New LA marathon course 2010

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14 years ago 08/31/2009 2:15pm EDT

http://www.lamarathon.com/course.html

LA marathon has a new course for 2010. Can any LA locals provide any additional insight into what this course might be like? It looks like it should be a net downhill start to finish, but I am wondering if there might be any serious climbs in the first half, since it looks like that area could be hilly. I'm looking for a spring, west coast marathon and LA might be a good fit depending on course setup. Thanks.

14 years ago 08/31/2009 8:22pm EDT

re: Ravenmaniac

I don't know the specific LA Marathon new course but it has to be tons better course than the they had for the past decade if the new course ends at the beach.

Good to see it moved back to March too.

I'm hoping the Malibu Marathon puts together a good event. It might not be a PR type course but it would be a heck of a nice event because the second half of the course is so scenic. I'd much rather run along PCH along the Ventura/LA County Line than run from Dodger Staduim to the beach.

14 years ago 09/01/2009 6:35am EDT

re: Ravenmaniac

This seems like it is pretty flat or down hill going west. It goes on really big streets and avoids the hilly part of Sunset (in Beverly Hills and Westwood and Santa Monica) to the west by moving south to Santa Monica Blvd. It goes through Santa Monica at the end on San Vicente and turns left and goes along Ocean Ave (along the top of the Palisades park where we parked and looked at the view of the Ocean).

This looks flat but would need to see the details.

14 years ago 09/01/2009 8:50am EDT

re: CA guy

Not sure if the other cities that the course goes through has approved the race or not.

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