Los Angeles Marathon Facts

* Start: In front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

* Finish: On Exposition Boulevard, in front of the Coliseum.

* When: Starts at 9:05 a.m.

* Prizes: Winners get $50,000 plus a car.

* Records: Men’s: 2 hours 10 minutes 19 seconds, set in 1988 by Martin Mondragon of Mexico. Women’s: 2:32:35, set in 1990 by Julie Isphording of Cincinnati.

* Who to watch: Men: John Campbell, New Zealand; Filho Nivaldo, Brazil; Peter Fonseca, Canada; Rodolfo Gomez, Mexico; Mark Plaatjes, United States; Gidamas Shahanga, Tanzania. Women: Maria Trujillo, United States; Cathy O’Brien, United States; Priscilla Welch, Great Britain; Anne Audain, New Zealand; Sylvia Mosqueda, United States.

* Distance: 26 miles 385 yards.

* Field: Race officials expect up to 20,000 entrants.

Priscilla Welch