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Press Release - Los Angeles Marathon - 10/30/19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

        Guinness World Records and Los Angeles Marathon Partner 
               To Offer Record-Breaking Attempts To Runners

NEW YORK, NY/LOS ANGELES, CA (October 30, 2019) - Guinness World Records, 
the global authority on record-breaking achievements, announces its 
collaboration with the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS to 
provide runners with the opportunity to make history. An official Guinness 
World Records adjudicator will be tracking marathon record-attempters on 
race day to verify if their run from the Stadium to the Sea is Officially 
Amazing.™

"We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Guinness World Records 
for the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon. This is  the entertainment capital of 
the world and partnering with Guinness World Records adds another element 
of entertainment and performance to the amazing experience that is the 
Stadium to Sea race course," said Steven Powell, Chief Commercial Officer 
of Conqur Endurance Group. 

History-making hopefuls for the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon can attempt one 
of hundreds of marathon-related individual and team-based Guinness World 
Records titles including:  

- Fastest marathon dressed as a lifeguard (male) (current record: 2:55:54)
- Fastest marathon dressed as a television character (female)  (current 
record: 3:54:48) 
- Fastest marathon wearing flip-flops (male)  (current record: 03:42:29) 
- Fastest marathon dressed as an emoji (female) (current record: 4:18:06)
- Fastest marathon in film character costume (female) (current record: 
3:16:19)

Applications must be submitted to Guinness World Records prior to 6 PM PST 
on Monday, February 10, 2020. Runners must register for the Los Angeles 
Marathon before applying to break a Guinness World Records title.

In 2017, the last time that there were official attempts at the Los Angeles 
Marathon, eight Guinness World Records titles were achieved, including 
Fastest marathon dressed as a three-dimensional bird and Fastest marathon 
dressed as a fast food item.

For more information on how to break a record during this icon run in 2020, 
please visit LAMarathon.com/GuinnessWorldRecords. 

About Guinness World Records 

What's the fastest game bird in Europe? This was the question that inspired 
the founding of Guinness World Records back in 1955. Starting with a single 
book published from a room above a gym, GWR has grown to become a global 
multi-media brand, with offices in London, New York, Miami, Beijing, Tokyo 
and Dubai. Today, we deliver world-class content, not just through Books, 
but via TV shows, Social Media and Live Events. Our in-house consultancy 
works closely with brands and businesses around the world to harness the 
power of record-breaking and deliver award-winning campaigns and business 
solutions. Our ultimate purpose is to inspire people -?individuals, 
families, schools, groups, companies, communities and even entire countries 
- to read about, watch, listen to and participate in record-breaking. To 
join this record-breaking community - and find out the answer to that 
original question - visit guinnessworldrecords.com.

About Conqur Endurance Group
Conqur Endurance Group creates world-class experiences that ignite passion 
in athletes and connect communities through the transformative power of 
sport. The Los Angeles Marathon is among the largest marathons in the 
country with 24,000 participants, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of 
thousands of spectators. The "Stadium to the Sea" course, starting at 
Dodger Stadium and finishing near the Santa Monica Pier, is one of the most 
scenic in the world, taking runners on a tour of Los Angeles past every 
major landmark. In addition to the marquee event, Conqur Endurance Group 
produces the Pasadena Half Marathon & 5K at the Rose Bowl, the Santa Monica 
Classic 5K/10K and the LA BIG 5K. Conqur also owns and operates one of the 
largest marathon training programs in the U.S., the LA Road Runners. 
Through official charity programs and strategic partnerships, Conqur 
supports dozens of nonprofit partners; the most notable being Students Run 
LA, one of the foremost nonprofit youth running programs in the nation. For 
more information, please visit www.goconqur.com

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