With cloudy skies and cool temperatures, more than 20,000 participants took to the streets Sunday for the 38th annual Los Angeles Marathon.
Undeterred by cloudy skies and cool temperatures, more than 20,000 participants took to the streets early Sunday as part of the 38th annual Los Angeles Marathon.
Kenya’s Stacy Ndiwa was the first to cross the finish line Sunday in the women’s division, earning $10,000 and clocking in at 2 hours and 31 minutes, followed by Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer, who won the men’s division, finishing at 2 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds. Under marathon rules, elite female runners started the race 18 minutes and 19 seconds ahead of the men.
“Ain’t nobody fresher than my clique - Cyn, Cin, Val,” Moussavy’s pink sign read. Two of her friends, Cynthia and Valerie, were among her bridesmaids, she said. This is Miguel’s first full-marathon, Fuentes said. For the last few months, he has been going to Whittier Narrows Park every Sunday to run ten miles or so, as part of his Student Run LA group. He runs 22 miles a week, Fuentes said.
Smith, who doesn’t run, said she thought O’Shae was crazy when he first talked about running in a marathon, although his dad was an elite sprinter in Ireland. O’Shae runs 18 miles a day to train, Smith said.“I gotta do my mom cheering now,” Smith said, pumping her fists as O’Shae came up the hill. “I shout his name as loudly as I can.”
The goal for Sabrina, 24, was to top her previous best time of 4 hours 43 seconds set at her inaugural marathon of 2021. “I think the goal has changed to just finishing,” her mother said. Sabrina initially planned to take an ice bath after finishing, but there may be a change this year, her mother said, concerned about her daughter’s foot.In Beverly Hills, Kim Desautel said she was the first spectator to arrive to cheer on the runners at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive in Beverly Hills. This is the second year she has come out to show her support.Desautel is a runner herself, but has never run a marathon.
“My husband thought I was insane, but I said, ‘Trust me the body has muscle memory.’ So he dropped me off and I ran it.”
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