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Event Information:
Los
Angeles Marathon (formerly the City
of Los Angeles Marathon) is an
annual running event held each
spring in Los Angeles, California.
The 26.219 mile (42.195 km)
footrace, inspired by the success of
the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, has
been contested every year since
1986.
In
1987, six students at East Los
Angeles’ Boyle Heights High School
enrolled in a marathon training
program offered by teacher Harry
Shabazian. The Students Run L.A.
organization has grown dramatically
since its inception, and today
thousands of at-risk students from
throughout the Los Angeles Unified
School District participate in the
six month program that promotes
physical fitness, discipline and
goal setting.
On
March 4, 1990, two dozen teachers
from around the city joined the
three co-founders, with students
from their respective schools, and
together, they all ran in the Los
Angeles Marathon V. In 1993,
Students run LA spun off from LAUSD
and became an independent
organization. Today, that one
teacher and his handful of students
have grown to 500 teachers and 3000
students from 170 schools and
community programs throughout Los
Angeles.
Since
1989, more than 39,000 students have
been served by SRLA. The growth of
the program has only increased its
success. Inspired by the success of
SRLA, a pilot project was begun with
the Montreal Marathon and Students
on the run was created with the
first objective to complete the
September 2010 Montreal Marathon.
There were 19 students to begin with
and 12 completed the 2010 event. The
program continues with a new group
and a new objective, complete the
event.
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