This is one of the best of the 8 marathons I have done. The crowd support is great, the course is flat and easy compared to the others I have experienced. The volunteers were amazing - drinks and food were distributed at every mile. I had just undergone a neck surgery 3 weeks before the race, so decided to just go slow and see how far I can go. The support was so amazing that I continued and finished it!! I was looking forward to the treats at each mile. I had never seen so much food and snacks distributed as in this race!! There were pre race snacks before the start of the race. Great work, a race not to be missed!!

My first big-city marathon, and what a treat. The Stadium to Sea course is not only interesting and varied, but gives you some idea of accomplishment of covering distance rather than ending up right where you started. However, do not be misled by promises of a flat course. There are some hills here, especially early, and you'll work on the downhill sections too as they are fairly steep leaving the stadium.

At the start line, officials did tightly police the corrals, which made for delays getting in place, but is HIGHLY appreciated. I have seen too much corral jumping at other races. From Corral B, I spent very little time threading through slower racers and settled into my rhythm early.

The fans here were incredible, loudly cheering on runners, calling names from race bibs and leaving few sections uncovered. And the drummers near Mile 4...talk about pumped up; thanks for being there while I scaled that hill.

The aid stations are very frequent and well-stocked. No problems getting nourishment. I do wish, however, the gel stops would be (1) earlier and (2) more plentiful.

If I had 2 concerns, they involve the expo and gear check. The expo was a bit underwhelming, and set you back $12 to park. I've seen much better and energetic expos. And gear check...it was by number with 1-3999 grouped together, which included most Corral A & B runners. This meant that one gear check line was VERY long, with dozens of other lines non-existent. Maybe a way to spread divide those bags differently would be helpful.

Overall, great tour of LA with some loud fans and cheer squads to push you along a course with early hills and a downhill finish. Nice!

This was the most enjoyable marathon I have run! I enjoyed the point-to-point course, even though that comes with some logistical hassles. Being a tourist, I loved seeing lots of the city: stadium, downtown, Hollywood, etc. Hills were not bad at all. There was a near-constant presence of spectators, which I appreciated very much...lots of unofficial aid stations, which were great. Actual aid stations also great and plentiful. Loved the diversity of the city! Many, many runners, yet the day was pretty well organized. Only a couple of notes: most miles were marked by a large, inflatable banner. Nice! However, no marker at all at mile 13 OR the halfway point (foul). Also, when I look up my name in the results, it should tell me what place I got instead of requiring me to page through 75 pages of results in sequential order. C'mon, man!

Overall, a great race! I highly recommend it...great course, great atmosphere (choppers overhead!), lots of fun!

I ran LA for the first time on St. Patrick's Day and I had an amazing experience. I think the course was nicea little desolate in downtown, but once you start going through Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica-you pretty much run by all there's to see in the Southland. I thought, however, the spectators were amazing.

A lot of them were handing out snacks and treats to runners and to see that was just awesome. Having water stops every mile also was very helpful (I just alternated between water and the sports drink at every stop). If there was a downside, probably the expo (wasn't a fun of a lot of the booths) and the bag check (huge line for one group of bags for pickup after I was done-needed another PODS container I think). Overall well done and I would definitely consider running again!

This was my third LA Marathon. The first was a very boring course around downtown (in 2006). When they changed the course in 2010, to the 'Stadium to the Sea', I tried it again. The course was great, but the organization left something to be desired. Now in it's fourth year with the Stadium to the Sea route, I decided to try it again. I was very happy with it. The Course was obviously great, the support was great, the fans along the course were great. At the end they had free massages, with about (I believe) 40 people giving them, so even with the huge number of runners, there wasn't a long wait. The only two things I would say need improvement are - 1) the post race food was very basic (but with 26,000 runnners I guess it's hard to get too elaborate). They had basic bananas, bagels, cookies, water; and 2) getting to the start could be improved. I had a route mapped to the start (avoiding closed streets), but they wouldn't even let me cross the intersection of route streets, even though it was more than a hour before the race. So I had to jump into the I5 traffic with everybody else. But other than that - Great race, which I would highly recommend.

Second LA Marathon in a row. My experience was even better this time: started from Corral B which meant only 12-second gun-chip differential. Crowd support was terrific again. Course was again awesome. Weather cooperated and did not get hot, and the cooling temp toward Santa Monica is always welcome. I honestly do not think there is any more iconic course than this in the U.S. (except Boston, which wins with history).

Some criticisms: POSTER for this year was missing. Even just having a poster-for-purchase option at the expo would have been fine. Ultima Replenisher is a lifestyle drink, like Vitamin Water, and is NOT A SPORTS DRINK. A big race like this should have Gatorade, Powerade, real sports drinks. (I can't believe Ultima Replenisher is outsponsoring for the right to be the official drink of LA Marathon over Gatorade??)

I loved my first race. It was a great experience, and the support of our sponsors made it incredible!

Had a great race, but the course has some very hard hills throughout. The downhill sections are steep and shortlived. Be well trained for the long stretches of uphill grinding.

Crowd support was awesome. Never had issues with organization.
Timing chip didn't work for many miles so people couldn't track.

This is an extra large race with all the fixings, including all the good you need and some of the bad you dont't want... first it was easy to find everything, well organized, nice shirts, lots of support, and 26 aid stations wow! great post race party, now the other stuff - parking for the expo is $15, hotels are $2oo a nite average, also hotel parking is between 10 to 40 per night, driving is at best a challenge and slow before and after the event, be sure to be early to avoid the last minute upsets, our bus driver to return us to the downtown site after the race - got lost, many of the kids running wild in and out of the runners was a pain - many were wreckless and dangerous to themselves and others this was part of their students run la challenge, but last and the best part was finishing the LASF challenge - the medal was very cool!

My daughter loved the posters and I have them all over the wall from 2006. But you stopped giving out posters from 2010. WHY?? For what you charge, we deserve to get the posters back!!