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 Course Awards Registration Lodging Training Expo and Packet Pickup Relay Challenge Run For a Cause Sponsors Volunteers FAQ's Contact Us 2008 Results	GREETINGS, COME RUN......COME ALL This is a friendly reminder that the 45th New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon is coming soon......February 1, 2009. Our city has much to offer with its Southern Hospitality coupled with great food and fantastic music. New Orleans is a one of a kind destination. Start and Finish is at the Louisiana Superdome. Run down Bourbon St. and on to beautiful tree lined St. Charles Ave. (voted one of America's top 10 avenues), and around two beautiful parks. Come RUN New Orleans.....and have a good time! Mike Cambre, Director Course Map Now Available A detailed course map is now available. The first half of the Marathon course heads uptown along beautiful St. Charles Avenue, circles Audubon Park, and returns to the Louisiana Superdome where the Half-Marathon finishes. The second half of the Marathon course heads into Mid-City, circles City Park, and returns to the Superdome. This is an encore presentation of last year's flat, fast, and scenic route. Run with The Pace Team 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. Announcing the Merrill Lynch "Run for the Children" Relay Challenge The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon is pleased to announce the Merrill Lynch "Run for the Children" Relay Challenge benefiting Children's Hospital. New this year, the relay will include four-person teams covering the second half of the Marathon course and competing in the following categories: Corporate Male, Female, and Mixed and Open Male, Female, and Mixed. Relay legs will be approximately 3-4 miles each. Get your teams ready! More details... 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 open and a printable entry form in Adobe PDF format is now available. 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. Local Media Coverage The Times-Picayune has an article and photo gallery about the 2008 event on their web site nola.com. Have a look.

GREETINGS, COME RUN......COME ALL

This is a friendly reminder that the 45th New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon is coming soon......February 1, 2009.

Our city has much to offer with its Southern Hospitality coupled with great food and fantastic music. New Orleans is a one of a kind destination.

Start and Finish is at the Louisiana Superdome. Run down Bourbon St. and on to beautiful tree lined St. Charles Ave. (voted one of America's top 10 avenues), and around two beautiful parks. Come RUN New Orleans.....and have a good time!

Mike Cambre, Director

Course Map Now Available

A detailed course map is now available. The first half of the Marathon course heads uptown along beautiful St. Charles Avenue, circles Audubon Park, and returns to the Louisiana Superdome where the Half-Marathon finishes. The second half of the Marathon course heads into Mid-City, circles City Park, and returns to the Superdome. This is an encore presentation of last year's flat, fast, and scenic route.

Run with The Pace Team

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.

Announcing the Merrill Lynch "Run for the Children" Relay Challenge

The New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon is pleased to announce the Merrill Lynch "Run for the Children" Relay Challenge benefiting Children's Hospital. New this year, the relay will include four-person teams covering the second half of the Marathon course and competing in the following categories: Corporate Male, Female, and Mixed and Open Male, Female, and Mixed. Relay legs will be approximately 3-4 miles each. Get your teams ready! More details...

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 open and a printable entry form in Adobe PDF format is now available.

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.

Local Media Coverage

The Times-Picayune has an article and photo gallery about the 2008 event on their web site nola.com. Have a look.