Congratulations to the 25,000 who will participate in the LA Marathon today!
Service within the marathon is plenty: Official Charities of the marathon, teams running for specific causes, the thousands upon thousands of individuals who will line the streets with a committment to cheer on runners - strangers - to reach their goal.
One stand out group is Students Run LA. If you are an LA Marathon spectator, you couldn't help but notice the over 2,800 participants wearing neon green jerseys. This is a group of secondary students and every one of these students is an inspiration - a youth at-risk who commits to participating in the LA Marathon. This is no small feat.
It is the mission of Students Run LA to challenge at-risk secondary students to experience the benefits of goal-setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life-changing experience: The training for and completion of the Honda LA Marathon.
Through this experience student runners are paired with adult mentors, meet students very different than themselves, and make the daunting challenge of completing a marathon an attainable goal.
Check out this program. It's inspirational on their webiste and exponentially inspirational in person.
Go students, go!
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