LA Marathon

Meb’s backstory

mlc — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Russ sent me this post today from Meb Keflizighi’s brother Hawi. He passionately lays out how much preparation and focus went into Meb’s New York Marathon victory. This is a great piece of inspiration.

From Merhawi Keflezighi:

Meb has done his job and accomplished a lifelong personal and generational industry-wide dream. Now it is up to the rest of us to put this achievement in its proper context.

Meb’s victory in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon is obviously very significant, newsworthy and historical, but it also has a personal element to every individual, organization and other entities involved with Meb (Meb the individual, family, San Diego community, Mammoth, UCLA, Eritreans, Italians, Nike, PowerBar, NYRR, New York City, the Marathon, the running industry, sports media, the running media which has followed Meb for a long time, long time fans, new fans, etc.). With so many affected entities, I don’t expect Meb’s victory to mean the same thing to everyone.

Continues…

2010 LA Marathon route: Elevation Profile

qussidez — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Here’s the mile-by-mile elevation profile. How fast is this finish? Plus, it will get cooler as we head west towards the beach. If I wasn’t working on the event that day, I’d be out there, too!

More route details on our course map page.

Peter

2010 LA Marathon route: Elevation Profile

tww1960 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Here’s the mile-by-mile elevation profile. How fast is this finish? Plus, it will get cooler as we head west towards the beach. If I wasn’t working on the event that day, I’d be out there, too!

More route details on our course map page.

Peter

Here’s the 2010 LA Marathon Route

EntertainmentNews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:55:00 +0000

You’ve seen a video with some of the highlights of our Stadium to Sea route, but now we’ve got the actual turn-by-turn course finished. Here’s a video we put together to show you the way. In addition, we’ve got a detailed Google map on the site, complete with icons along the course. We couldn’t be more excited for all of the runners in this year’s race.

Peter

Rod Dixon 1983 New York victory

workat — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:21:00 +0000

While watching Meb Keflezighi’s inspiring victory last weekend at the New York Marathon, I was reminded of this segment we shot with Rod Dixon earlier this year. In it, he recounts his own thrilling New York victory in 1983. Rod came from behind in the last quarter mile to win the closest race in New York history. I’ve watched this clip many times, and it never gets old. Try watching this and not getting inspired. I dare you!

Peter

Chris McDougall in the house

AKfour seven — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0000

You may have seen my mini-review a couple weeks back of Chris McDougall’s terrific book Born to Run. He was recently in Los Angeles and stopped by LA Marathon HQ to say hi. We talked Chris into sitting down for a quick interview. Here’s what he had to say.

Full course to be announced on Monday, November 9th

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:47:38 +0000

Check back for a detailed Google map of the new Stadium to Sea route.

Qualifying for Boston…In a Dorothy costume

Tramadolovernight — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:23:00 +0000

Not only did our Director of Operations Stacy Embretson run New York this weekend, but she set a PR of 3:38:44 and qualified for Boston. And she did it all while running as Dorothy. How much fun is that? Here’s what Stacy had to say: “The costume was really the best decision ever as I had people cheering for ‘Dorothy’ the entire race. Such a fun experience!!”

Let’s not forget that our President Russ Pillar also ran New York, just 3 weeks after finishing Chicago. Russ also PR’d with a 4:41:49.

Congratulations to both of them!

Peter

Legacy runners gearing up

LAM_Staff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Once again the LA Marathon will host a sizable contingent of Legacy Runners. This amazing group–about 240 strong–has run every single LA Marathon. 24 straight. And 2010 will mark a quarter century of not missing a single edition of the race. Unbelievable. They’ve kicked off their training, and “Legacy” Lou Briones recently sent me this photo of a group of them about to head out for a run at the Rose Bowl. Bravo!

Peter

Legacy runners gearing up

plasticsurgery — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Peter