los angeles marathon

After slowly but steadily working his way through a 26.2-mile course drenched by driving rain, mammoth distance runner Kelly Gneiting finished Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon in nine hours, 48 minutes and 52 seconds, probably establishing a Guinness world record for someone his size.

Markos Geneti set a Los Angeles Marathon record in winning in his debut at 26.2 miles Sunday, while Buzunesh Deba won the women's event to give Ethiopia a sweep.

SHIA LABEOUF, chef GORDON RAMSAY and LORD OF THE RINGS star SEAN ASTIN are all celebrating after successfully completing the Los Angeles Marathon.

Today's Los Angeles Marathon has a bigger field of runners and a new route from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Pier, meaning bigger excitement and traffic headaches.

If you're considering participating in the Los Angeles Marathon and you haven't yet signed up, you may want to get a move on it -- there are only about 2,000 slots left, according to organizers.

The newly unveiled "Stadium to the Sea" course for the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon takes runners from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica, just touching Downtown's Civic Center before heading west.

Some big changes are coming to the Los Angeles Marathon next year. On its 25th anniversary, the marathon will begin at Dodger Stadium for the first time, then wind through Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica and end at the Pacific Ocean, a race official has revealed.

Browse> It's Marathon Monday in Los Angeles. I had every intention of getting up early this morning and heading downtown to watch the 24th annual running of the race.

It was a cool, overcast morning, 59 degrees at the start of the women's race, with the temperature reaching only 62 by the time winners crossed the finish line.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Mar. 2, 2008 - Russia's Tatiana Aryasova has won the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon. In her first race since recently giving birth, Aryasova bested the men in a challenge between the sexes and easily won the race.