Courtesy of Luciana Grandi Lourencao Luciana Grandi Lourenção spoke up about her controversial marathon finish ... out-running a close competitor when she sprinted past her cheering kids ...

For any runner, the goal is to make it to the finish line. The victory is sweet and so are all of the little things that come ...

The LA Kids Run is a point-to-point race that began at the Los Angeles Marathon start line at 9:45 am and wrapped up at the LA 5K finish line — a race of about a quarter mile created for children.