The Oarsman Venice High School Los Angeles, CA
Issue Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Issue: Volume CI Issue IX Last Update: Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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Mr. Smith and Venice students running the L.A. Marathon
From left: Mr. Smith, Rocio Lopez, Karla Garcia, Lilia Magana, Maribel Olvera - Liliana Jimenez
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The Los Angeles Marathon is on May 25.This marathon consists of 26.2 miles around the city of Los Angeles.

 A total of 4,000 students from Los Angeles are running this marathon and eight of those students are from VeniceHigh. The Students Run L.A team has been preparing for it for eight months.

The marathon was delayed from March to May this year. “It is giving us more time to prepare,” Venice Coach Mike Smith said.

The students running this marathon are Aaron Hancock, Boyu Cao, Karla Garcia, Maribel Olvera, Gaby Mendoza, Lilia Megana, Rosio Lopez, Andrew Souther and Julian Carrasco.

The SRLA team has been running several small races to prepare for this marathon.   On April 19 they ran 18 miles. “It was really hard and it was in the Valley, It was hot,” said Coach Smith.

Mr. Smith is the leading trainer of SRLA at Venice High. He has run two marathons and this one is going be his third. At least one other teacher, Ms. Lindsey Cohen, is running as well.

To run a marathon, you should prepare for at least six months or a year, according to ehow.com.You have to be physically and mentally prepared for this, running 26.2 miles is not the same as running a mile for P.E.


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