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The record number of 25,256 participantsfrom 50 states and 100 countries gatheredin the downtown corridor of high rises,where the race starts and finishessharing the lead, until 34km. Onlyonce he had broken away couldhis mind turn to thoughts ofchasing the women. The battle ofsexes resulted in new courserecords for both Grigoryeva andCherono. Cherono finished only16 seconds adrift, running 3:45short of Paul Tergat’s world record[Grigoryeva was 9:45 short ofPaula Radcliffe’s women’s mark].The business was disposed of atthe head of the race. Beyond that,the Marathon and its associatedevents became a holiday foreverybody. The weekend eventsincluded the 22-mile Acura L.A.Bike Tour at 05.50 and theEmerald Nuts 5km Run/Walk at09.30. In total these attractedmore than 45,000 participants.Thousands of runners completedtheir individual challenge andthen celebrated their achievementwith friends and family at thefinish line.The Family Reunion Area offeredpost-race massage, live music,food and drink. Many regularrunners said they were sure tocome back again because ...it’s theone time a year when the city justall comes together …and that’s avery cool thing.Those who had come to LosAngeles for the first time hadanother marathon ahead of them.They could not miss HollywoodBlvd. There they could comparetheir handprints, and footprints,to legendary stars like MarilynMonroe and John Wayne.They could also take the Walk ofFame (but running is frownedupon) treading on the stars offamous actors and actresses, likeTom Hanks, Denzel Washington,Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Robertsand many more.At the Universal Studios themepark visitors can go “behind thescenes” and learn movie industrysecrets about how special effectsare used to make movies come tolife. Those who take the BacklotTram Tour will experience an 8.3ResultMEN1 Benson CHERONO KEN 2.08.402 Laban KIPKEMBOI KEN 2.10.083 Simon WANGAI KEN 2.10.354 Thomas OMWENGA KEN 2.11.475 Habte JIFAR ETH 2.12.396 Robert KIPROTICH CHERUIYOTKEN 2.14.267 Mikhail KHOBOTOV RUS 2.15.058 Nicholas MUREI KEN 2.15.239 John KAGWE KEN 2.15.3210 Odilon ROJAS MEX 2.16.44WOMEN1 Lidiya GRIGORYEVA RUS 2.25.102 Gete WAMI ETH 2.25.263 Lyubov DENISOVA RUS 2.26.184 Nuta OLARU ROM 2.30.305 Irina SAFAROVA RUS 2.34.456 Tatyana POZDNYAKOVA UKR 2.35.467 Lyudmyla PUSHKINA UKR 2.41.158 Christine LUNDY USA 2.43.149 Supina MAPON USA 2.57.5710 Sarah HALAS USA 2.58.35earthquake, have a close encounterwith the great white shark – Jaws,and swing on the Empire StateBuilding with King Kong.For those who sought moreearthly experience Watts Towersoffered a unique folk-artmasterpiece, a 30m-tall group ofsteel towers, decorated with scrapmetal, bed frames, bottles,ceramic tiles, and thousands ofseashells. One of LA’s famouslocal landmarks, the towers werecreated by a construction workerwho toiled over them in his sparetime for 30 years until theircompletion in 1954… Now thatwas some marathon.DISTANCE RUNNING April – June 200631