With the build-out for next Sunday's Oscars underway, race photographers will be lined up paparazzi style as runners pass under the tent and alongside the giant golden statues outside the Dolby Theatre. The temperatures will reach the lower-60s for most finishers with runners having to contend with headwinds after 10:30 a.m., Bruno said.įrom Dodger Stadium, runners will head through downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Century City, Westwood and Brentwood then back through Westwood to Century City. When the first runner crosses the finish line at Avenue of the Stars in Century City at approximately 9:10 a.m., the temperature is expected to be 59 degrees and mostly sunny with light wind, Dave Bruno, a weather service meteorologist, told City News Service. ![]() The temperature at Dodger Stadium at the start of the race is forecast to be about 55 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy, according to the National Weather Service. ![]() with the elite men and the remainder of the field. for the wheelchair racers, followed at approximately 6:38 a.m. Just like in 2021 when the race was delayed until November because of the coronavirus pandemic, the race will be run on the ``Stadium to the Stars'' course which begins at Dodger Stadium, then heads west to Brentwood, where runners will double back on San Vicente, Sepulveda and Santa Monica boulevards, ending at Avenue of the Stars in Century City. But this year, I felt an overwhelming urge to put myself out there in the unknown and see how it goes.'' ``I couldn't be like everyone else because I had to slow down. ``I had always been insecure about running because of my heart condition,'' said Malicka, a 16-year-old who attends Venice High School. Malicka Taffa said she was inspired to join SRLA because she didn't want her heart condition to restrict her from doing everyday activities and was motivated to try something new and different. More than 95% of the seniors in SRLA graduate from high school with plans to attend college the following fall, 75% of whom are the first in their families to go to college, Smith said. More than 95% of the SRLA participants who attempt the marathon complete the 26-mile, 385-yard course, according to Cassidy Smith, the marketing and communications associate for the free marathon training program offered at more than 185 public schools in the Greater Los Angeles Area. This year's race has drawn 14,300 entrants from age 12 to 88, from 45 nations, all 50 states, including 116 runners who have run all 36 previous editions of the race and nearly 2,500 from Students Run LA who were unable to participate in the training program last year because of coronavirus-related restrictions on in-person gatherings, organizers said. ![]() It was discontinued in 2015 when the race served as the USA Marathon Championships. The race held the gender challenge from 2004 to 2014, with women winning seven times and men four. ![]() The first runner to reach the finish line will receive a $10,000 bonus. The women's elite field will start approximately 18 minutes before the men's, based on the expected men's and women's winning times, which race organizers expect to put the top female and male runners within seconds of each other heading into the final mile. Today's race also marks the return of the gender challenge and runners from the Students Run LA program. LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The 37th edition of the Los Angeles Marathon is underway today for the second time since November, beginning with the wheelchair racers, who will be followed by the elite women and then the elite men.
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