Posted by superrefman on December 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
7:30 am: “Brrrr. It’s cold out here!”
Mile 4 in the downtown section of the course
Back on Sunset in Echo Park after a challenging first 8 miles
Doing a TV interview with Fox on Hollywood Blvd.
Mile 15 in front of the legendary Dan Tana’s in West Hollywood
Now joined by Theresa, on the run down Rodeo Drive at Mile 17
Mile 18 at the Century City Mall. Is there a bigger Christmas tree in LA?
Mile 22: The girls find time to pose with Jimmy Dean Freeman at Peet’s on San Vicente
Almost there! Mile 24 on the downhill finishing stretch
Bring it home girls! They cross the finish line at Santa Monica and Ocean Avenue
Today I had the pleasure of following along vicariously as the LA Marathon’s Ginger Williams and Stacy Embretson ran the entire Stadium to Sea route in full costume. Assisted by our volunteer coordinator Manon Levenberg and joined by Theresa Brennan for the second half, they said “Happy Holidays” to about a thousand people on the route. Fox 11 stopped by at a couple locations to get interviews with them, and as if that wasn’t enough of an expedition on this cool and windy day, they stopped at least every mile to shoot photos and document the experience. A huge and creative effort in the name of holiday spirit! I’ll just call them our guerilla goodwill team. Hopefully, you were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of them on the street today. If not, you can see the photographic evidence on our Flickr page.
After the finish, all they could talk about was how amazing this route is. We knew that, of course, but you can’t replace the experience of actually running Stadium to Sea (in a costume!).
Well done, Stacy, Theresa, Ginger and Manon!
Peter
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Posted by auzsidezz on November 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Mark Sheehan from K-Swiss, along with Rod Dixon
Runners on the Westside have a new place to hang out–the new K-Swiss Performance Running shop at 2427 Main Street in Santa Monica. This great new space will serve as something of an LA Marathon clubhouse, and you can look forward to training runs, social events and discount days. In the meanwhile, stop by and say hi to Mark and Joe. Tell them the LA Marathon sent you.
Peter
Posted by admin on August 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Saw this in today’s Wall Street Journal. We’re excited that people far and wide are taking notice of our Stadium to Sea route.
Peter
