Australia: 1:49:22 

1. Lorna Kiplagat, Kenya: 2:34:03 

2. Maura Viceconte, Italy: 2:34:13 

3, Hellen Kimaiyo, Kenya: 2:35:48 

4. Irina Kazakova, Russia: 2:35:58 

5. Valentina Enaki, Moldova: 2:37:24 

Masters: 

1. Candy Clark, USA: 3:08:56 

1999: 

March 

14 

2000: 

March 5 

2001: 

March 4 

5. Johannes Maremane, South 

Africa: 2:14:19 

Masters: 

1. Federico Yax, Guatemala: 2:32:19 

Wheelchair: 


1. Benson Mutisya Mbithi, Kenya: 

2:11:55 

2. Mark Yatich, Kenya: 2:16:43 

3. Peter Ndirangu, Kenya: 2:17:42 

4. Simon Bor, Kenya: 2:20:12 

5. Christopher Cheboiboch, Kenya: 

2:20:41 

Masters: 

1. Marco Ortiz, USA: 2:27:33 

Wheelchair: 


1. Stephen Ndungu, Kenya: 2:13:13 

2. Ben Kimondiu, Kenya: 2:15:13 


2:15:23 

4. Fredrick Chumba, Kenya: 2:17:06 

5. Sergey Fedotov, Russia: 2:17:20 

Masters: 

1. Raymond Baradas, USA: 2:38:43 

Wheelchair: 


Masters: 

1. Judy Maguire, USA: 2:54:12 

Wheelchair: 

1. Deanna Sodoma, USA: 2:03:44 

1. Jane Salumae, Estonia: 2:33:33 

2. Nuta Olaru, Romania: 2:35:14 

3. Maria Portilla Cruz, Peru: 2:35:24 

4. Aurica Buia, Romania: 2:45:42 

5. Yoshie Yasuda, Japan: 2:46:29 

Masters: 

1. Judy Maguire, USA: 2:58:21 

Wheelchair: 


1. Elena Paramonova, Russia: 2:36:58 


3. Ramilia Burangulova, Russia: 

2:37:46 

4. Lucia Subano, Kenya: 2:38:10 

5. Gadissa Edato, Ethiopia: 2:43:35 

Masters: 

1. Teresa Boches-‐Saban, USA: 

3:05:20 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ariadne Hernandez, Mexico: 

2:04:30 

1999: 

March 

14 

Wheelchair: 




2. James Bungei, Kenya: 2:10:43 

3. Christopher Cheboiboch, Kenya: 

2:13:49 

4. Gezahenga Abera, Ethiopia: 

2:13:59 

Wheelchair: 

1. Kazu Hatanaka, Japan: 1:56:55 

1. Irina Bogacheva, Kyrgyzstan: 

2:30:32 

2. Svetlana Zakharova, Russia: 

2:32:54 

3. Alla Zhilayeva, Russia: 2:33:41 


5. Yoshie Yasuda, Japan: 2:40:24 

2002: 

March 3 


2. Raymond Chemwela, Kenya: 

2:12:19 


2:12:32 

4. Noah Bor, Kenya: 2:16:17 

5. James Karanja, Kenya: 2:17:38 

1. Lyubov Denisova, Russia: 2:28:49 

2. Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2:30:26 

3. Anna Pichrtova, Czech Republic: 

2:33:25 

4. Constantina Dita, Romania: 

2:33:58 



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2002: 

March 3 

2003: 

March 2 

2004: 

March 7 

Masters: 

1. Jose Diaz, USA: 2:41:07 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa: 

1:28:44 

1. Mark Yatich, Kenya: 2:09:52 



2:11:12 

4. Charles Seronei, Kenya: 2:11:23 

5. Takashi Horiguchi, Japan: 2:12:06 

Masters: 

1. Robert Leonardo, USA: 2:40:46 

Wheelchair: 


1. David Kirui, Kenya: 2:13:41 

2. Simon Wangai, Kenya: 2:13:47 

3. Matthew Birir, Kenya: 2:14:25 

4. Onesmus Kilonzo, Kenya: 2:14:49 

5. Wilson Kibet, Kenya: 2:15:15 

Masters: 

1. Reynaldo Ramirez, Mexico: 

2:35:38 

Masters: 


2:30:26 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ariadne Hernandez, Mexico: 

1:55:01 


2:29:40 

2. Lioudmila Kortchaguina, Russia: 

2:30:18 

3. Zivile Balciunaite, Lithuania: 

2:33:22 


5. Irina Safarova, Russia: 2:34:23 

Masters: 


2:29:40 

Wheelchair: 

1. Cheri Blauwet, USA: 1:50:06 


2:30:17 

2. Tatiana Titova, Russia: 2:33:39 


2:34:41 

4. Anna Pichrtova, Czech Republic: 

2:35:12 

5. Anastasia Ndereba, Kenya: 2:35:20 

Masters: 

1. Tatiana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2:30:17 

2005: 

March 6 

2006: 

March 

19 

2007: 

March 5 

Masters: 

1. Ezquiel Hernandez, USA: 2:45:01 

Wheelchair: 

1. Kurt Fearnley, Australia: 1:30:11 

1. Benson Cherono, Kenya: 2:08:40 


2. Laban Kipkemboi, Kenya: 2:10:08 


4. Thomas Omwanga, Kenya: 2:11:47 

5. Habte Jifar, Ethiopia: 2:12:39 

Masters: 

1. Jose Ortiz Pina, USA: 2:33:23 

Wheelchair: 

1. Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa: 

1:24:48 

1. Fred Mogaka, Kenya: 2:17:14 

2. Moses Kororia, Kenya: 2:17:18 

3. Christopher Kipjego, Kenya: 

2:18:21 

4. Christopher Kipkoech Rutto, 

Kenya: 2:18:45 

5. Wilson Komen, Kenya: 2:20:39 

Masters: 

1. Yoshihisa Hosaka, Japan: 2:49:06 

Wheelchair: 

1. Kurt Fearnley, Australia: 1:23:40 

Masters: 

1. Tatiana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2:31:05 

Wheelchair: 


1. Lidiya Grigoryeva, Russia: 2:25:10 


2. Gete Wami, Ethiopia: 2:25:26 



5. Irina Safarova, Russia: 2:34:45 

Masters: 

1. Lyudmyla Pushkina, Ukraine: 

2:41:15 

Wheelchair: 

1. Shirley Reilly, USA: 1:55:23 


2:37:54 

2. Alena Vinitskaya, Belarus: 2:42:54 

3. Abeba Tola, Ethiopia: 2:45:16 

4. Jennifer Derengo, Kenya: 2:48:40 

5. Nathalie Higley, USA: 2:51:39 

Masters: 


2:37:54 

Wheelchair: 

1. Shelly Woods, Great Britain: 

1:50:55 

2005: 

March 6 

Wheelchair: 

1. Joel Jeannot, France: 1:27:08 

1. Mark Saina, Kenya: 2:09:35 

2. Ben Maiyo, Kenya: 2:09:45 



5. Wesley Kimutai, Kenya: 2:15:22 

Wheelchair: 





2:28:10 

3. Hellen Kimutai, Kenya: 2:28:36 

4. Dire Tune, Ethiopia: 2:30:48 

5. Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 2:31:05 

2008: 

March 2 

1. Laban Moiben, Kenya: 2:13:50 

2. Christopher Kiprotich, Kenya: 

2:14:19 

3. Khalid Kamal Yaseen, Bahrain: 

2:15:24 

4. Augustus Kavuta, Kenya: 2:16:01 

5. Franklin Tonorio, Kenya: 2:16:29 

Masters: 

1. Fermin Sequen, Guatemala: 2:34:33 

1. Tatyana Aryasova, Russia: 2:29:09 

2. Yuliya Gromova, Russia: 2:34:12 

3. Jacqueline Nytipei, Kenya: 2:37:47 

4. Albina Gallyamova, Russia: 2:37:50 

5. Mary Ptikany, Kenya: 2:40:12 

Masters: 

1. Tatiana Titova, Russia: 2:51:32 


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2008: 

March 2 

2009: 

May 25 

2010: 

March 

21 

Wheelchair: 


1. Wesley Korir, Kenya: 2:08:24 


2. Tariku Jufar, Ethiopia: 2:09:12 


4. Muguleta Wami, Ethiopia: 2:10:49 

5. Negari Terfa, Ethiopia: 2:10:53 

6. Benjamin Limo, Kenya: 2:14:38 

7. Fekadu Lemma, Ethiopia: 2:15:12 

8. Isaac Arusei, Kenya: 2:17:54 

9. Moses Kororia, Kenya: 2:19:48 

10. Diego Colorado, Colombia: 

2:20:38 

Masters: 

1. Sergio Fausto, USA: 2:38:37 

2. Yoshihara Hosaka, Japan: 2:39:31 

3. Martin Rindahl, USA: 2:43:13 

Wheelchair: 

1. Aaron Gordian, Mexico: 1:31:19 

2. Joshua George, USA: 1:34:59 

3. Scott Parson, USA: 1:34:59 


2. Richard Limo, Kenya: 2:09:48 

3. Paul Samoei, Kenya: 2:09:54 


5. Albert Matbor, Kenya: 2:10:52 

6. David Tarus, Kenya: 2:11:46 

7. Tariku Jufar, Ethiopia: 2:11:49 

8. Kasine Adilo, Ethiopia: 2:12:16 

9. Thomas Kiplitan, Kenya: 2:14:05 

10.Macdonald Ondara,Kenya:2:14:10 

Masters: 

1. Juan Ramirez, USA: 2:39:32 

2. James Maynard, USA: 2:41:06 

3. Luca Foglia, Switzerland: 2:44:47 

Wheelchair: 

1. Krige Schbort, South Africa: 

1:31:51 

2. Scott Parson, USA: 1:38:32 

3. Michel Filteau, Canada: 1:42:01 

Wheelchair: 


1. Tatiana Petrova, Russia: 2:25:59 

2. Amane Gobena, Ethiopia: 2:26:53 

3. Silvia Skvortsova, Russia: 2:38:35 

4. Lyubov Morganova, Russia: 

2:29:42 

5. Irene Mogaka, Lemya: 2:30:10 

6. Alice Chelangat, Kenya: 2:31:56 

7. Martha Markos, Ethiopia: 2:33:30 

8. Rehima Kedir, Ethiopia: 2:36:55 

9. Kim Duclos, USA: 2:44:32 

10. Lesley Guillermo, USA: 2:54:31 

Masters: 

1. Carista Strickland, USA: 3:14:07 

2. Chikako Shimaoka, USA: 3:19:01 

3. Kricia Garcia, USA: 3:20:05 

Wheelchair: 

1. Amanda McGrory, USA: 1:48:13 

2. Sandi Rush, USA: 2:35:47 

3. Jacqui Kapinowski, USA: 3:00:42 

1. Edna Kiplagat, Kenya: 2:25:38 

2. Teyba Naser, Ethiopia: 2:26:20 

3. Silvia Skvortsova, Russia: 2:27:20 

4. Tiki Gelana, Ethiopia: 2:28:28 

5. Ashu Kasim, Ethiopia: 2:35:44 

6. Linda Somers Smith, USA: 2:36:33 

7. Elza Kireeva, Russia: 2:38:43 

8. Kim Duclos, USA: 2:41:57 

9. Caroline Chepkoir, Kenya: 2:44:31 

10. Cheryl Smith, USA: 2:45:19 

Masters: 

1. Linda Somers Smith, USA: 2:36:33 

2. Lisa Fink, USA: 3:03:07 

3. Lisa Veneziano, USA: 3:07:32 

Wheelchair: 



3. Sandi Rush, USA: 2:28:59 

2011: 

March 

20 

2012: 

March 

18 

1. Markos Geneti, Ethiopia: 2:06:35 


2. Nicholas Kamakya, Kenya: 2:09:26 

3. Laban Moiben, Kenya: 2:13:12 


5. Jason Gutierrez, Colombia: 2:13:24 

6. Benjamin Maiyo, Kenya: 2:14:27 


8. Miguel Nuci, USA: 2:18:33 

9. Daniel Rojas, USA: 2:20:12 

10. Shadrack Biwott, Kenya: 2:20:28 

Masters: 

1. Juan Jose Ortiz Jauregui, Mexico: 

2:43:24 

2. Roberto Leonardo, USA: 2:45:02 

3. Matt Ebiner, USA: 2:47:00 

Wheelchair: 

1. Krige Schabort, South Africa: 

1:33:15 



1. Simon Njoroge, Kenya: 2:12:12 

2. Weldon Kirui, Kenya: 2:13:40 

3. Stephen Muange, Kenya: 2:15:35 

4. Hailu Seifu, Ethiopia: 2:17:49 

5. David Mandago, Kenya: 2:18:43 

Masters: 

1. Nicholas Bowden, USA 2:38:19 

2. Ricardo Ramirez, USA 2:40:38 

3. Hector Hernandez, USA 2:43:55 

Wheelchair: 

1. Krige Schabort, South Africa: 

1:39:53 

2. Michel Filteau, Canada: 1:44:01 


1. Buzunesh Deba, Ethiopia: 2:26:34 

2. Amy Hastings, USA: 2:27:03 

3. Mare Dibaba, Ethiopia: 2:30:05 

4. Diane Nukuri, Burundi: 2:33:47 

5. Iuliia Arkhipova, Kyrgyzstan: 

2:33:55 

6. Albina Mayorova, Russia: 2:36:43 

7. Mary Akor, USA: 2:37:21 

8. Svetlana Ponomarenko, Russia: 

2:38:56 

9. Eri Okubo, Japan: 2:42:48 

10. Devon Crosby-‐Helms, USA: 

2:43:28 

Masters: 

1. Svetlana Ponomarenko, Russia: 

2:38:56 

2. Joanna Zeiger, USA: 2:48:09 

3. Sally Baker, Great Britain: 2:57:32 

Wheelchair: 


2. Christina Ripp, USA: 2:10:36 


1. Fatuma Sado, Ethiopia: 2:25:39 

2. Misiker Mekonnin, Ethiopia: 

2:28:09 

3. Yeshimebet Tadesse, Ethiopia: 

2:30:46 

4. Iwona Lewandowska, Poland: 

2:31:17 

5. Tetyana Mezentseva: 2:31:20 

Masters: 

1. Tetyana Mezentseva, USA 2:31:20 

2. Aurora Leon, USA 3:05:45 

3. Connie Mendoza, USA 3:06:53 

Wheelchair: 


2. Christina Schwab, USA: 2:19:46 

3. Ivonne Reyes, Mexico: 2:29:41 


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Race Records 

The following record and statistical lists were compiled for all editions of the ASICS 

LA Marathon, on its varying courses from 1986-‐2012. Thus, these are “race records” 

and should not be referred to as “course records”: 

Men 

2:06:35 Markos Geneti, Ethiopia: 2011 

Progression: 

2:12:59 Ric Sayre, USA: 1986 

2:10:19 Martin Mondragon, Mexico: 1988 

2:09:25 Simon Bor, Kenya: 1999 

2:08:40 Benson Cherono, Kenya: 2006 

2:08:24 Wesley Korir, Kenya: 2009 

2:06:35 Markos Geneti, Ethiopia: 2011 

Victories: 

Two: 

Art Boileau, Canada: 1987, 1989 

Stephen Ndungu, Kenya: 2001, 2002 

Wesley Korir, Kenya: 2009, 2010 

ASICS LA Marathon Race Records 

Open Category 

Women 

2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoreva, Russia: 2006 

Progression: 

2:36:27 Nancy Ditz, USA : 1986 

2:35:24 Nancy Ditz: 1987 

2:34:42 Zoya Ivanova, USSR: 1989 

2:32:25 Julie Isphording, USA: 1990 

2:29:38 Cathy O’Brien, USA: 1991 

2:26:23 Madina Biktagirova, CIS: 1992 

2:26:11 Lyubov Denisova, Russia: 2005 

2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoreva, Russia: 2006 

Victories: 

Two: 

Nancy Ditz, USA: 1986, 1987 

Lyubov Klochko, Russia: 1992, 1996 

Lornah Kiplagat, Kenya: 1997, 1998 

Tatiana Pozdniakova,Ukraine: 2003, 

2004 

Lyubov Denisova, Russia 2002, 2005 

Victories: 

Three: 

John Campbell, New Zealand: 

1989, 90, 91 

Men 

1:23:40 Kurt Fearnley, Australia: 2007 

Progression: 

2:16:36 Bob Molinatti, USA; 1986 

1:54:06 Ted Vance, Canada: 1987 

1:46:52 Jim Knaub, USA: 1989 

1:45:40 Moustapha Badid, France: 1991 

1:40:43 Jim Knaub: 1992 

1:32:15 Jim Mattern, USA: 1993 

1:27:10 Heinz Frei, Switzerland: 1996 

1:27:07 Saul Mendoza, Mexico: 2003 

1:24:48 Ernst Van Dyk, S. Africa: 2006 

1:23:40 Kurt Fearnley, Australia: 2007 

Victories: 

Seven: 

Saul Mendoza, Mexico: 

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 

2008 

ASICS LA Marathon Race Records 

Wheelchair Category 

Victories: 

Four: 

Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 

Women 

1:46:09 Jean Driscoll, USA: 1996 

Progression: 

2:23:10 Candace Cable-‐Brookes, USA: 

1986 

2:05:45 Cable-‐Brookes: 1987 

2:03:49 Ann Cody-‐Morris, USA : 1990 

1:57:11 Connie Hansen, Denmark : 1991 

1:56:17 Connie Hansen, Denmark: 1992 



1:46:09 Jean Driscoll, USA: 1996 

Victories: 

Four: 

Candace Cable-‐Brookes, USA: 

1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 

Connie Hansen, Denmark: 

1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 

Cheri Blauwet, USA: 

2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 

Masters Category 

Men 

2:14:33 John Campbell, New Zealand: 

1991 

Progression: 

2:19:20 Kjell-‐Erik Stahl, Sweden: 1986 

2:17:51 John Campbell, New Zealand: 

1989 

2:14:33 Campbell: 1991 

Women 

2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2003 

Progression: 

2:57:26 Harolene Walters, USA: 1986 

2:47:21 Barbara Fituze, USA: 1987 

2:40:20 Priscilla Welch, New Zealand: 1991 

2:37:05 Emma Scaunich, Italy: 1994 

2:30:26 Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 

2002 

2:29:40 Pozdniakova: 2003 


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Fastest Marathons Ever Run in Los Angeles 

MEN 

2:06:35 Markos Geneti, Ethiopia (1) LA Marathon 2011 

2:08:24 Wesley Korir, Kenya (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2009 

2:08:40 Benson Cherono, Kenya (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:09:19 Wesley Korir (1) LA Marathon 2010 

2:09:21 Carlos Lopes, Portugal (1) Olympic Games 1984 

2:09:25 Simon Bor, Kenya (1) Los Angeles Marathon 1999 

2:09:26 Nicholas Kamakya, Kenya (2) LA Marathon 2011 

2:09:32 Tariku Jufar, Ethiopia (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2009 

2:09:35 Mark Saina, Kenya (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2005 

2:09:45 Ben Maiyo, Kenya (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2005 

2:09:48 Richard Limo, Kenya (2) LA Marathon 2010 

2:09:52 Mark Yatich, Kenya (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2003 

2:09:54 Stephen Ndungu, Kenya (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2003 

2:09:54 Paul Samoei, Kenya (3) LA Marathon 2010 

2:09:56 John Treacy, Ireland (2) Olympic Games 1984 

2:09:58 Charles Spedding, Great Britain (3) Olympic Games 1984 

2:10:08 Laban Kipkemboi, Kenya (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:10:19 Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzania (1) Los Angeles Int’l Marathon 1984 

2:10:19 Martin Mondragon, Mexico (1) Los Angeles Marathon 1988 

2:10:29 Mark Plaatjes, USA (1) Los Angeles Marathon 1991 

2:10:35 Simon Wangai, Kenya (3) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:10:40 Joseph Nzau, Kenya (2) Los Angeles International Marathon 1984 

2:10:43 James Bungei, Kenya (2) Los Angeles Marathon 1999 

WOMEN 

2:24:51 Joan Benoit, USA (1) Olympic Games 1984 

2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoryeva, Russia (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:25:26 Gete Wami, Ethiopia (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:25:38 Edna Kiplagat, Kenya (1) LA Marathon 2010 

2:25:39 Fatuma Sado, Ethiopia (1) LA Marathon 2012 

2:25:59 Tatiana Petrova, Russia (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2009 

2:26:11 Lyubov Denisova, Russia (1) Los Angeles Marathon 2005 

2:26:18 Grete Waitz, Norway (2) Olympic Games 1984 

2:26:18 Lyubov Denisova (3) Los Angeles Marathon 2006 

2:26:20 Teyba Naser, Ethiopia (2) LA Marathon 2010 

2:26:23 Madina Biktagirova, CIS (1) Los Angeles Marathon 1992 

2:26:26 Julie Brown, USA (1) TAC Championships 1983 

2:26:34 Buzunesh Deba, Ethiopia (1) LA Marathon 2011 

2:26:53 Amane Gobena, Ethiopia (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2009 

2:26:57 Rosa Mota, Portugal (3) Olympic Games 1984 

2:27:03 Amy Hastings, USA (2) LA Marathon 2011 

2:27:20 Silvia Skortsova, Russia (3) LA Marathon 2010 

2:27:34 Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway (4) Olympic Games 

RECORDS 

1984 

AND RESULTS 

2:28:09 Misiker Mekonnin, Ethiopia (2) LA Marathon 2012 

2:28:10 Zivile Balciunaite, Lithuania (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2005 

2:28:12 Ramila Burangulova, CIS (2) Los Angeles Marathon 1992 

2:27:20 2:28:12 Silvia Olga Appell, Skortsova, USA Russia (1) Los (3) Angeles LA Marathon Marathon 2010 1994 

2:27:34 2:28:28 Ingrid Tiki Gelana, Kristiansen, Ethiopia Norway (4) LA (4) Marathon Olympic 2010 Games 1984 

2:28:09 Misiker Mekonnin, Ethiopia (2) LA Marathon 2012 

2:28:10 Zivile Balciunaite, Lithuania (2) Los Angeles Marathon 2005 

2:28:12 Ramila Burangulova, CIS (2) Los Angeles Marathon 1992 

2:28:12 Olga Appell, USA (1) Los Angeles Marathon 1994 

2:28:28 Tiki Gelana, Ethiopia (4) LA Marathon 2010 

Race Superlatives 

Best marks 

Men: 

Women: 

Race 2:06:35 Superlatives Markos Geneti, Ethiopia: 2011 2:25:10 Lidiya Grigoryeva, Russia: 2006 

2:08:24 Wesley Korir, Kenya: 2009 2:25:26 Gete Wami, Ethiopia: 2006 

2:09:19 Wesley Korir, Kenya: 2010 2:25:38 Edna Kiplagat, Kenya: 2010 

2:08:40 Benson Cherono, Kenya: 2006 

Best 

 

marks 

2:25:39 

 

Fatuma Sado, Ethiopia: 2012 

Men: 2:09:25 Simon Bor, Kenya: 1999 Women: 2:25:59 Tatiana Petrova, Russia: 2009 

2:06:35 2:09:26 Markos Nicholas Geneti, Kamakya, Ethiopia: Kenya: 2011 2:25:10 2:26:11 Lidiya Lyubov Grigoryeva, Denisova, Russia: Russia: 2005 2006 

2:08:24 2:09:32 Wesley Tariku Jufar, Korir, Ethiopia: Kenya: 2009 2009 2:25:26 2:26:18 Gete Lyubov Wami, Denisova: Ethiopia: 2006 2006 

2:09:19 2:09:35 Wesley Mark Saina, Korir, Kenya: Kenya: 2005 2010 2:25:38 2:26:20 Edna Teyba Kiplagat, Naser, Ethiopia: Kenya: 2010 2010 

2:08:40 2:09:45 Benson Maiyo, Cherono, Kenya: Kenya: 2005 2006 2:25:39 2:26:23 Fatuma Madina Sado, Biktagirova, Ethiopia: CIS: 2012 1992 

2:09:25 2:09:48 Simon Richard Bor, Limo, Kenya: Kenya: 1999 2010 2:25:59 2:26:34 Tatiana Buzunesh Petrova, Deba, Ethiopia: Russia: 2009 2011 

2:09:26 2:09:52 Nicholas Mark Yatich, Kamakya, Kenya: Kenya: 2003 2011 2:26:11 2:26:53 Lyubov Amane Denisova, Gobena, Ethiopia: Russia: 2005 2009 

2:09:32 2:09:54 Tariku Stephen Jufar, Ndungu, Ethiopia: Kenya: 2009 2003 2:26:18 2:27:03 Lyubov Amy Hastings, Denisova: USA: 2006 2011 

2:09:35 2:09:54 Mark Paul Samoei, Saina, Kenya: Kenya: 2005 2010 2:26:20 2:27:20 Teyba Silvia Skvortsova, Naser, Ethiopia: Russia: 2010 2010 

2:09:45 2:10:08 Ben Laban Maiyo, Kipkemboi, Kenya: Kenya: 2005 2006 2:26:23 2:28:09 Madina Misiker Mekonnin, Biktagirova, Ethiopia: CIS: 1992 2012 

2:09:48 2:10:19 Richard Martin Mondragon, Limo, Kenya: Mexico: 2010 1988 2:26:34 2:28:10 Buzunesh Zivile Balciunaite, Deba, Lithuania: Ethiopia: 2005 2011 

2:09:52 2:10:29 Mark Yatich, Plaatjes, Kenya: USA: 1991 2003 2:26:53 2:28:12 Amane Ramila Burangulova, Gobena, Ethiopia: CIS: 1992 2009 

2:09:54 2:10:35 Stephen Simon Wangai, Ndungu, Kenya: Kenya: 2006 2003 2:27:03 2:28:12 Amy Olga Hastings, Appell, USA: USA: 1994 2011 

2:09:54 2:10:40 Paul Jesus Samoei, Herrera, Kenya: Mexico: 2010 1988 2:27:20 2:28:28 Silvia Tiki Gelana, Skvortsova, Ethiopia: Russia: 2010 2010 

2:10:08 2:10:43 Laban James Kipkemboi, Bungei, Kenya: Kenya: 1999 2006 2:28:09 2:28:36 Misiker Hellen Kimutai, Mekonnin, Kenya: Ethiopia: 2005 2012 

2:10:19 2:10:52 Martin Albert Mondragon, Matbor, Kenya: Mexico: 2010 1988 2:28:10 2:29:09 Zivile Tatyana Balciunaite, Aryasova, Lithuania: Russia: 2008 2005 

2:10:29 2:10:53 Mark Negari Plaatjes, Terfa, Ethiopia: USA: 1991 2009 2:28:12 2:29:38 Ramila Cathy O’Brien, Burangulova, USA: 1991 CIS: 1992 

2:10:35 2:11:10 Simon Daniel Wangai, Boltz, Switzerland: Kenya: 2006 1991 2:28:12 2:29:40 Olga Kerstin Appell, Pressler, USA: Germany: 1994 1992 

2:10:40 2:11:12 Jesus Benson Herrera, Mbithi, Mexico: Kenya: 2003 1988 2:28:28 2:29:40 Tiki Tatyana Gelana, Pozdniakova, Ethiopia: Ukraine: 2010 2003 

2:10:43 James Bungei, Kenya: 1999 2:28:36 Hellen Kimutai, Kenya: 2005 

2:10:52 Albert Matbor, Kenya: 2010 2:29:09 Tatyana Aryasova, Russia: 2008 

2:10:53 Negari Terfa, Ethiopia: 2009 2:29:38 Cathy O’Brien, USA: 1991 

2:11:10 Daniel Boltz, Switzerland: 1991 2:29:40 Kerstin Pressler, Germany: 1992 

2:11:12 Benson Mbithi, Kenya: 2003 2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdniakova, Ukraine: 2003 


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Men: 

0:02 Mark Yatich (2:09:52) over Stephen 

Ndungo (2:09:54) in 2003 

Closest Finishes 

Women: 

0:10 Nancy Ditz (2:36:27) over Christa 

Vahlensieck (2:13:37) in 1986 

0:03 Jose Luis Molina (2:13:23) over 

Alfredo Vigueras (2:13:26) in 1996 

0:04 Zebedayo Bayo (2:11:21) over 

Jonathan Ndambuki (2:11:25) in 1998 

0:04 Fred Mogaka (2:17:14) over Moses 

Kororia (2:17:18) in 2007 

0:06 El-‐Maati Chaham (2:14:15) over 

Tesfaye Bekele (2:14:21) in 1997 

0:10 Lorna Kiplagat (2:34:03) over Maura 

Viceconte (2:34:13) in 1998 

0:16 Lidiya Grigoryeva (2:25:10) over 

Gete Wami (2:25:26) in 2006 

0:24 Elena Paramonova (2:36:58) over 

Nuta Olaru (2:37:22) in 2001 

0:31 Lorna Kiplagat (2:33:49) over Irina 

Bogacheva (2:34:20) in 1997 

TAB 5: 

0:06 David Kirui (2:13:41) over Simon 

Wangai (2:13:47) in 2004 

0:10 Mark Saina (2:09:35) over Ben 

Maiyo (2:09:45) in 2005 

0:11 Pedro Ortiz (2:11:54) over Antoni 

Niemczak (2:12:05) in 1990 

0:20 Rolando Vera (2:11:39) over Bob 

Kempainen (2:11:59) in 1995 

0:25 John Treacy (2:12:29) over Joseildo 

Rocha (2:12:54) in 1992 

(12 within 0:30; 14 within 0:31) 

Men: 

4:48 Benson Mbithi (2:11:55) over Mark 

Yatich (2:16:43) in 2000 

0:38 Tatyana Pozdniakova (2:29:40) over 

Lioudmila Kortchaguina (2:30:18) in 

2003 

0:42 Edna Kiplagat (2:25:38) over Teyba 

Naser (2:26:20) in 2010 

0:45 Zoya Ivanova (2:34:42) over Rosa 

Mota (2:35:27) in 1989 

0:52 Blanca Jaime (2:36:11) over Magda 

Hands (2:37:03) in 1988 

0:54 Tatiana Petrova (2:25:59) over 

Amane Gobena (2:26:53) in 2009 

(10 within 0:54) 

Largest Margins of Victory 

Women: 

8:53 Olga Appell (2:28:12) over Emma 

Scaunich (2:37:05) in 1994 

CHARITY AND 

COMMUNITY 

2:00 Stephen Ndungo (2:13:13) over 

Ben Kimondiu (2:15:13) in 2001 

5:03 Tatyana Aryasova (2:29:09) over 

Yuliya Gromova (2:34:12) in 2008 

1:52 Stephen Ndungo (2:10:27) over 

Raymond Chemwela (2:12:19) 

Men: 

11 times: Kenya (1999-‐2007; 2010; 2012) 

Sweeps (top 3 from one country) 

5:00 Ramilia Burangulova (2:37:54) over 

Alena Vinitskaya (2:42:54) in 2007 

Women: 

Once: Ethiopia (2012) 


CHARITY AND COMMUNITY 

The ASICS LA Marathon has always been about much more than an invitational race 

for elite runners over the city’s streets. Since its inception in 1986, it has offered 

opportunities for involvement for athletic expression at all levels, for giving back to 

the community and for celebrating the unique nature of the communities all over 

the Los Angeles region. 

Charities 

As the Marathon exploded into a wildly popular civic celebration in its early years, 

the opportunity to reach beyond the streets and help those who are less fortunate 

was realized through the race’s Official Charities program. 

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Beginning with the third race in 1988, charities simply used the race – with the 

encouragement of the organizers – to collect per-‐mile pledges from runners. That 

first effort raised $250,000, which expanded to more than $600,000 in cash and 

services in 1989 and surpassed $1 million in 1990 and each year since. The 

Marathon’s “Million-‐Dollar Morning” for area charities has been an important 

aspect of the race’s connection with the greater Los Angeles community. 

Under the race’s present management, the charity program has expanded— and 

continues to expand. Owner Frank McCourt has set a goal that eventually all 

runners will race on behalf of their favorite charity. During the last several years, 

strides have been made in that direction. 

In 2010, Marathon charities set an all-‐time record of $2 million in donations. The 

enormous success led to the creation of the Marathon’s Charity Challenge, which 

called upon fundraisers to set a new record of $3 million in donations in 2011. 

Contributions passed the $1 million mark in mid-‐February 2011, the earliest date 

ever, and charities ultimately reached the $3 million mark for that year’s race. For 

the 2012 race, total charity contributions set a new record of $3,023,326. 

For the 2013 race, 81 marathon-‐recognized charities will be raising awareness of 

their activities. They have pledged to set an even higher fundraising record of $4 

million. 

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PREMIER CHARITIES 


Let’s Erase the Stigma Educational Foundation 

(LETS) 

www.letsrunla.org 

Public Counsel 

www.publiccounsel.org 

LETS Educational Foundation is a national children’s charity. It is a positive force 

for early education and prevention and saves kids from tomorrow’s issues: crises 

such as bullying, teen suicide, eating disorders, depression, cutting and self-harm, 

substance abuse, and the fear of talking to adults about things that really 

matter. By facing these issues in a positive and constructive format, we help 

youth find solutions among their peers and with adults so that they don’t have to 

bear these difficult burdens alone and in darkness. Suicide is not the solution. 

LETS is. 

Public Counsel is the nation’s largest public interest law firm specializing in 

delivering pro bono legal services to low-‐income communities. Founded in 1970, 

Public Counsel strives to achieve three main goals: protecting the legal rights of 

disadvantaged children; representing immigrants who have been the victims of 

torture, persecution, domestic violence, trafficking, and other crimes; and 

fostering economic justice by providing individuals and institutions in 

underserved communities with access to quality legal representation. 

Lupus LA (SLE Lupus Foundation, DBA Lupus LA) 

www.firstgiving.com/teamlupusla 

Team Life without Lupus is proud to be an official charity of the ASICS LA 

Marathon. Our team provides athletes with an opportunity to make new friends 

and reach their health and fitness goals while helping others in the community. 

In exchange for training and support, you help raise money towards critical 

patient services in the Greater Los Angeles area. You can help families cope with 

this disease as we work towards a cure. 

TEAM TO END AIDS (T2) 

www.apla.org 

TEAM TO END AIDS (T2), the endurance event training program of AIDS Project 

Los Angeles (APLA), is dedicated to improving the lives of those who are affected 

and infected by HIV/AIDS by raising funds to support the programs of APLA. 

Through our fundraising efforts, we raise awareness and encourage everyday 

people to get involved in creating an AIDS free generation. Through endurance 

sport and social activities, we celebrate not only our accomplishments, but also 

honor the lives of the men, women and children taken by HIV/AIDS while also 

supporting those who are affected by HIV. 


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FEATURED CHARITIES 

Team World Vision 

www.worldvision.org 

Asian Pacific American 

Legal Center 

Activities Recreation & 

Care 

Team AMP 

Team World Vision offers a fun and powerful way for you to get in shape and 

fight global poverty. We run to provide clean water for children and families in 

Africa. In countries like Zambia, less than 10% have access to good 

water. Runners understand water—without it, no one survives. Women and 

children walk an average of 10 kilometers to collect water that may carry life-threatening 

diseases. Children miss school to collect water for their families, and 

are at high risk for kidnapping. Just $50 provides one child with water for life. Our 

goal: one child per mile. Yes, it’s intense, but we can do it! That’s 26 people with 

access to clean water. That’s 26 children who are now in school, who are no 

longer at risk for malaria or guinea worm. 

www.apalc.org 

Beit T’Shuvah 

www.arcandadults.org 

Center for Assault 

Treatment Services 

www.runamp.org 

Child S.H.A.R.E. 

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 

Team In Training 

www.teamintraining.org/los 

www.beittshuvah.org 

Concern Foundation 

www.abuse-assaultservices.org 

 

Corazón de Vida 

www.childshare.org 

Courage Campaign 

Institute 

Team In Training (TNT) is the world’s first and largest charity sports training 

program. Over the past 22 years, TNT has trained more than 420,000 

participants, from first-‐timers to seasoned athletes, to complete marathons, half 

marathons, triathlons, 100-‐mile century bike rides, and hiking adventures while 

raising over $1 billion for life-‐saving blood cancer research and patient services. 

TNT provides personal support from professional coaches, inspirational mentors 

and captains, staff, and dedicated teammates every step of the way. The 

community of support, array of sports training options, and the lifesaving cause 

make TNT an unparalleled sports training program. 

www.concernfoundation. 

org 

www.corazondevida.org 

institute. 

couragecampaign.org 


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FEATURED CHARITIES 

PARTICIPATING CHARITIES 

Dream Center 

Foundation for Second 

Chances 

Fulfillment Fund 

A Place Called Home 

American Brain Tumor Association 

Armenian Relief Society 

Kids Are 1st 

Kitten Rescue 

Meals On Wheels West 

Asomugha Foundation 

Next Step Fitness 

Athletes for a Cure – 

Prostate Cancer Foundation 

Neighborhood Housing Services 

of Los Angeles County 

www.dreamcenter.org 

www.ffscinc.org 

www.fulfillment.org 

Bottom Line 

Blind Childrens Center 

Camp Laurel Foundation 

Real Medicine Foundation 

Rebuilding Together 

Rover Rescue 

Los Angeles 

Universal Preschool 

Love and Respect Youth 

Foundation 

Love Without 

Boundaries Foundation 

CancerCare 

Chatsworth Kiwanis Foundation 

Connections For Children 

Run To Win 

Semper Fi Fund 

Sojourn Services 

For Battered Women and Their Children 

Counseling4Kids 

Special Service for Groups 

Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los 

Spina Bifida Association 

www.laup.net 

www.lovewithout 

boundaries.com 

Epilepsy Therapy Project 

Every Mother Counts (EMC) 

Stand Up To Cancer 

Stupid Cancer 

Farm Sanctuary Inc. 

Sunshine Kids Foundation 

Project PLAY! 

St. Jude Children’s 

Research Hospital 

Students Run LA 

Free Wheelchair Mission 

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation 

Susan G Komen Los Angeles County 

Talk About Curing Autism 

Girls on the Run of Los Angeles 

Team Parkinson 

Grassroot Soccer 

The Fregenet Foundation 

www.projectplayla.com 

Hathaway-‐Sycamores 

Child and Family Services 

The Painted Turtle 

The Pablove Foundation 

www.stjude.org 

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF 

www.srla.org 

Hirshberg Foundation 

for Pancreatic Cancer Research 

Hostelling International USA 

The Peacock Foundation 

Toberman Neighborhood Center 

Hurdle Jumpers® 

Train 4 Autism 

Inside Out Community Arts 

UDLA (Unification of Disable Latin 

JDRF 

Veronika’s Place 

Junior League of Los Angeles 

Zimmer Children’s Museum/ youTHink 

Khalili Foundation 

www.pablove.org 

www.unicefusa.org 


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Charity Relay 

The Charity Relay returns to the ASICS LA Marathon for a second year. Runners in 

the relay may join together in support of their favorite charity: one person runs the 

first half of the marathon course while their partner completes it. Each relay runner 

will register with and raise money for one of the ASICS LA Marathon’s official 

charities, and will receive a specially designed relay medal when they finish. 

Taking their place at the starting line with other participants in the 2013 ASICS LA 

Marathon, the first team member will begin at Dodger Stadium and continue 

through Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Echo Park and Silver Lake, passing landmarks 

including the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Pantages Theatre, and Grauman’s 

Chinese Theatre. The relay hand-‐off is located on Sunset Boulevard, just before the 

Sunset Strip, giving the second runner a scenic route toward Rodeo Drive, through 

the federal VA property, onto San Vicente Boulevard toward the finish on Ocean 

Avenue, just steps from the Santa Monica Pier. 

“For those who always dreamed of running right down the middle of the Hollywood 

Walk of Fame, Sunset Strip and Rodeo Drive, but couldn’t commit to training for 

and running the full 26.2 miles, this is a perfect opportunity to experience our 

world-‐class Stadium to the Sea course,” says Race Director Nick Curl. 

Marathon Stories 

The impact of the ASICS LA Marathon on those who run it and those who support 

those runners is undeniable. A few of the stories shared by the thousands of people 

running the 2013 race are listed below: 

Olympian Kastor Comes Home 

American record holder and Olympic Bronze Medalist Deena Kastor is set to return 

home to Southern California for the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon— her first time 

running the race. The 25-‐time USA champion in track, road and cross-‐country races 

grew up in Agoura Hills, and her love of running first took root as an 11-‐year-‐old on 

the trails in Santa Monica Mountains. Kastor, who now lives in Mammoth Lakes, CA, 

has vivid memories of the landmark event that united Los Angeles and led to the 

creation of this race: “Watching Joan Benoit Samuelson win the 1984 Olympic 

Marathon in LA still remains one of the most memorable days of my life,” Kastor 

says. She will compete in a pack of eight elite female runners. 

“LA 28”: L.A.’s Legacy Runners 

A total of 185 “Legacy Runners”— competitors who have completed each ASICS LA 

Marathon since the inaugural race in 1986— will toe the starting line on Sunday, 

March 17.Taken together, their 26 years of racing have covered 154,266 miles, 

equivalent over 6 times around the circumference of the Earth (24,902 miles)! 

One of the visual trademarks of every ASICS LA Marathon are the giant letters 

spelling out “LA” and the race number at the start— a tradition the Legacy Runners 

have carried forward through the years. 

The 2013 ASICS LA Marathon 

Charity Relay finisher’s medal is a 

two-‐piece medal that can be split 

between relay team runners. 

For the first LA Marathon, the family of Elaine Herfert made a large sign and put it 

up in the air so her husband could see where they were in the massive crowd in the 

starting line. The following year, the Herferts brought a sign, ‘LA II,’ thus starting the 

tradition. In 2009, the team changed to numeric numbers instead of Roman 

numerals and changed their logo. Co-‐coordinators Lou Briones and Denny Smith 

and others will carry the giant “LA 28" bright orange signs in front of the 

participants on Sunday. 

Here are some facts about this unique group: 

Of the 185 competitors, 160 are men and 25 are women; the average age 

is 61. 

Of the group, 175 runners are from California while 10 are from other 

states. 

The oldest male runner is Alan Carlisle (Upland, CA) at 83. 

The oldest female runner is Patricia DeVita (Granada Hills, CA) at 79. 

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The youngest female runner is Aimee Wyatt (Cambria, CA) at 43— which 

means that she began running the marathon at age 16! 

Of the 185 Legacy competitors, 180 are runners, three are racewalkers and 

two are wheelchair competitors. 

There are four Legacy Runner couples: 

o Charles and Jane Cutting (runners): Hayden, ID 

o Ricardo and Laura Castenada (runners): South Gate, CA 

o Christa and Russell Sidles (runners): Santa Clarita, CA 

o Susan Lahr and Gordon Niva (runners): Laguna Nigel, CA 

Blessing of the Shoes 

The Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels (555 West Temple Street in Downtown Los 

Angeles) will offer the annual Ceremony for the Blessing of the Running Shoes and 

Participants. Runners are invited to bring their running shoes and gather with the 

Cathedral Clergy on the Upper Cathedral Plaza at 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 

16, for this special blessing. All are welcome to attend and join in this special prayer. 

Students Run LA 

The mission of Students Run LA is to challenge at-‐risk secondary students to 

experience the benefits of goal-‐setting, character development, adult mentoring 

and improved health by providing them with a truly life-‐changing experience: the 

training for, and completion of, the 2013 ASICS LA Marathon. At the beginning of 

the school year, students can inquire about joining the program with the SRLA 

teacher leader at their school. Only students who are in grades 7-‐12 are able to 

participate. Students train with their teacher leaders after school several times a 

week and are entered into community runs once a month. 

The program begins each September and starts with a 2-‐3 mile run, progressing to 

5K, 10K, 15K, half marathon and an 18-‐mile run, intended to safely train and 

prepare them to run the marathon. Each year, more than 95% of the students who 

start the marathon finish the full 26.2 mile course. In order to participate, the 

students are required to obtain parental permission and pass a doctor's physical 

clearing them to run. SRLA arranges for a limited number of free physicals which are 

generously provided by Kaiser Permanente. One hundred percent of the students’ 

entry fees are subsidized; more than 3,000 students will be running this year’s race. 

Sean Astin: “I run 1 st for myself, I run 2 nd for my family, I #run3rd for you.” 

Though he is best known for his roles as Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings 

trilogy and as the title role in Rudy, Sean Astin is also an avid runner; in fact, this will 

be his fourth time running the ASICS LA Marathon. Last year, he began a social 

media campaign on Twitter called “#run3rd”— he encourages anyone who is 

participating in a race to dedicate their run to someone they love, a cause they 

believe in or any positive statement with this tag. “It costs nothing, yet can mean 

everything for any runner…to make a simple dedication, to say that these steps I am 

taking are not mine to own,” he writes. More information on the TEAM #Run3rd 

movement is at run3rd.blogspot.com. 

Julie Weiss: 52 Marathons In 52 Weeks: The End Of The Road 

Last March, Julie Weiss embarked on a mission to run a marathon each week for a 

year—52 in total—to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer, which took 

her father’s life in 2010. She will be reaching her goal at the ASICS LA Marathon, 

and has fundraised over $143,000 to date through www.marathongoddess.com. “I 

wanted to make sure that my final marathon for this year would be my favorite 

race, the ASICS LA Marathon,” says Weiss. “Who wouldn’t want to run the best 

marathon in the world?” 

Christian Alvarado: He’s Blind—And Running His 12 th Marathon 

By the time Christian Alvarado was in high school, he had lost almost all of his vision 

to optic atrophy and was declared legally blind. In 2005, he heard about the ASICS 

LA Marathon and began to train for the race, assisted by a running partner to guide 

him through to the finish line. He now has 11 marathons under his belt and is 

running the 2013 race on behalf of the Fulfillment Fund, a charity that provides 

guidance students in low-‐performing LAUSD high schools towards finishing their 

diplomas and entering college. “I want to demonstrate to the Latino and to the 

disability community that anything is possible with motivation,” he says. 

Larry Rosenblatt: Three Marathons In Six Weeks For Superstorm Sandy Victims 

Larry Rosenblatt lives in one of the areas in New Jersey that was hardest hit by 

Superstorm Sandy last fall. The veteran runner is teaming with his company, 

Synchronoss Technologies, to raise $10,000 for the four children of Richard and 

Elizabeth Everett, who were killed during the storm. Over the next six weeks, he is 

running three marathons across the country; his first stop is the 2013 ASICS LA 

Marathon. Synchronoss will match all donations up to $5,000 on their giving site, 

everettfamilyfund.synchronoss.com. “This is a direct way to help the folks who 

were hurt by the storm—and I think anyone who’s a parent or a child can relate to 

the Everett family’s story,” says Larry. 

Ji Wallace: Silver Medalist Supports Angelenos Who Are Also Affected By HIV/AIDS 

Ji Wallace is world champion trampoline gymnast and won the silver medal for 

Australia at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He was recently diagnosed with 

HIV and was crushed by the diagnosis, until he heard another HIV-‐positive athlete 

talk about how he didn't allow the disease to control his life. Now Ji is on a mission 

to make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS around the world. 

His first step is to run this March with Team to End AIDS (T2), an official charity 

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living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles via apla.convio.net/goto/jiwallace. “I hope that 

the impact I make in LA is one that ripples around the world so that more people 

think about life after an HIV diagnosis, not death," he says. 

Joe Irwin: Army Veteran Turns To Running To Overcome Obesity 

After he left the Army in 1998, Joe Irwin settled into a sedentary lifestyle and 

steadily began to gain weight, reaching nearly 300 pounds in February 2011. To 

address the serious health problems accompanying his obesity, he started a diet 

and exercise regimen that took him through a half marathon that same year, and 

later his first marathon in February 2012. He has also hiked the 212-‐mile John Muir 

trail and completed an Olympic distance triathlon; today, his weight stands at a 

healthy 185 pounds, and he’s training hard to make a new personal best at the 

ASICS LA Marathon. “My experience shows that we are never in such bad shape 

that changing direction is beyond hope,” he says. 

Jason McBeth: Former Foster Youth Champions Scholarship That Changed His Life 

Jason McBeth grew up in foster care, and says that the hardships he faced as a child 

didn’t go away when he was “emancipated” from the system at age 18. After a 

period of homelessness and incarceration, a former counselor referred him to 

Guardian Scholars, a program that provides scholarships and mentorship for youth 

exiting the foster care system. With the support of Guardian Scholars, he earned a 

college degree; he decided to run the ASICS LA Marathon this year to bring 

awareness to the hardships that foster youth face and to raise money for the 

scholarship that changed his life. “I felt that the marathon is a perfect metaphor for 

the highs and lows that foster kids face,” he says. “A college degree prepares you to 

run the race of life on your own terms.” 

Dominic Chiaverotti: Marine Returns from Afghanistan To Run His First Marathon 

First Lieutenant Dominic Chiaverotti’s training regimen for the ASICS LA Marathon is 

quite atypical: “I run laps around the small airstrip at our base, which equates to 

running over the same sand and rocks day after day,” he says. He’s stationed on a 

Marine base in the desert of Afghanistan and has managed to fit his training into an 

already busy schedule advising the Afghan National Army. He’s excited to run his 

first marathon during his two-‐week spring leave. 

Gloria Lau: She’s 62—And She’s Finished A Marathon On Every Continent 

Gloria Lau doesn’t fit the traditional mold of an international athlete: she’s 62, 

works in real estate and is a mother of two. When she was diagnosed with low bone 

density six years ago, she started running to improve her health. After completing 

her first marathon in Perth in 2007, she was hooked: since then, she’s run a 

marathon on every continent, and is the first female Singaporean inductee to the 

Seven Continents Marathon Club. Her health is dramatically improved and she has 

no plans to quit running anytime soon. 

Iliana Crespin: High School Freshman Inspires Her Peers To Run 

Iliana Crespin is a freshman at Bravo Magnet High School in Los Angeles and a 

member of Students Run LA (SRLA), a nonprofit that provides training and 

mentorship for at-‐risk secondary students to prepare for the ASICS LA Marathon 

each year. She completed the marathon last year and discovered a passion for 

running that has motivated her peers to sign up for SRLA this year too. “Running a 

marathon may not be easy, but it is worth it,” she says. “By doing something like 

running 26.2 miles, you are inspiring another student. You are being a role model.” 

She dreams of becoming an Olympic runner one day. 

John Creel: Finished 50 Marathons In 50 States At The Age Of 77 

In 2010, Army Green Berets veteran John Creel set a formidable goal, especially for 

a man in his seventies: to run 50 marathons, one in every state. His wife of 50 years 

was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1995; he is her full-‐time caregiver and 

started running so he would have the strength to lift her from her wheelchair. “My 

wife Ingrid is truly my inspiration for all of this,” he says. He finished the final 

marathon of his 50-‐state journey this past October, and is running the ASICS LA 

Marathon again with his hometown running club to celebrate his accomplishment. 

Marty McNamara: Survivor Of Traumatic Head Injury Inspires Disabled Athletes 

Martin “Marty” McNamara was rendered temporarily paralyzed and permanently 

deaf after a car accident in 1995. Nine years of rehabilitation and training later, he 

crossed the finish line of the 2004 LA Marathon and hopes to inspire the next 

generation of runners who live with disabilities. He has completed 31 marathons to 

date and even founded a running club for disabled runners in his community. 

“Whatever trauma you have faced, you can overcome,” he says. “You can come 

back from anything.” 

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MARATHON CHARITY RELAY RUNNERS 

Once again, the ASICS LA Marathon will offer a charity relay for participants— a 

unique opportunity for people to run half of the race, with a partner running the 

other half. Below is a selection of stories from relay runners. 

John Ball: He Hasn’t Let Parkinson’s Disease Stop Him From Running Marathons 

When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over thirty years ago, John Ball 

turned to running to help manage his symptoms—and has since completed 25 

marathons. In 2000, he co-‐founded Team Parkinson, an official charity partner of 

the ASICS LA Marathon, which has raised over two million dollars towards research 

for a cure for the disease. “My running has raised awareness of the needs of the 

Parkinson’s community,” he says. “What started as a personal ambition to prove 

that I wasn’t disabled by the disease has turned into an opportunity to share my 

story with others who decide to take back control of their lives.” 

KiDSMARATHON 

The seventh annual KiDSMARATHON is the finale of an eight-‐week after-‐school 

program that teaching the value of a healthy lifestyle through running. This event 

will connect more than 5,000 Los Angeles-‐area children ages 7-‐12 with the 2013 

ASICS LA Marathon. The KiDSMARATHON effort is part of the Los Angeles Unified 

School District’s “Beyond the Bell” youth development program. Each participant 

runs approximately three miles per week, alongside other activities such as healthy 

eating, keeping a training diary and involving one or more parents. At the end of the 

eight-‐week program, each student will have run 25 miles. The participants ran the 

last mile of their accumulated marathon program at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, 

March 10 at 9:00 a.m. 

This year, the program has over 25,000 participating students in 145 area schools 

(primarily elementary schools), including: 

Claire Peeps: Breast Cancer Survivor Fulfills Life Goal 

In 2007, Claire was diagnosed with Stage II-‐III breast cancer, and underwent a 

mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. During her 

ordeal, she decided to start checking things off her life bucket list—including 

running a marathon. She completed the 2012 race with the encouragement of her 

family and her running group, and can’t wait to be part of the ASICS LA Marathon 

experience again this year. “I am told that a marathon is about 50,000 steps,” she 

says. “That’s an exhausting prospect, but what a beautiful idea: fifty thousand 

affirmations of YES, fifty thousand jubilant declarations of being alive!” 

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93 rd Street Elementary 



Alexander Science Center 

Alexandria Elementary 

Ambassador Elementary 

Amestoy Elementary 

Angeles Mesa Elementary 

Annalee Elementary 

Anton Elementary 

Apperson Street Elementary 

Ascot Elementary 

Avalon Gardens Elementary 

Baca Arts Academy 

Barrett Elementary 

Belvedere Elementary 

Bertrand Elementary 

Brainard Elementary 

Broadacres Elementary 

Brooklyn Avenue Elementary 

Budlong Elementary 

Calahan Elementary 

Camellia Elementary 

Cantara Elementary 

Capistrano Elementary 

Caroldale Learning Community 

Carson Elementary 

Carson-‐Core Academy 

Catskill Elementary 

Century Park Elementary 

Chandler Elementary 

Chapman Elementary 

Chase Elementary 

Cheremoya Elementary 

Cimarron Elementary 

City Terrace Elementary 

Colfax Avenue Elementary 

Commonwealth Elementary 

Corona Elementary 

Coughlin Elementary 

Dahlia Heights Elementary 

Danube Elementary 

Dayton Heights Elementary 

Del Amo Elementary 

Delevan Drive Elementary 


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Dena Elementary 

Denker Elementary 

Dominguez Elementary 

Eagle Rock Elementary 

Eastman Elementary 

Enadia Way Elementary 

Erwin Elementary 

Escalante Elementary 

Evergreen Elementary 

Fishburn Elementary 

Florence Elementary 

Ford Boulevard Elementary 

Fullbright Elementary 

Garden Grove Elementary 

Gardena Elementary 

Graham Elementary 

Halldale Elementary 

Hamlin Elementary 

Hamasaki Elementary 

Harrison Elementary 

Haskell Elementary 

Heliotrope Elementary 

Hollywood Primary Center 

Hughes Elementary 

Huntington Drive Elementary 

Jones Elementary 

Lane Elementary 

Laurel Elementary 

Leapwood Elementary 

Lemay Elementary 

Lexington Avenue Primary Center 

Liberty Elementary 

Liggett Elementary 

Lillian Elementary 

Loma Vista Elementary 

Lomita Math/Science Magnet 

Lorne Elementary 

Marianna Elementary 

Marvin Elementary 

Maywood Elementary 

McKinley Elementary 

Meyler Elementary 

Miramonte Elementary 

Montara Elementary 

Multnomah Street Elementary 

Nevin Elementary 

Nueva Vista Elementary 

O’Melveney Elementary 

Palms Elementary 

Park Avenue Elementary 

Parmelee Elementary 

Playa Del Rey Elementary 

President Elementary 

Purche Elementary 

Queen Anne Elementary 

Ranchito Elementary 

Rockdale Elementary 

Rowan Elementary 

Russell Elementary 

San Fernando Elementary 

San Pascual Avenue Elementary 

San Pedro Street Elementary 

Santana Academy 

Shirley Elementary 

Sierra Vista Elementary 

Solano Elementary 

Tarzana Elementary 

Toluca Lake Elementary 

Tulsa Elementary 

Tweedy Elementary 

Union Elementary 

Valerio Elementary 

Vanalden Elementary 

Van Deene Avenue Elementary 

Vermont Elementary 

Victoria Elementary 

Vintage Math/Science Magnet 

Virginia Elementary 

Vista Del Valle Elementary 

Wadsworth Elementary 

Walnut Park Elementary 

Weemes Elementary 

West Athens Elementary 

Western Elementary 

White Elementary 

Windsor Math/Science Aero Magnet 

Wisdom Elementary 

Woodlawn Elementary 

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TEAM AND SPONSORS 

Partners and Sponsors 

Our strong lineup of sponsors and partners allow the ASICS LA Marathon to be a 

successful event year after year. This year’s corporate partners include: 

TITLE PARTNER 

ASICS 

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ASICS is the leading manufacturer of running shoes, wrestling shoes, volleyball 

shoes, tennis shoes, soccer boots, walking shoes, performance apparel and 

accessories. ASICS, an acronym derived from the Latin phrase, Anima Sana In 

Corpore Sano – a sound mind in a sound body. Staying true to the philosophy by 

which it was founded, every ASICS innovation, every concept, every idea is 

intended to create the best product. The mission is to become the number one 

brand for sports enthusiast. To accomplish this, ASICS pledges to continue to 

make the best product; striving to build upon our technological advances and 

pushing the limits on what can be learned from the body and its needs in athletic 

gear. For more information, visit www.asics.com. 

PREMIER PARTNERS 

Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain 

Spring Water 

With 36 years of experience providing refreshment in the bottled water segment, 

Nestlé Waters North America is the nation's leading bottled water company. The 

company produces six regional natural spring water brands in the U.S., including 

Arrowhead® Mountain Spring Water. The company's dedication to quality 

products, employee development, bringing shared value to communities, and its 

commitment to environmental stewardship, especially in the areas of water use, 

energy and packaging, has led Nestlé Waters North America to the third largest 

non-‐alcoholic beverage company position in the U.S. 

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PREMIER PARTNERS 

SPONSORS 

NutriBullet 

NutriBullet, America’s top selling appliance, is committed to improving 

worldwide health. NutriBullet LLC is revolutionizing the way we ingest food 

through a process called nutrient extraction, which breaks down fresh, whole 

foods into nutrient dense drinks. These “NutriBlasts” are an easy, affordable and 

delicious way for anyone to include more fruits, vegetables and superfoods into 

their daily diet. To get the most out of your life, you need to get the most out of 

your food…and with just one NutriBlast a day, our customers are looking and 

feeling better than they have in years. 

SPONSORS 

Ultima Replenisher 

Ultima Replenisher is marketed by UHP Products, Inc. 

(www.ultimareplenisher.com), based in New York City. The only sugar-‐free, 

gluten-‐free, vegan, and non-‐GMO performance drink, it is sold in powder form in 

leading health food stores, sports stores, yoga centers, and fitness centers across 

the U.S. 

Keck Medical Center of USC 

The Keck Medical Center of USC is one of only two university-‐owned academic 

medical centers in the Los Angeles area. It consists of Keck Hospital of USC 

(formerly USC University Hospital) and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the private 

hospitals of the University of Southern California. The two USC-‐owned hospitals 

are staffed by more than 500 physicians who are faculty at the Keck School of 

Medicine of USC. 

Big 5 Sporting Goods 

MarathonFoto 

For more than half a century, Big 5 Sporting Goods has outfitted sports 

enthusiasts in Los Angeles and beyond. Although it has grown to 402 stores in 12 

western states, Big 5 is a California company at its core, beginning with five 

stores in Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale, Inglewood, and San Jose. With more 

than 8,000 employees, Big 5 is a sporting goods powerhouse that offers a wide 

range of quality, name-‐brand products at affordable prices, while delivering first-rate 

customer service. 

CLIF Bar 

Clif Bar & Company is a leading maker of nutritious, all-‐natural, organic foods and 

drinks, including CLIF® BAR energy bar, LUNA®, The Whole Nutrition Bar for 

Women®, and CLIF Kid®, Nourishing Kids in Motion®. Focused on sports nutrition 

and healthy snacks, the employee and family-‐owned company is committed to 

sustaining its business, brands, people, community, and the planet. 

MarathonFoto continues to be the premier name in event photography. For the 

past three decades, we have grown and changed to meet the needs of the 

industry. We have improved our approach to documenting events by analyzing 

participant purchase data, continuously training our people and investing in 

photographic and computer technology. 

Michelob ULTRA 

Michelob ULTRA believes in getting out and having fun, which is why we regularly 

support events like these all around the country. With 95 calories, 2.6 carbs and 

one exceptionally smooth taste, we think Michelob ULTRA is the perfect beer to 

enjoy after the finish line. So whatever your goal today, whether it be improving 

your time or just having a good time, we want to congratulate you for getting out 

and living life to the ULTRA. 


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MEDIA PARTNERS 

KTLA 5 

Marathon Team and Staff 

The ASICS LA Marathon is operated under license from the City of Los Angeles by LA 

MARATHON LLC, a company owned by Frank McCourt. 

The men and women whose efforts have produced the 2013 race include: 

The first television station to broadcast west of the Mississippi, KTLA 5 has 

brought award-‐winning television news and entertainment to Los Angeles for 

over 60 years. In 1991, KTLA 5 also became the first station to produce its own 

local morning news program. Currently, KTLA 5 broadcasts more hours of weekly 

local news coverage than any other television station in Los Angeles. 

KTLA 5 recently celebrated their 66th broadcast of the historic Pasadena 

Tournament of Roses Parade. Today, the station broadcasts in high definition to 

a viewership that has grown from being a small, local audience to one that now 

includes viewers from across the US and around the world, numbering in the 

tens of millions. 

Universal Sports 

Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, LP, 

is the premier multi-‐platform media destination for Olympic-‐related sports 

programming in the United States. Offering more than 1,200 hours of original 

programming each year, Universal Sports has exclusive rights to world and 

national championship events in a wide array of sports, including swimming, 

track and field, gymnastics, volleyball, skiing, figure skating and rugby. Whether 

on television, online, or on the go with mobile and tablet applications, Universal 

Sports offers a four-‐screen experience to fans of global sports every day of the 

year. 

Monarch Sports 

Monarch Sports will produce the radio broadcast in conjunction with AM 570 

KLAC and the ASICS LA Marathon. Monarch specializes in producing live events 

and officially licensed products such as the USC Teammate bicycle helmet. 

Monarch is the radio partner for the U.S. Army All-‐American Bowl. For more 

information, please visit www.monarchsportsradio.com. 

Frank McCourt, Chairman 

Jeffrey Ingram, Executive Director 

Howard Sunkin, Executive Director 

Nick Curl, COO and Race Director 

Patrick Byerly, Head of Marketing, Sales & Communications 

Stacy Embretson, Director of Operations 

Kate Stacy Bernal, Marketing Manager 

Maggie Crosby, Marketing Assistant Manager 

Tracy Schuster, Community Relations Manager 

Randolph Garcia, Special Projects Coordinator 

Cliff Rogers, Finance 

Mario Lainez, Finance 

Andrew Kastor, Director of Coaching & Training 

Steve Mayer, Executive Producer– Broadcasting 

Gary Critchlow, Coordinating Producer– Broadcasting 

Bryan Rickards, Expo Sales and Management 

Julio Garcia, 5K Event Producer 

Ashton Stine, Customer Service 

Michelle Woo, Volunteer Coordinator 

Tiffany Adams, Community Relations Assistant 

Carmen Santiago, Operations Assistant 

Tangela Peters, Administrative Assistant 

Perla Aguilar, Marketing Assistant 

Rod Dixon, Founder– Rod Dixon’s Kids Marathon 

Ray Santiago, Transportation and Logistics Coordinator 

William Orr, Elite Athlete Coordinator 

Mike Ouimet, Hotel and Travel Coordinator 

Media relations are handled by Sugerman Communications Group, In Any Event and 

Jan Fambro. 

The Marathon’s offices are located at 871 Figueroa Terrace in Los Angeles (90012); 

telephone: (213) 542-‐3000; facsimile: (213) 542-‐3020; Web site: 

www.lamarathon.com 


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