LA28 marathon to start at Venice Beach

Edible LA reported on August 5 that the LA28 Olympic marathon will start at the Venice Beach Boardwalk on the final weekend of the 2028 Games. LA28’s official venue materials list Venice Beach Boardwalk as the start for the Olympic marathon, placing the race alongside other Venice-zone events already assigned to the beachfront area. The LA28 Games are scheduled for July 14-30, 2028, according to the official Olympics and ticketing sites. Venice Beach is already designated to host triathlon, and LA28 has separately said the Paralympic marathon will start at Venice Beach Boardwalk and finish in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 27, 2028. ### Where exactly is the marathon starting? (ediblela.com) LA28’s official venue map identifies Venice Beach Boardwalk as the start point for athletics marathon events in 2028. An Olympics.com venues overview also lists Venice Beach Boardwalk for “athletics (marathon – start),” while noting some finish details remain to be confirmed. (tickets.la28.org) Venice Beach’s own LA28 venue page describes the area as part of the Venice zone and says triathlon operations there will center on the point where Venice Boulevard meets the sand. That page does not lay out the marathon course, but it places the marathon start in the same beachfront district that LA28 is using for other road events. (olympics.com) ### Has LA28 published the full marathon route yet? Olympics.com said on June 9, 2026, that further details on Olympic road events, including the marathon and race walk, would be announced later in 2026. That means the start location is public, but the full course and finish configuration for the Olympic marathon have not yet been fully released. (la28.org) The same official materials show that LA28 has been rolling out road-event geography in stages. In June, organizers confirmed the road cycling race would start at Venice Beach Boardwalk and finish at Griffith Observatory, but they separated that announcement from the still-pending marathon specifics. (olympics.com) ### Why does Venice Beach keep showing up in the LA28 road plan? Venice Beach appears repeatedly in LA28 planning documents because organizers have assigned multiple endurance and road events to the Venice zone. LA28 says Venice Beach will host triathlon, and official venue listings pair the boardwalk with the start of both the Olympic marathon and the road cycling road race. (olympics.com) Edible LA used that confirmed start point as the frame for a piece about marathon preparation rather than route engineering. Its article said the race will begin at Venice Beach Boardwalk and argued that Los Angeles runners can borrow lessons from Kenyan training-table habits, citing a 2004 study of 10 elite Kenyan runners that estimated carbohydrates supplied 76.5% of energy intake during intense training. (la28.org) ### Will spectators need tickets for the marathon? LA28’s ticket support page says athletics marathon, athletics race walk, cycling road race and cycling road time trial are not ticketed events. The page says fans will be able to watch along sections of those courses for free, subject to space availability. (ediblela.com) The broader LA28 ticket site says Olympic tickets will be sold in multiple drops, but road-course events are being handled differently from stadium sessions. That makes the marathon one of the more publicly accessible events on the 2028 program, based on current ticket guidance. ### What comes next before 2028? Later in 2026, LA28 and Olympics.com have said they will announce additional details for the marathon and race walk. (get.support.tickets.la28.org) The next fixed dates already on the calendar are the Olympic Games from July 14 to July 30, 2028, and the Paralympic marathon on August 27, 2028, starting at Venice Beach Boardwalk. (olympics.com) (tickets.la28.org)