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Los Angeles, USA·North America·March

Los Angeles Marathon

Point-to-point, urban, rolling.

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Official distance
42.195 km
Elevation gain
+240m
Mindful tempo
5:25 /km
Character
Point-to-point, urban, rolling

'Stadium to the Sea' — Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica pier.

Because uninterrupted rhythm is medicine — this course lets the body forget the clock.

Long descents feel free — meter yourself.

Course

Map & elevation profile

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42.195 km loop
Live · pinch, drag, zoom34.074, -118.240
Elevation profile
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+240 m gainPeak 240 m · 42.195 km
Elevation profile: total gain 240 metres, peak 240 m above start, low 0 m.

A physical profile — respect the ascents; let the descents restore the breath.

Los Angeles34.074, -118.240
Race Day

Practical & atmospheric notes

Kind shoulder-season conditions — mild mornings, arm-sleeves off by kilometre eight for most runners.

A warm regional start — clubs in matching kit, coffee vans, a local mayor with a microphone. Human-scale and unhurried.

Steady, generous local support along the main boulevards and finish straight; genuine strangers-turned-friends handing out orange slices in the suburbs.

A quieter stretch usually opens up between km 17 and km 23 — an interior mile to return to yourself before the final push.

Sealed city tarmac — closed to traffic on race day

Elevation and mixed surfaces make this a physical line. Handcycles only with a support team; sturdy adaptive strollers on the flatter opening kilometres.

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Recovery

Bare feet in Pacific sand.

Along the line

Course imagery

Wikimedia Commons · Los Angeles
Wikimedia Commons · Los Angeles
Soul-Tuned Variations

One race, three ways to run it.

Contemplative

21.1 km

6:00 /km

Descending half.

Recovery echo

6 km

6:30 /km

Beach walk.

Stronger

42.195 km

4:50 /km

Controlled descent PB.

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