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    Marathon: Los Angeles in 26 miles and 385 yards

    Be you exercise freak or couch potato, remember that the Los Angeles Marathon is this Sunday. Runners will start at Dodger Stadium and end at the Santa Monica Pier. In…

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    By Saul Gonzalez • Mar 16, 2012 • 1 min read

    Because storms are expected to hit Southern California this weekend, marathon organizers are cautioning runners to prepare for cold, wet conditions that could lead to hypothermia.

    Keep the spirit of Pheidippides alive runners. He’s the original marathoner, the guy who in 490 BC was supposed to have huffed and puffed from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greeks’ defeat of the Persians.

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