Anyone getting ready to run the LA Marathon needs to read this post! It’s everything we, as running coaches, share with our athletes to have the best possible race day possible.
Hopefully these few key pieces to help make life easier! Once you start to realize how long it takes to train for a marathon, I hope you’ve started looking at the right plan!
And then you started thinking…should my training be any different for a flat marathon? Yes.
Is there anything different about the Los Angeles Marathon Course that I should prepare for? Yes.
I’m so glad you’re thinking ahead and hope these tips will help you have a great race whether it’s your first or you’re out for a Personal Record. Let’s chat about some key LA marathon tips!
LA Marathon Tips
With any race, I have a few standard recommendations for our athletes:
- Try not to walk around a ton before the race
- Have your pre-race dinner and morning of meal with you or planned out, so you know it’s food you tolerate
- Don’t get sucked in to driving the course 🙂 you should have been training for whatever the elevation looks like and that’s all you can control
#1 Train for Rolling Hills
While the LA marathon is a net downhill, there are plenty of small rolling hills to be had from start to finish of this course….
