ASICS Los Angeles Marathon – Course Map and Elevation Profile
| Distance | 42.195 km |
|---|---|
| Route elevation | 201 m up · 263 m down |
| Highest point | 149 m · 0.0 km |
| Lowest point | 63 m · 25.1 km |
| Steepest climb | +4.6 % · 6.2 km |
| Steepest descent | −6.9 % · 23.4 km |
| Net elevation change | −63 m |
| Course type | Point to point |
| Course record men | 2:08:26 · Bayelign Teshager · 2020 |
| Course record women | no verified figure |
201 metres up and 263 down: 6 climbs, several of them long enough to break a rhythm.
Course
Los Angeles in numbers
- Distance
- 42.195km
- Ascent
- 201m
- Descent
- 263m
- Low / high
- 63 / 149m
- Flat-equivalent
- +0.54 %
- Steepest 50 m
- +4.6 %
Pace Planner
bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.
- Position
- 0.00 km
- Elevation
- 149 m
- Gradient
- −1.7 %
- Pace here
- 4:41 /km
- Elapsed
- 0:00
- Remaining
- 3:30:00
- Landmark
- —
Pacing table
| km | Point | Elevation | Gradient | up / down | Target pace | total | adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149 m → 126 m | −2.28 % | +0 m / −23 m | 4:41 | 4:41 | 4:54 | |
| 2 | 126 m → 108 m | −1.79 % | +0 m / −18 m | 4:44 | 9:25 | 4:54 | |
| 3 | 108 m → 92 m | −1.59 % | +0 m / −16 m | 4:45 | 14:11 | 4:54 | |
| 4 | 92 m → 93 m | +0.13 % | +2 m / −1 m | 4:58 | 19:08 | 4:54 | |
| 5 | 93 m → 82 m | −1.16 % | +0 m / −12 m | 4:48 | 23:56 | 4:54 | |
| 6 | 82 m → 94 m | +1.23 % | +13 m / −1 m | 5:15 | 29:11 | 4:54 | |
| 7 | 94 m → 113 m | +1.85 % | +24 m / −6 m | 5:33 | 34:44 | 4:54 | |
| 8 | 113 m → 124 m | +1.16 % | +15 m / −3 m | 5:18 | 40:02 | 4:54 | |
| 9 | 124 m → 121 m | −0.35 % | +4 m / −8 m | 4:57 | 44:59 | 4:54 | |
| 10 | 121 m → 126 m | +0.52 % | +6 m / −0 m | 5:03 | 50:02 | 4:54 | |
| 11 | 126 m → 110 m | −1.63 % | +0 m / −17 m | 4:45 | 54:47 | 4:54 | |
| 12 | 110 m → 115 m | +0.57 % | +7 m / −2 m | 5:05 | 59:53 | 4:54 | |
| 13 | 115 m → 116 m | +0.05 % | +4 m / −4 m | 4:59 | 1:04:52 | 4:54 | |
| 14 | 116 m → 127 m | +1.15 % | +12 m / −0 m | 5:13 | 1:10:05 | 4:54 | |
| 15 | 127 m → 123 m | −0.46 % | +2 m / −6 m | 4:54 | 1:14:59 | 4:54 | |
| 16 | 123 m → 119 m | −0.36 % | +0 m / −4 m | 4:53 | 1:19:51 | 4:54 | |
| 17 | 119 m → 116 m | −0.34 % | +2 m / −5 m | 4:54 | 1:24:46 | 4:54 | |
| 18 | 116 m → 115 m | −0.05 % | +1 m / −2 m | 4:55 | 1:29:41 | 4:54 | |
| 19 | 115 m → 108 m | −0.71 % | +1 m / −8 m | 4:51 | 1:34:32 | 4:54 | |
| 20 | 108 m → 111 m | +0.26 % | +4 m / −1 m | 4:59 | 1:39:31 | 4:54 | |
| 21 | 111 m → 124 m | +1.32 % | +13 m / −0 m | 5:16 | 1:44:47 | 4:54 | |
| 22 | 124 m → 122 m | −0.20 % | +3 m / −5 m | 4:57 | 1:49:44 | 4:54 | |
| 23 | 122 m → 103 m | −1.90 % | +0 m / −19 m | 4:44 | 1:54:28 | 4:54 | |
| 24 | 103 m → 69 m | −3.41 % | +0 m / −34 m | 4:35 | 1:59:03 | 4:54 | |
| 25 | 69 m → 63 m | −0.56 % | +0 m / −6 m | 4:51 | 2:03:54 | 4:54 | |
| 26 | 63 m → 71 m | +0.76 % | +8 m / −1 m | 5:07 | 2:09:01 | 4:54 | |
| 27 | 71 m → 78 m | +0.75 % | +10 m / −2 m | 5:09 | 2:14:10 | 4:54 | |
| 28 | 78 m → 79 m | +0.11 % | +5 m / −4 m | 5:01 | 2:19:11 | 4:54 | |
| 29 | 79 m → 87 m | +0.72 % | +7 m / −0 m | 5:06 | 2:24:17 | 4:54 | |
| 30 | 87 m → 79 m | −0.75 % | +0 m / −8 m | 4:50 | 2:29:07 | 4:54 | |
| 31 | 79 m → 73 m | −0.65 % | +0 m / −7 m | 4:51 | 2:33:58 | 4:54 | |
| 32 | 73 m → 77 m | +0.45 % | +5 m / −1 m | 5:02 | 2:39:00 | 4:54 | |
| 33 | 77 m → 93 m | +1.58 % | +16 m / −0 m | 5:20 | 2:44:21 | 4:54 | |
| 34 | 93 m → 96 m | +0.33 % | +6 m / −3 m | 5:03 | 2:49:23 | 4:54 | |
| 35 | 96 m → 100 m | +0.35 % | +5 m / −2 m | 5:02 | 2:54:25 | 4:54 | |
| 36 | 100 m → 98 m | −0.21 % | +1 m / −3 m | 4:54 | 2:59:19 | 4:54 | |
| 37 | 98 m → 96 m | −0.16 % | +2 m / −4 m | 4:56 | 3:04:15 | 4:54 | |
| 38 | 96 m → 99 m | +0.25 % | +4 m / −2 m | 5:00 | 3:09:15 | 4:54 | |
| 39 | 99 m → 82 m | −1.63 % | +0 m / −16 m | 4:45 | 3:14:00 | 4:54 | |
| 40 | 82 m → 72 m | −1.06 % | +0 m / −11 m | 4:48 | 3:18:48 | 4:54 | |
| 41 | 72 m → 77 m | +0.58 % | +8 m / −2 m | 5:06 | 3:23:54 | 4:54 | |
| 42 | 77 m → 85 m | +0.71 % | +7 m / −0 m | 5:06 | 3:29:00 | 4:54 | |
| 42.20 | 85 m → 86 m | +0.82 % | +2 m / −0 m | 5:07 | 3:30:00 | 4:54 |
The course, kilometre by kilometre
Start and finish are 16.0 km apart as the crow flies, so this is a point-to-point course.
It drops 63 metres net, from 149 m at km 0.0 down to 63 m at km 25.1.
The race is held in Los Angeles, United States, in March, on tarmac throughout.
Elevation gain and climbs
201 metres up and 263 down: 6 climbs, several of them long enough to break a rhythm.
The hardest stretch runs from km 5.3 to 6.7: 37 metres at 2.5 % on average. It comes early enough to take on fresh legs.
The gradient model puts this course at 0.54 % flat-equivalent — faster than flat, on paper. What it does not model: 26 % of the course runs downhill, and 263 metres of descent load the quadriceps long before the first climb arrives.
Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 1 minute compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.
The route on the map
The course covers 16.0 km of ground between start and finish and never returns to where it began.
The GPX data of this course
The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations here do not come from the course file but from a terrain model: the ones in the original were unusable.
We do not hand this course out as a file: the line comes from a third-party source and is not ours to pass on. Once a course is built from runners’ own recordings, the file appears here.
Common questions
- How hilly is the Los Angeles Marathon?
- 201 metres of ascent and 263 of descent over 42.195 km. 54 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 4 % steeper than three. That makes it a hilly course.
- Where is the hardest section?
- Between km 5.3 and 6.7, gaining 37 metres at 2.5 % on average. The steepest single ramp is at km 6.2 at 4.6 %, the steepest descent at km 23.4 at −6.9 %.
- Is this a good course for a personal best?
- Minetti's cost model puts this course at 0.54 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 1 minutes.
- Is the course a loop?
- No. Start and finish are 16.0 km apart in a straight line.
- Where does this elevation data come from?
- Streckendatei „Los Angeles Marathon 2026 – 42.195 km“ von goandrace.com (Garmin-Connect-Export), übergeben am 18.08.2026, 839 Punkte. Elevation: Höhenwerte derselben Datei — Korrelation mit dem Geländemodell 0,995, die beste im Bestand.
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