Official registration for the 2018 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon opened August 31, 2017 at 10 a.m. PDT at lamarathon.com. On the first day of registration, a limited amount of marathon entries will be available at the discounted registration fee of $165.
The 33rd edition of the race, scheduled for Sunday, March 18, 2018, offers more than 24,000 participants the opportunity to run the Stadium to the Sea course, starting at Dodger Stadium and finishing near the Santa Monica Pier.
Many of the participants will run for one of the 60 official charities and use their participation to fundraise for those charities, either by running the full marathon or by participating in the Stadium vs. Sea Charity Challenge. New this year, the Charity Challenge is exclusively available for those runners who sign up to run for one of the official charities. The Charity Challenge athletes will have the option to run a portion of the world-famous course alongside athletes participating in the full marathon.
Charity Challenge participants can run either from Dodger Stadium to Hollywood (Stadium) or from Hollywood to Santa Monica (Sea). Athletes who choose the Stadium portion will run past landmarks like the Walt Disney Concert Hall and TCL Chinese Theater, while those running the Sea portion will have the opportunity to run down Rodeo Drive and finish near the ocean at the Santa Monica Pier.
Space is limited for participation in the Charity Challenge, which is expected to sell out.
The charity program fundraising objective is to surpass the nearly $4 million raised in the 2017 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. Runners interested in fundraising can visit the charity section on the marathon website for details.
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