New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon

	The 45th Annual New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5K Sunday, February 1, 2009 Presented by the New Orleans Track Club
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Home 2008 Results Contact Us	General Information The 45th Annual New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon encores an exciting course featuring the historic French Quarter, famous Bourbon Street and St. Charles Avenue, the beautiful Garden District, and two of the finest urban parks in the country, Audubon Park and City Park. Online registration is now open! When Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009. Time: 7:00 AM, start of Marathon and Half-Marathon; 7:05 AM, start of 5K Race. Where Start and finish on Sugar Bowl Drive (near Gate A) at the Louisiana Superdome, 1500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA. Free race-day parking will be available inside the Superdome parking garage. 2008 Post-Race News Award Winners and Race Results Award winners and complete race results are now posted. Local Media Coverage The Times-Picayune has an article and photo gallery about the event on their web site nola.com. Have a look. Finishers Medallions Congratulations to all the finishers of the 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K. Although we had anticipated an increase in the participation from our 2007 event, we were pleasantly surprised; however, we were unprepared for the tremendous increase of participants (from previous years) for our Half-Marathon and 5K events. With these greater numbers, there were some things that could be addressed immediately, and participant safety was paramount: ample water and Gatorade in the heat, for example. Unfortunately, our custom finishers' medallions take time to produce -- about 6-8 weeks. We were aware of the shortfall, but not in enough time to have more medals on race day. We communicated this problem as best we could: announcements regarding the finishers' medals were made prior to the start of the race, were included on the website, and in the preprinted race day instructions. In the event you were not given a finishers' medal, thank you for your patience and understanding, and please be assured they will be mailed to you once our reorder is received. Again, we thank everyone for their participation in our 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year on February 1st, 2009. Sincerely, Mike Cambre Race Director New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Race Photos Race photos are now available. Participants who provided their email addresses at registration should have received a message from Marathon Foto with a link to their images. If you didn't receive an email or want to look on your own you can search for your pictures at Marathon Foto. Overall and Age Group Awards Overall and age group awards will be mailed to the winners. Award winners will be notified and the awards should be delivered within two to four weeks of the race date. Marathon Merchandise Check out the race poster and other official race merchandise available from Crossing the Line.

General Information

The 45th Annual New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon encores an exciting course featuring the historic French Quarter, famous Bourbon Street and St. Charles Avenue, the beautiful Garden District, and two of the finest urban parks in the country, Audubon Park and City Park.

Online registration is now open!

When

Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009.
Time: 7:00 AM, start of Marathon and Half-Marathon; 7:05 AM, start of 5K Race.

Where

Start and finish on Sugar Bowl Drive (near Gate A) at the Louisiana Superdome, 1500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA. Free race-day parking will be available inside the Superdome parking garage.

2008 Post-Race News

Award Winners and Race Results

Award winners and complete race results are now posted.

Local Media Coverage

The Times-Picayune has an article and photo gallery about the event on their web site nola.com. Have a look.

Finishers Medallions

Congratulations to all the finishers of the 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K. Although we had anticipated an increase in the participation from our 2007 event, we were pleasantly surprised; however, we were unprepared for the tremendous increase of participants (from previous years) for our Half-Marathon and 5K events.

With these greater numbers, there were some things that could be addressed immediately, and participant safety was paramount: ample water and Gatorade in the heat, for example. Unfortunately, our custom finishers' medallions take time to produce -- about 6-8 weeks. We were aware of the shortfall, but not in enough time to have more medals on race day. We communicated this problem as best we could: announcements regarding the finishers' medals were made prior to the start of the race, were included on the website, and in the preprinted race day instructions. In the event you were not given a finishers' medal, thank you for your patience and understanding, and please be assured they will be mailed to you once our reorder is received.

Again, we thank everyone for their participation in our 2008 New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5K and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year on February 1st, 2009.

Sincerely,
Mike Cambre
Race Director
New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon

Race Photos

Race photos are now available. Participants who provided their email addresses at registration should have received a message from Marathon Foto with a link to their images. If you didn't receive an email or want to look on your own you can search for your pictures at Marathon Foto.

Overall and Age Group Awards

Overall and age group awards will be mailed to the winners. Award winners will be notified and the awards should be delivered within two to four weeks of the race date.

Marathon Merchandise

Check out the race poster and other official race merchandise available from Crossing the Line.