LA Marathon - a tragedy on the horizon? (Read 1165 times)

I could go for the camel toe joke here, but that would be gauche.

Camel might be a good choice for an LA Summer Marathon. It should be noted that if you are just north of La Rive Gauche, you would be in Seine

We shall call you Sandra.

And I love mile 11

If only I had some way to fly up that hill.....

Who ever said marathons were supposed to be easy?

Yeah. Problem is in this sort of event you'll get a lot of inexperienced folks/newbies who are in over their heads. The (potential) heat can turn it into a debacle.

The high could very well be the average- in the mid-70's- but that is in the shade! Running on the pavement on this course with absolutely no shade? With the California sun beating on you, and heating the pavement? That will feel like it is 100 degrees out. If its 90 on the day of the race, that will feel like 110+! June gloom usually burns off by 10am. If you are a 4hr+ marathoner, its gonna be hot!

Forget it. You all win. It will be 95 and the course will be littered with dessicated, undertrained carcasses. For you weather geniuses, the high occurs later in the day, not at 10 a.m. There is no humidity in L.A. and, while the June gloom usually burns off by lunch, that's 3-4 hours of "shade." (and last year's high temperature was a fluke that set a record) But whatever. These are just facts. Go nutty. None of this makes the course one iota more palatable. You'd be treated to a lot nicer scenery on the local treadmill with a good game or movie on the TV. That is a butt-ugly route. Other than "it's around the corner," why on earth would anyone run that dog of a course. LA was my first marathon back in 88 (or something like that) and it wound through some interesting areas. Down Hollywood Blvd with the big Bo Jackson sign, up Sunset, through or near Koreatown, the Miracle Mile. It wasn't Big Sur, but it wasn't this patchwork of commuter routes and shortcuts.

This will be a different course.

But, probably equally ugly