It’s the 38th Los Angeles Marathon on March 19, and you want to experience, in person, the spectacle when more than 20,000 runners from around the world take on the 26.2-mile course.
Maybe you promised to catch a glimpse or snatch photos of family or friends running? Or you wish to see the elite runners pounding the pavement somewhere along the course from Dodger Stadium to the finish line on Santa Monica Boulevard at Avenue of the Stars in Century City?
Now is the time to plan ahead to find your sidewalk viewing spot.
Wherever you’re starting from, you probably don’t want to drive. Many streets and some freeway off-ramps surrounding the route will be closed beginning in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Plus, where to park will be tricky — unless you’ve planned ahead.
Taking the Metro — the B Line (also known as the Red Line) from the San Fernando Valley, or the L Line (also known as the Gold Line) from the Pasadena area, are two possibilities.
If you’ve never ridden a Metro line, now is the time to study the schedules and plan where you want to be — and when.
The marathon begins at 6:30 a.m. with wheelchair participants, followed at 6:35 a.m. by the handcycle participants (using a cycle that is propelled by hand cranks), followed by the elite women at 6:45, and at 6:55 a.m. the elite men and the full field of runners.
The elite runners, by the way, are so fast that you might want to calculate your street position by reviewing the March 20, 2022 LA Marathon winners finish times. Those times from last year will help you spot the elites in 2023.
Last year, John Korir from Kenya was the men’s winner at 2 hours, 9 minutes and 7 seconds. Delvine Meringor, also from Kenya, flew down the course with her women’s winning time of 2 hours, 25 minutes and 3 seconds.
The 2022 wheelchair winners were Tyler Byers (1 hour, 49 minutes and 16 seconds) for the men’s group, and non-pro wheelchair participant Corey Petersen (3:32:31) for the women’s…
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