A record field of 6,500 took to the streets of Long Beach before sunrise Sunday for the 41st annual Long Beach Marathon.
A San Diego man won the 19th annual OC Marathon Sunday in a record time of 2:18:06, while a Northern California woman took home the women's race in 2:53:06.
Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men's division of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, while Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya took the women's division.
Julie Weiss, also known as the "Marathon Goddess," will be running her 116th marathon on Sunday when she joins other runners for the Los Angeles Marathon.
Burglars stole hundreds of shoes from a Los Angeles nonprofit that helps train kids for the Los Angeles Marathon, hitting their storage unit twice in a matter of days.
The Crawfords made headlines after they let their kids, including their son Rainier, 6, run the Flying Pig Marathon.