Tag: Advice

Meet our LA Marathon Pace Leaders: Erika and Karen

September 21, 2022
Our 2023 LA Marathon training season officially kicked off on Saturday, September 17! Over the next few weeks, we will introduce our awesome LA Marathon Pace Leaders as well as our Marathon Coach. Find out why they run and some fun facts that could spark a conversation during your next group run! This week, we… more

The Start of Los Angeles Marathon Training 2023

September 3, 2022
Setting a goal and telling it to everyone you know is the number one way to keep yourself accountable. It invites your friends and family to continuously ask you how that goal is going and they may even ask you if there is anything they can do to help. Some may even join you in… more

Speed Training for LA Marathon

February 4, 2022
Are you looking to get some speed work training in before the LA Marathon? We got you covered! Come on out and join Coach Andres De La Cruz. He will be leading speed training workouts on the following dates. Thursday 2/3 @ 6pm Thursday 2/10 @ 6pm Thursday 2/17 @ 6pm Thursday 2/24 @ 6pm… more

Final Instructions for the Rose Bowl Half Marathon water station volunteers

January 13, 2022
Hello, volunteers; here are the parking pass and instructions for the Rose Bowl Half Marathon on Sunday, January 16th. If you have any questions, please contact Pasadena Pacers President Michael Ramos michaelr.pasadenapacers@gmail.com   RBHM22 Volunteer Instructions – WS2 2022 PHM Parking Passes WS Volunteers more

Pacers Shuttle to the LAM Start Line – Nov. 7, 2021

October 29, 2021
Looking for a ride to the start line of the November 2021 Los Angeles Marathon? We got you covered. There will be a shuttle from just south of the Del Mar Station to Dodgers Stadium the morning of the LA Marathon on November 7, 2021.  If you’d like to take advantage of this shuttle, you… more

Beginner Running Gear Guide

June 30, 2021
  New runners can get overwhelmed with the amount of available running gear and often don’t know where to start. Consider this your start line. For your very first run, just about any gear will do. But as you make this a regular thing, you’re going to want to be as comfortable as possible. This… more

Downhill Race Training

August 27, 2019
By Dr. Steve Smith, Pacers Founder and Team Doc Revel Big Bear is on our race calendar and it’s time to start training. It’s a big downhill race, big for the altitude loss of nearly 5,000 feet. I don’t know of another race with that big of a loss anywhere else in the country.  It… more

How Should I Run?

July 30, 2019
  By Dr. Steve Smith, Pacers Founder and Team Doc There is a lot written about the best way to run. I’m talking about gait, form, forefoot vs. rearfoot, vs. midfoot. The question of how best to run pops up all the time. You hear it on the runs, in social media, coffee shops, and… more

Running in the Heat

July 25, 2019
It’s going to be hot this weekend and if you are going on a long run, here are a few tips to get you through the day. If you are going long, go early. We like seeing everyone at the tables at 7:00, we are a team, a community, a family. We want everyone to… more