2013 media guide - LA Marathon

ABOUT THE RACE
ABOUT THE RACE
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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