LA Marathon & 5K: Going the Distance for Kids!
Calling all runners/walkers to Go the Distance for Kids with us! The Alliance has been chosen as an official charity of the 2012 Honda L.A. Marathon & 5K Run. Organize a team at your office, of friends or run on your own to challenge yourself while supporting L.A.’s most vulnerable children.
Sign-up for 5K March 17th & Marathon March 18th
Presenting Sponsor:
Going the Distance for Kids!
Marathon Co-Chairs:
Kirk Pasich, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Laird Malamed, USC
(Pictured from left to right Myriam Nozil and Jessica Chandler)
“Approaching the end of the second mile, my chest and legs started to burn. But I kept going until the finish was in view, and at that moment I felt this surge of strength and power and I sprinted the last quarter mile with all that was in me! As some of you know, the course of my life changed when The Alliance for Children’s Rights found me at eighteen and gave me a voice. Together, we made a difference.” – Jessica Chandler, former Alliance foster youth 5K participant
For More Information:
Contact Joelle Warren-Lane
(213) 368-6010 x 115
j.warren-lane@kids-alliance.org
Visit the L.A. Marathon’s Website at: www.lamarathon.com
Fundraising Incentives for Alliance Runners:
Fundraise $300 and get an Alliance canvas bag!
Fundraise $1,000 and get your name listed on a t-shirt! (by 2/14/12)
Fundraise $1,250 and run for FREE!
Fundraise $1,500 and get a beautiful, personalized plaque!
| RUNNERS & TEAMS
Congrats to all our runners who helped raise over 50K! A special thanks to all of our runners in this year’s LA Marathon and 5K!
5k Runners
Marathon Runners:
2011 Alliance for Children’s Rights LA Marathon & 5k team Awards (NOTE: these awards were created from the mind of Darwin Hunt and are strictly for fun. The winners only receive a well-deserved sense of accomplishment and unlimited bragging rights.)
Top Fundraiser (individual): Sam Paneno @ $4381.20 Sam was featured on the LA Marathon website, KTLA news, and his short video was playing at Dodger Stadium on the big screen before the race. Since the race, Sam’s accomplishment has been featured in local news, like the Beverly Hills Weekly. Great work Sam!
Top Fundraiser (team) Dickstein Shapiro @ $16,455 Dickstein’s amazing fundraising efforts made the pre-race suite at Dodger Stadium possible. Thank you!
Most Improved Fundraiser (a.k.a. ‘The Procrastinator’ or ‘Seabiscuit’) Chris McDavid @ $2524.92 Chris started out slow. He floated around the middle of the pack for a few months until last week he picked up the pace and pushed himself into third place. Chris illustrated that it’s not mile 5 and 6 that matter…it’s mile 25 and 26.
Honorable Mention: Karey Burke @ $2,245 Carry’s busy filming schedule did not allow her to focus on fundraising until 1 week before the race. In two weeks Carry went from last to 4th place. Great job Carry!
TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Award Dickstein Shapiro. Kirk Pasich, Consuelo Lezcano, Fawn Schanz, Sandy Thayer, Hector Valente. ‘Pappa Bruin’ Kirk Pasich led and kept his pack of five on a 12 minute/mile pace for all 26.2 miles. Great job Team Dickstein!
Fastest Marathon (Male) Saul Colover @ 3:25. Amazing time for your first marathon! You’ve got a long marathon career ahead of you, Saul. We hope you’ll join us next year.
Honorable Mention Juan Guzman @ 3:27. This former Alliance employee and Thomas Jefferson School of Law student did not even train for the marathon. WOW!
Fastest Marathon (Female): Karey Burke @ 4:13. Great job!
Fastest 5k (Male) Laird Malamed @ 23:23. This sub 8 minute pace was just a warm-up for Laird’s marathon…see below.
Honorable Mention Diego Cartagena @ 31:02. Alliance Pro Bono Manager by day, 5k runner by night. He’s got the running bug and you can expect him to be under 30 minutes next year.
Fastest 5k (Female) Rachel Sanders @ 31:55. Six months ago, this Alliance Attorney could not run 1 lap around a track without stopping. Now she wants to do a 10k…and maybe even a half marathon. Great work, Rachel!
Honorable Mention Elizabeth Garcia @ 33:16. This high school track star showed her skills on the hilly loop around Dodger Stadium. Great job Liz.
“Better Late Than Never” Runner Amy Pellman Amy Pellman decided just one week before the 5k that she would run on behalf of the Alliance. We ran into Amy at the Alliance for Children’s Rights Annual Dinner and she finally decided to run after using every excuse in the book (i.e. too much work, family visiting, my back hurts, I haven’t trained, etc.). To our surprise, Amy was sandbagging. She did great and it turns out Amy is a seasoned marathoner and said she’ll be joining us next year for all 26.2!
Craziest Team Member Laird Malamed (aka LAIRDO) By far. No question. When Laird is not creating video games, he’s with his family or running. Two weeks ago, Laird ran a marathon in ANTARCTICA in under 5 hours! Then, he ran the 5k Saturday morning. Then, Sunday morning, he ran the LA Marathon in a torrential downpour @ 3:35. This upcoming April, Laird will run an Ultra Marathon (an Ultra Marathon is anything over 42 miles). If we didn’t know any better, we’d say he was related to Forrest Gump. Great work, Laird, and we look forward to seeing you next year.
|
LAM 5k--Sonia
LAM- Alliance Title Sponsor Dickstein Shapiro Group
LAM 5k--Marlene & Striemer w kids
LAM--Chris & Lou McDavid
LAM Sandy - I love you mom
LAM 5k--Rachel Celebrates
LAM 5k--Liz Garcia&Diego celebrate
LAM--Team Dickstein--Ready to go!
LAM--JuanGuzamn&LairdMalamed--FASTGUYS