New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon

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• [Time Limits]
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• [Mile Splits]
• [Pace Groups]
• [Medical Assistance]
• [Scoring and Results]
• [Past Weather]

Course

The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon presents an encore of last year's new course. Start and finish in front of the Louisiana Superdome! The course proceeds through the French Quarter via world famous Bourbon Street and Royal Street (yes...right down Bourbon Street!), then proceeds on historic St. Charles Avenue to Audubon Park, exiting at St. Charles Avenue and continuing down through the Garden District back to the Superdome where the half-marathoners finish. The marathon runners continue via Banks Street and Moss Street along picturesque Bayou St. John to a loop through City Park and back downtown to the finish in front of the Superdome. A fast and very flat course with no hills and most of route below sea level.

For the safety of all participants, NO bicycles (except those of race officals), roller blades, roller skates, baby joggers, hand cycles, skateboards, headphones, or pets or other animals will be allowed on the course. NO EXCEPTIONS!

A detailed course map is now available.

Certification

The marathon and half-marathon courses are both USATF-certified. The USA Track and Field Road Running Technical Council Certification Code is LA08002JF for the marathon course and LA08003JF for the half-marathon course.

Time Limits

Walker friendly! Time limits are seven hours for the marathon and four hours for the half-marathon.

The course will be closed at mile 13 and beyond for marathoners that have not reached this point within three and one-half hours after the official race start. At this point all runners and walkers will be directed to the half-marathon finish. All course police traffic control is based on a minimum pace of 16:00 per mile.

Water and Aid Stations

Fluid stations will be located on the course courtesy of The WATER COMPANY and Gatorade. Stations are spaced one and one-half to two miles apart. Their locations are:

Many thanks to these folks for their dedication and efforts to help make the New Orleans Mardi Marathon the great event that it is. Their hard work and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated.

Mile Splits

Race officials will call split times at each mile on the marathon and half-marathon course.

Medical Assistance

City of New Orleans EMS Units and EMT's will be stationed along the entire route. Medical services at the finish line will be provided by East Jefferson General Hospital.

Pace Groups

The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon welcomes The Pace Team this year for those participants who would like to run with a group and accomplish specific time goals. General information about these groups is available on the Pace Groups page.

Scoring and Results

The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K will use a computerized system to time and score all finishers. In order to be scored and listed in the official race results all entrants must pick up their race number and timing chip at the Expo and wear both properly during the race.

Complete results will be posted on this website soon after the race.

Past Weather Conditions

The table below lists weather conditions for February 1 of recent years as well as average and record conditions. The data is from the National Weather Service Daily Summary from the KNEW weather station as reported by The Weather Underground.

• [Time Limits]
• [Water and Aid Stations]
• [Mile Splits]
• [Medical Assistance]
• [Scoring and Results]
• [Past Weather]