L.A. Marathon – The Stadium to the Sea

March 21, 2010

The Frank McCourt-owned 25th Los Angeles Marathon went off with nary a hitch today, with beautiful weather accompanying a talented field and an absolutely picturesque new course. With the (un)offical theme being Stadium to the Sea, competitors that braved rush-hour traffic (at 5am on a Sunday morning!) were treated to a dazzling array of sights and cultures in the well-planned course.

The times were rather slow, considering the conditions were beautiful and the course was in aggregate, downhill. That said, McCourt pulled off a doozy (wonder if Jamie was watching). These are the results as posted on the www.lamarathon.com site, though I just finished watching on television and Wesley Korir repeated with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds. Though Korir is a repeat winner, his time was actually a minute off of last year’s pace, on a much more grueling course in less-than-ideal weather conditions. Women’s winner Edna Kiplagat bettered her career best by more than 10 minutes and won the $100,000 grand prize for winning the Overall Gender Challenge, as women were granted an 18-minute handicap in competing for the prize.

M E N	NAME		TIME	PACE
	1	Wesley Korir	02:09:19	4:55
	2	Richard Limo	02:09:48	4:57
	3	Paul Samoei	02:09:54	4:57
	4	Laban Kipkemboi	02:10:40	4:59
	5	Albert Matbor	02:13:45	5:06

W O M E N	NAME		TIME	PACE
	1	Edna Kiplagat	02:25:38	5:33
	2	Teyba Naser	02:26:20	5:34
	3	Silvia Skvortsova	02:27:20	5:37
	4	Tiki Gelana	02:29:27	5:42
	5	Ashu Kasim	02:35:44	5:56

Also, congratulations to Gabriela  Contreras and Howard Simpson for competing in and completing this accomplishment.

Written by EvanLovett Posted in L.A. State of Mind, Off the Grid Tagged with Frank McCourt, Gabriela Contreras, Howard Simpson, L.A. Marathon, The Stadium to the Sea