7:00 PM 24 May 2009

In 12 Hours I will be joining my first Los Angeles Marathon. After this LA City Marathon had been conceived two decades ago, this will be the first chance that I’ll be running the famous marathon event in the western side of the USA. The LA Marathon was usually held on the month of March for the past years but because of reasons I don’t know, the new owners/management of this marathon event had it done on the celebration of Memorial Day for the whole USA.

Few hours ago, Dean Karnazes aka Ultramarathon Man arrived, on foot,  at the LA Marathon Exposition for a brief Lecture and Book Signing which is being held at the LA Convention Center. Dean K started to run 100 miles from Santa Barbara, California and arrived at the LA Convention Center with a lot of runners waiting for him. After sleeping tonight, he will be joining the rest of the participants for the 7:20AM start tomorrow.

I will let the pictures do the explanation on my preparation for this event.

Of course, I will not forget my Bandana and Oakley Sunglasses!!!

For details of the Marathon Event, please browse at www.lamarathon.com.