Photos: The 2010 Los Angeles Marathon
Wesley Korir of Kenya crosses the finish line, winning the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday. Korir was the defending champion. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Wesley Korir of Kenya crosses the finish line in Santa Monica. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Wesley Korir wins the Los Angeles Marathon for the second year in a row. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Wesley Korir falls to the ground after winning the marathon. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Wesley Korir is congratulated by his wife, Tarah McKay, after winning the race. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Wesley Korir is congratulated by well-wishers after winning the race. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Edna Kiplagat of Kenya wins the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, crossing the finish line in Santa Monica. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Edna Kiplagat crosses the marathon finish line in Santa Monica. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, poses with Wesley Korir, winner of the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Runners stream up Temple Avenue heading away from downtown and toward Hollywood during the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Marathon runners pass the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, whered discarded water cups litter Hollywood Boulevard. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A pair of runners pose for pictures with entertainers portraying Spider-Man and Batman in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, about midway through the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Participants in the Los Angeles Marathon run past the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Marathon runners make their way down Rodeo Drive onto Wilshire Boulevard in front of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Shoppers and Los Angeles Marathon runners share Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, where the course turns toward Santa Monica and the finish of the 26.2-mile race. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A support team dressed in green tights cheers on runners along Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Wesley Korir shows off his winner’s medal after finishing the race. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Runners descend Elysian Park Avenue from Dodger Stadium at the start of the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Spectators cheer runners outside a party supplies store on Temple Avenue during the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A runner finds himself alone on the descent from Dodger Stadium at the start of the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Spectators along Elysian Park Avenue cheer a participant during the start of the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A wheelchair competitor takes part in the Los Angeles Marathon. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Runners start the Los Angeles Marathon at Dodger Stadium. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
With the city skyline in the background, runners begin the Los Angeles Marathon at Dodger Stadium. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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The elite male runners prepare for the Los Angeles Marathon minutes before the start. Last year’s winner, Wesley Korir of Kenya, wears bib No. 1. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A band plays near the start of the Los Angeles Marathon as runners begin a trek that will take them to Santa Monica. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Jacobus Degroot, 48, from Woodland Hills, applies sunblock in a tent outside Dodger Stadium in the early hours of the morning before the start of the Los Angeles Marathon, his seventh. Degroot says he usually ends up running without his shirt on, so he wants to be prepared. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
In the early hours of the morning, some runners rest in tents outside Dodger Stadium before the start of the Los Angeles Marathon. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Runners begin to gather for the start of the Los Angeles Marathon at Dodger Stadium. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A runners stretches before the start of the Los Angeles Marathon at Dodger Stadium. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)