Tag: Injury Prevention

Big Ol’ LAM Post for 2023 Participants

February 27, 2023
It’s finally the 2023 Los Angeles Marathon (LAM) time! We’re so proud of each and every one of you running in LAM. You trained hard and you’re ready.  Race Expo (all race participants will need to pick up their race bibs at the Expo at (Dodgers Stadium) Check out the https: LAM official website for Expo… more

The Start of Los Angeles Marathon Training 2023

September 3, 2022
Setting a goal and telling it to everyone you know is the number one way to keep yourself accountable. It invites your friends and family to continuously ask you how that goal is going and they may even ask you if there is anything they can do to help. Some may even join you in… more

Big Ol’ LAM Post for 2022 Participants

March 11, 2022
It’s finally 2022 Los Angeles Marathon (LAM) time! We’re so proud of each and every one of you running in LAM. You trained hard and you’re ready.  Race Expo (all race participants will need to pick up their race bibs at the Expo at (Dodgers Stadium) Check out the https: LAM official website for Expo details,… more

Speed Training for LA Marathon

February 4, 2022
Are you looking to get some speed work training in before the LA Marathon? We got you covered! Come on out and join Coach Andres De La Cruz. He will be leading speed training workouts on the following dates. Thursday 2/3 @ 6pm Thursday 2/10 @ 6pm Thursday 2/17 @ 6pm Thursday 2/24 @ 6pm… more

Downhill Race Training

August 27, 2019
By Dr. Steve Smith, Pacers Founder and Team Doc Revel Big Bear is on our race calendar and it’s time to start training. It’s a big downhill race, big for the altitude loss of nearly 5,000 feet. I don’t know of another race with that big of a loss anywhere else in the country.  It… more

How Should I Run?

July 30, 2019
  By Dr. Steve Smith, Pacers Founder and Team Doc There is a lot written about the best way to run. I’m talking about gait, form, forefoot vs. rearfoot, vs. midfoot. The question of how best to run pops up all the time. You hear it on the runs, in social media, coffee shops, and… more

Running in the Heat

July 25, 2019
It’s going to be hot this weekend and if you are going on a long run, here are a few tips to get you through the day. If you are going long, go early. We like seeing everyone at the tables at 7:00, we are a team, a community, a family. We want everyone to… more

Dave McCarthy, Pre-Conditioner Coach, Steps Down after 13+ Years

April 23, 2019
The Pasadena Pacers announce Dave McCarthy, our Pre-Conditioner Coach, will retire from coaching at the conclusion of this cycle on Saturday, April 27. We are saddened to see him leave this position, but know it is not goodbye, just a changing of the guard. Dave has been a long-time champion of runners—all runners. He steadfastly… more

There is No Finish Line

March 26, 2019
By Dr. Steve Smith, Pasadena Pacer Founder and Team Doc Crossing the finish line is a feeling like no other. Barriers have been breached. You have attempted the impossible, and you did it! You can feel the power of accomplishment and you are looking into the future with a whole new attitude. You know you… more

Get to know: the Pasadena Pacer 2019 Los Angeles Marathon Support Team

November 12, 2018
Learn more about our Los Angeles Marathon training program. Safe to say that 2019 will be our biggest Los Angeles Marathon (LAM) yet! Since our very first LAM more than 20 years ago, we’ve helped and cheered for thousands of Pasadena Pacers as they trained for and crossed that LAM finish line. But, it takes… more