What you need to know about the 2016 LA Marathon

A look at the 31st aual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon:

When: Sunday

Distance: 26.2 miles

Course: Stadium to the Sea — Dodger Stadium to the coer of Califoia Avenue and Ocean Avenue, five blocks north of the Santa Monica Pier

Wheelchair start: 6:30 a.m.

Handcycle start: 6:32 a.m.

Women’s elite start: 6:45 a.m.

Overall start: 6:55 a.m.

TV: KTLA Ch. 5

Elite men: Daniel Kiprop Limo (last year’s wier), Erick Mose (2013 wier) and Daniel Kiprugut, all from Kenya

Elite women: Serkalem Abhra and Simegn Abnet of Ethiopia and Natilya Lehonkova of Ukraine

Race records: 2:06:35, Markos Geneti, Ethiopia; 2:25:10, Lidiya Grigoreva, Russia

Purse: $100,000; $23,000 each for the men’s and women’s wier

Entrants: More than 26,000

Along the way: More than 50 bands, entertainment centers, cheerleaders, charity cheering zones, marriage or vow renewal zone (Mile 10)

Legacy ruers: 157 men and women will make their 31st consecutive start in the race

Companion race: Big 5K

When: 8 a.m. Saturday

Start/finish: Dodger Stadium

— Keith Lair

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