The word of Rod:

“Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”

New website launched!

In case you haven’t seen it, the new LA Marathon site is now up and running. We’ll be making changes and adding things almost continuously between now and race day. Furthermore, keep up to date here for all kinds of breaking news.

Peter

Who here runs with music?

I’m guessing about half of you run to music. And because here at Marathon HQ we love our music, too, we’ve created an iMix at the Apple Music Store. Thirteen fun songs to motivate your workout.

Peter

Raise your hand if you want a technical running shirt

Thanks to the good folks at Honda, every runner this year will receive a technical running shirt. And here’s what it’s going to look like. Many participants have asked about these over the years, and we’re happy to say we’re making this happen. We’re looking forward to seeing these on runners all over.

Peter

A little history, with Toni Reavis

as the voice of the LA Marathon on our KNBC broadcasts, but he’s also a veritable encyclopedia of running knowledge. When I need to know who was the third-placed woman in the 1977 Boston Marathon, I call Toni and not only does he give me her name immediately, but he’s got all of her split times written down. The guy is unbelievable. So we’re lucky to be able to call him a friend of the family here at Marathon HQ. Last time he was in for a visit, we sat him down and recorded him talking about all kinds of things. In the coming months we’ll post a lot of this, and here he is talking about how major-league marathon racing came to be in the US, and how that led to today’s LA Marathon. Great stuff.

Peter

New earlier Marathon start time

The people have spoken, and we have listened. The 2009 LA Marathon will start at 7:20 am. We know many of you have long wanted an earlier start time, and we’re making that happen. This will enable you to spend less time running in the warmer part of the day. We look forward to seeing all of you out there on race day.

Nick

Refund Period Ending

Please note that our refund period will extend until January 31st. After that we'll no longer process refunds due to the date change of the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon.

Russ