Los Angeles Marathon 2024

pre- and post-race

Pork sparerib noodle at Dong Ting Noodle.

Close-up with mustard greens added.

Los Angeles Marathon 2024 finisher medal.

AJ, fastest runner in whole family, sub-3:30 (!).

Char siu tsukumen at Tsujita.

Dipping sauce for tsukumen.

So good. Only time I can justify tihs is after a marathon.

Mike is always animated, even after running 26.2 miles.

AJ is pooped.

AJ, Brian, Mike.

Swag. Managed to drag these old bones to a 4:30:06 chip time (10:18/mile), 4:28:29 GPS time (10:07/mile).

4:30:06 finishing time despite illness and injury, I'll take it.

LA Loyal pin.

Pre-race lunch the day before at Dong Ting Noodle. Opted for the pork sparerib noodle as it was non-spicy (just in case!), which was pretty decent. Then went to bed early, woke up, went through the long but fast moving shuttle line at the finish line with Patrick, and weaved slowly through the very aggrivating shuttle line at the start (hello traffic management??).

Given the disaster my training was due to illness and injuries, wasn't too disappointed with the 4:30:06 chip time (10:18/mile)/4:28:29 GPS time (10:07/mile). Usual fatigue starting around mile 16 and hitting good at mile 20, and the last 4 miles in particular were no fun, but still made it! Patrick, Mike, and especially AJ all did solid jobs, with AJ setting a new PR of 3:29 and then declaring at lunch after that the marathon was his race!

Post-race lunch was with the Lee family at Tsujita LA, where we all loaded up on their superb tsukumen, then stopped by Volcano afterwards for milk tea. Congrats to all runners!