Nathan Martin a Michigan high school cross country coach has won the 2026 ASICS Los Angeles Marathon.<\/strong><\/p>\nNathan Martin, who splits his time between coaching young athletes and competing on the elite marathon circuit, narrowed a 26.2-mile lead to beat Kenya\u2019s Michael Kamau by a mere fraction of a second Sunday.<\/p>\n
A close race from the start saw Martin trailing Kamau from the start but he found a second wind in the final mile of the race. A burst of energy saw him catch up to Kamau just hundreds of yards from the finish line on Santa Monica Boulevard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely thought it\u2019d be awesome to win but I knew that wasn\u2019t in my control, what was though was giving what I had in the day and seeing what that kind of produced,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I saw an opportunity where winning looks like it\u2019s a real shot, then I went for it.<\/p>\n
With the finish line on the horizon, Martin began to relaize that he was catching up to Kamau in the last mile, he began to believe more and more that he could win the title.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith 800 to go, I\u2019m like, I have to give what I have here and push and see what happens. Right around 100 to go, I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my goodness, I might be able to catch this guy.\u2019 I surged as hard as I could and was able to kind of pull it off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Both runners clocked an official time of 2:11:18 (with reports indicating Martin won by 0.01 seconds in 2:11:16.50). As Martin sprinted across the line to take the win, Kamau collapsed and required medical attention.<\/p>\n
His colleague said Martin has a past of running trials and winning other marathons.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t drive across Jackson without seeing him training. He\u2019s constantly training, he\u2019s running everywhere he goes,\u201d Hoover a friend said.<\/p>\n
School officials where Martin works celebrated the win on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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