More than 95% of the kids from Students Run LA who participate in the race make it to the finish line.
Students Run LA at Dodger Stadium during the 39th Los Angeles Marathon, 26.2-mile “Stadium to the Stars” course on Sunday, March 17, 2024. At only 16 years old, Justin Martinez spent Sunday, March 17, running his second Los Angeles Marathon — and he sprinted across the finish line in under three hours.
Martinez ran the 39th annual Los Angeles Marathon alongside more than 3,500 students from throughout the region — from the San Fernando Valley, coastal communities like San Pedro and inland areas including San Bernardino County — as members of Students Run LA . The nonprofit offers free marathon training programs and mentorships to students at some 200 public schools.The students made up part of the marathon’s massive field of about 25,000 racers, who woke up hours before dawn and ran the 26.
Runners from Students Run L.A. gather before the start of the 39th annual L.A. Marathon, March 17, 2024 Proud families cheered on the SRLA students along every mile of the course. Vilma Raymundo stood at the finish line and displayed a homemade sign supporting her son, who is a member of SRLA and in seventh grade at Curtis Middle School in Carson.
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