L.A. Marathon: And the elite women are off

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The elite women took off at 7:26 a.m. and the elite men are supposed to begin running at 7:43 a.m.

It was 54 degrees at the start.

American Amy Hastings is leading the women’s pack. She ran a 5-minute, 44-second split for the first mile.

-- Melissa Rohlin