18 Blair High School Students Complete LA Marathon

Only a small fraction (about 0.17 percent) of the population has run a marathon. But 18 Blair students are now part of the elite few after completing the LA Marathon last weekend. The 10 middle schoolers and eight high school students started training in August with Students Run Los Angeles (SRLA). They started with a 5k in September and increased the distance each month. Breck Sequeira, a 10th-grade runner, says his team was like a family running by his side.

Upon completion, each runner receives a medal and a sweatshirt that reads: Marathon Finisher 2023.

“The hardest part of running is mostly happening mentally,” he said. “You must keep going and that is where it gets really tough. The most rewarding part is saying that you have done something that less than one percent of the world’s population has done and you did it as a student, a teenager.”

This is Breck’s fourth time completing the marathon and he plans to continue until at least senior year. Congratulations to all of the runners and to the PUSD coaches – Veronica Yepez (pictured above, bottom right) and Eric Glenn (above, bottom left) – who inspired them every step of the way!

Blair High School and Middle School, 1201 S. Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, (626) 396-5820 or visit www.pusd.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=55.

Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), 351 S. Hudson Avenue, Pasadena, (626) 396-3600 or visit www.pusd.us.