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Team Reading to Kids
Los Angeles Marathon,
13.1 Mile Charity Half Marathon, & LA 5K,
March 6th and 7th, 2027

Team Reading to Kids logo Team Reading to Kids 2025 Los Angeles Marathon runner Kimberly Morris leaping in her banana costume

Join Team Reading to Kids in the 2027 Los Angeles Marathon or 13.1 Mile Charity Half Marathon on Sunday, March 7th, or the LA 5K on Saturday, March 6th!

This is our 14th time running the marathon - scroll down below our current team members to find out how you can run on our team!

Team Reading to Kids 2027 Runners so far - come join us!
Chris Martin
Samantha Alferez
Maggie Park
DJ Watts

You can also click this link to donate to the team as a whole and/or see our overall fundraising progress on our 2027 Los Angeles Marathon fundraising page on Haku.

Or, send a check made out to "Reading to Kids" and a note you are donating to our marathon team or a specific runner above. Mail checks to:
     Reading to Kids
     1600 Sawtelle Boulevard, Suite 210
     Los Angeles, CA 90025


Run with Team Reading to Kids in the 2027 Los Angeles Marathon or 13.1 Mile Charity Half Marathon to be held on Sunday, March 7, 2026.

Be a part of Team Reading to Kids as you run in one of the best marathons in the country. Click the play button below for a video of why we run, or scroll down for a slideshow of last year's team!


By joining our team, your commitment will help inspire children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. The dollars you raise will go to support our monthly reading clubs!

You can either run the entire marathon or run 13.1 miles of the Charity Half Marathon - a course between Dodger Stadium and the finish line in Century City, without all of the hills of the full Los Angeles Marathon. This is an exclusive opportunity to participate without having to run the entire route!

If those distances are too daunting, you can join us in the LA 5K (that's just 3.1 miles) starting and ending at Dodger Stadium the day before the marathon on Saturday, March 6, 2027.

If you are interested in becoming one of our fundraising runners or creating a fundraising team, contact Chris Martin at marathon@readingtokids.org to receive further information on the simple registration process for becoming a fundraising runner.

IMPORTANT NOTE: to register to run on behalf of Reading to Kids, you MUST receive from us a special web address to use when registering on the Los Angeles Marathon website.

Below is a slideshow of our 2026 runners before, during, and after the LA 5K and marathon!