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The LA Marathon (formerly the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event held each spring in Los Angeles, California. The 26.219 mile (42.195 km) footrace, inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, has been contested every year since 1986. The 30th edition of the marathon took place on March 15, 2015. The marathon is currently sponsored by Skechers, and thus its official title is the ''Skechers Performance LA Marathon''. It is currently owned by Frank McCourt Over the course of its 29-year history, the LA Marathon has become one of the largest marathons in the country with more than 25,000 participants, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of thousands of spectators. The historic race, which has seen unprecedented growth since introducing the iconic “Stadium to Sea” course, draws runners from all over the world to take a tour of Los Angeles running past every major landmark. In 2014, the ASICS LA Marathon charity program continued its tremendous growth as 91 participating charities combined to raise a cumulative total $3.7 million. ==Students Run LA== In 1987, six students at East Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights High School enrolled in a marathon training program offered by teacher Harry Shabazian. On March 4, 1990, two dozen teachers from around the city joined the three co-founders, with students from their respective schools, and together, they all ran in the Los Angeles Marathon V. In 1993, Students Run LA spun off from LAUSD and became an independent 501(c)(3) organization. 〔SRLA History http://srla.org/about-us/our-history/〕 SRLA continues to provide its after-school mentoring and training program to all students for free. Today, more than 3,200 middle and high school students train alongside 500 volunteer leaders.〔SRLA History http://srla.org/about-us/our-history/〕 These leaders provide “on-the-run” mentoring, showing (not telling) students how to set goals, gain confidence, and develop life-long healthy habits by training for the LA Marathon. After joining the elite group of marathon finishers, SRLA students know they can do anything! Running success translates into the classroom. In June 2015, 99% of SRLA seniors graduated high school, and 95% of them plan to attend college. Since 1989, more than 57,000 students have been served by SRLA. The growth of the program has only increased its success. Each year: * More than 95% of the students who start the marathon, finish the full course * More than 95% of the seniors who run the marathon graduate from high school * More than 90% of SRLA graduating seniors have plans to attend college Inspired by the success of SRLA, a pilot project was begun with the Montreal Marathon and Students on the run (Étudiants dans la course) was created with the first objective to complete the September 2010 Montreal Marathon. There were 19 students to begin with and 12 completed the 2010 event. The program continues with a new group and a new objective, complete the 2011 event.〔Cyberpresse:Étudiants dans la course http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/regional/personnalites-la-presse/201009/13/01-4315147-etudiants-dans-la-course.php〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Angeles Marathon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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