Long Beach Marathon Reviews (6)

Fast, flat course. Great bling and nice tech tees.

Well, it wasn't my day to break 4 hours, BUT it was a really great day & an amazing weekend getaway for the hubby & I. He completed his 6th half-marathon & I completed my 5th marathon & ran straight into his arms--after he put my medal around my neck, of course. I started having knee pain at Mile 8, which started breaking me down until the wheels fell off at Mile 20. With Vegas in 7 weeks, I'm pumped to race for another sub-4:00 & in the meantime, I'm planning to do some progressive long runs & more marathon pace running.

Mile 1: 9:36
Mile 2: 8:57
Mile 3: 8:54
Mile 4: 8:49
Mile 5: 8:38
Mile 6: 8:51
Mile 7: 8:46
Mile 8: 9:00
Mile 9: 9:06
Mile 10: 8:54
Mile 11: 9:04
Mile 12: 9:05
Mile 13: 9:06
Mile 14: 9:09
Mile 15: 9:06
Mile 16: 9:09
Mile 17: 9:21 (really starting to struggle)
Mile 18: 9:37
Mile 19: 9:19
Mile 20: 10:30 (started taking walk breaks)
Mile 21: 10:28
Mile 22: 11:53
Mile 23: 12:33
Mile 24: 11:17
Mile 25: 11:35
Mile 26: 11:51
Last 0.55 mile: 5:10 (9:33/mile)

Garmin: 26.55 miles, 4:17:59 (9:43/mile)
Official Time: 26.2 miles, 4:17:56 (9:50/mile)

This is probably my 2nd favorite race course aside from racing on the embankments. The weather and timing of this event is perfect. Most of the half is run on the beach or through downtown LBC. Course support was amazing with plenty of hydration stations. Med tents needed to be a little more closer for the half. A med tent at mile 9 is too far. Overall, I loved the view and flat, fast course.

Great course, the Long Beach and Surf City events are two of the most well organized Marathons I've participated in, I loved it!

PR'd and bested my previous full marathon time by almost 20 minutes!

Did anyone else notice their Garmin reported 645 feet elevation gain?