Los Angeles Marathon
Los Angeles marathon or LA marathon is very popular annual long distance running event of North America. It is held every year since 1986 after the successful completion of Olympics in Los Angeles, in 1984. It is held in the first week of every March. Los Angeles marathon has most number of spectators as compared to any other marathon. According to official resources about 1000,000 viewers came to see this huge running event last year which is the largest number of viewers in any marathon. The marathon runners were more than 25,000 last year. The official Los Angeles marathon route starts from Downtown Los Angles and passes through Koreatown, Crenshaw district and ends at university of southern California after passing through several small points and land marks. The total length of the LA marathon route is 42.195 kilometers. In 2007 LA marathon xxii was held on 4th March. The main feature of this event was the introduction of some new locations in its course.
After the start of race the runners were passed through the new downhill route, they were passed first time through universal studios Hollywood then Boyle heights which is situated on the east side of Los Angeles. The official sponsor of LA marathon is Honda autos and Banco popular. The official website of LA marathon is serving its browser in many ways. It gives all la marathon results and pervious event stories and histories; it gives all the Los Angeles marathon results details year wise. Online registration facility is available for elite and amateur runners. Videos and photos galleries are also available. Course map and other route details are available at separate web pages. Sponsors registration for organizing race, charities, mutual funds for welfare and other reservations about event business are also available on the official website of LA marathon.
Ministry of tourism California publicizes about the event details in many travel magazines, TV commercials to promote and attract travelers. They also make visa police easy during these event days. The organizers of the race manage accommodation facility, food facility and route guidelines for every runner of the race. Every runner at the start of the race is given Los Angeles marathon map, packet of food and energy drink bottles. Runners can fill their drink bottle at many places and they can also take their food from different spots while running. LA marathon map and route details are also available from its official site. As the route information is very necessary for a runner to win therefore many signs and signals are fixed at the sides of the track in order to guide the right track of the LA marathon. Los Angeles marathon winner are awarded with huge cash prize and other different prize packages, it is due to the big cash prize that causes LA marathon the world’s famous marathon runs.
The cash prize is given by the official sponsors, every male and female who comes first is awarded a brand new Honda accord V6 along with cash prize of 35000USD from Honda autos and banco popular gives 100,000USD cash prize. Runners are also awarded medals. Los Angeles marathon medals are made of bronze and it is given to every runner who participates in the race as a memory of this event. In 2007 the 22nd marathon was held and according to 2007 la marathon results for open race the first position was taken by Fred Mogaka and for women the open race first position was taken by Ramilia Burangolova. The half LA marathon is called La Jolla half marathon which is specially meant for amateurs, young players and non professional runners. The marathon coverage is live broadcasted on many TV channels. 2007 Los Angeles marathon and television schedule was displayed two weeks before the race and was displayed on official site and local newspapers.
