Start Line: On the soft sand near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway & Huntington Street Race Expo & Packet Pick-Up: All marathon, half marathon, and 5K participants are required to pick up their race bib at the Race Expo. Beach Mile participants can pick up their race bibs between 10:00 a.m. Location: Huntington Beach Parking Lots (21291 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648) Race Expo & Packet Pick-Up: All marathon, half marathon, and 5K participants are required to pick up their race bib at the Race Expo. Beach Mile participants can also pick up on their race bibs on Friday. I don’t cut her any slack, and I work her out just as hard as the next person.Register for the Surf City Marathon today! Schedule of Events “She’s a go-getter and she’ll just dive right in and get stronger and stronger. “She’s a hard worker and she’s willing to try new things,” he said. Though Marseilles has to wear prosthetics, Cahl doesn’t coddle her. She really sets a tone for everyone else.”Ĭahl has run seven marathons, including the Los Angeles and San Diego marathons, and understands the amount of strength and endurance needed to complete a long-distance run. “When she walks in, everybody works harder. “She’s a big inspiration to a lot of people here,” said the master trainer.
Mike Cahl, owner of UltraFit, has been training Marseilles for about a year, helping her strengthen her body so she can complete a half or full marathon.
When she is not running on the trails along Pacific Coast Highway, she trains at UltraFit Bootcamp gym on Yorktown Avenue near Brookhurst Street. Now Marseilles has her sights set on her second full marathon, in Boston. “I can’t imagine my life without running.” “I’ve never looked back since,” she said. Marseilles has run in four half-marathons and numerous 5K and 10K events, participated in a triathlon and recently completed her first full marathon, the Chicago Marathon in October. Paralympics team for four years and then switched to distance running in 2000. That was the year Marseilles chose running as her sport. “I saw these amputees running in an Olympic-caliber event on these prosthetic legs that had no feet,” she said. In 1996, a video of the Paralympic Games caught her attention. Doctors told her she would need to exercise to stay healthy, so she joined a gym and started working out. Since then, Marseilles has worn prostheses to remain mobile. She eventually recovered, except for her legs, which had to be amputated a few inches below each knee to save her from gangrene. 2, 1988, we had frostbite on all our extremities - my hands, my nose, my ears and my feet,” Marseilles said. They stayed in the Chevy for 11 days, surviving on nothing but cinnamon rolls and melted snow.
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