Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon

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Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon
Mardi Gras Marathon Race Start.jpg
Start line in 2010
DateAround February
Location New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Event type Road
Distance Marathon and half marathon
Established1965(59 years ago) (1965)
Last held2022(2 years ago) (2022)
Official site Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon
Half marathon finish line in 2009 Mardi Gras Half Marathon Finish Poydras 2009 All-Guard Marathon Team.jpg
Half marathon finish line in 2009
St. Charles Avenue in 2017 Rock N Roll Marathon New Orleans St Charles Avenue Feb 2017 07.jpg
St. Charles Avenue in 2017

The Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon & 1/2 Marathon was an annual international road running marathon hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, between 1965 and 2022. It was part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series organized by Advance Publications' Ironman Group. The Ironman group announced in September 2022 that it was canceling all future running events in New Orleans due to conflicts with the city over routing and police staffing. [1]

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History

On March 6, 1965, the New Orleans Road Runners Club held the inaugural race, named "The New Orleans Marathon," on the Mississippi levee, from behind the zoo at Audubon Park to St. Rose and back. [2] [3] The race had 19 starters and 12 finishers, and was held with no aid stations. [2] [3] Harry Belin, a Tulane University student, won the race in 2:47:30. [2] [3]

The marathon was held annually since, except for 1968.

In the 1980s, a noted local participant was John Allen Dixon Jr., Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, who won the race in the over-60 category several times. [4]

The event was taken over by Competitor Group for the 2010 edition and adopted the Rock 'n' Roll Series name after its takeover. [5]

In 2010, the marathon was run as an open class or mass race while the half marathon formed the elite section of the event. The elite competition started strongly, with Martin Lel beating Samuel Wanjiru in the men's section while Berhane Adere and Kim Smith ran the fastest and third-fastest times ever on American soil, for first and second place respectively. [6] A total of around 13,000 runners participated in the day's events. [5]

In 2011, Kim Smith returned to set a 19-second personal best of 1:07:36, a new U.S. all-comer's record for the women's half marathon. [7]

The 2021 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. [8]

Course

External images
Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2009 [9]
Searchtool.svg Combined course map in 2020 [10]
Start line in 2009 Mardi Gras Marathon Starting Line All-Guard Marathon Team.jpg
Start line in 2009

The marathon started on Poydras Street near Lafayette Square in the Central Business District and ends in City Park near Tad Gormley Stadium. [11]

The course made significant use of St. Charles Avenue, Decatur Street, Esplanade Avenue, Wisner Boulevard, and Lakeshore Drive along Lake Pontchartrain. [11]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Marathon

Ed.YearMen's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Women's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Rf.
11965Harry Belin2:47:30 [2]
452009Meyer Friedman2:24:32Autumn Ray2:58:23 [12]
462010Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wachira (KEN)2:22:31Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Barlow (AUS)2:46:06 [13] [14]
472011Flag of the United States.svg Fred Joslyn (USA)2:18:49Flag of Scotland.svg Joasia Zakrzewski (SCO)2:47:24 [15] [16]
482012Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Friedman (USA)2:27:02Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Meggan Franks (CAN)2:49:06 [17]
492013Flag of the United States.svg Meyer Friedman (USA)2:28:43Flag of New Zealand.svg Karen Lockyer (NZL)2:52:23 [18]
502014Flag of the United States.svg Ben Bruce (USA)2:21:56Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Duke (USA)2:58:55
512015Flag of the United States.svg John Brigham (USA)2:28:45Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Gardner (USA)3:03:41
522016Flag of the United States.svg Geoffrey Burns (USA)2:24:57Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Meggan Franks (CAN)2:51:50
532017Flag of the United States.svg Clay Emge (USA)2:34:14Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Cooling (USA)2:50:28
542018Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Hoof (USA)2:33:43Flag of the United States.svg Kylen Cieslak (USA)2:56:36
552019Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hendricks (USA)2:33:07Flag of the United States.svg Kayla Campasino (USA)2:55:03
562020Flag of the United States.svg Brett Morley (USA)2:27:46Flag of the United States.svg Carly Forte (USA)3:07:13 [19]
2021cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [8]

Half marathon

Martin Lel (pictured here in London) beat Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru to win the half in 2010 Martin Lel, London Marathon 2011 (cropped).jpg
Martin Lel (pictured here in London) beat Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru to win the half in 2010
Ed. [lower-alpha 2] YearMen's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Women's winnerTime [lower-alpha 1] Rf.
452009Hillary Kogo1:08:47Victoria Martinez1:21:17 [12]
462010Flag of Kenya.svg  Martin Lel  (KEN)1:01:07Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Berhane Adere  (ETH)1:07:52 [6]
472011Flag of Kenya.svg Josphat Boit (KEN)1:03:57Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kim Smith  (NZL)1:07:36
482012Flag of Kenya.svg Shadrack Biwott (KEN)1:04:23Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Gabriela Traña  (CRC)1:16:31 NR
492013Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mo Farah  (GBR)1:00:59Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Meseret Defar  (ETH)1:07:25
502014Flag of the United States.svg Liam Burke (USA)1:11:35Flag of New Zealand.svg Karen Lockyer (NZL)1:20:29
512015Flag of the United States.svg Mike Popejoy (USA)1:05:18Flag of the United States.svg  Janet Cherobon-Bawcom  (USA)1:12:22
522016Flag of Poland.svg Emil Dobrowolski (POL)1:04:16Flag of the United States.svg  Neely Spence Gracey  (USA)1:14:19
532017Flag of the United States.svg Jack St. Marie (USA)1:09:04Flag of the United States.svg Neely Spence Gracey (USA)1:11:02
542018Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Castille (USA)1:05:58Flag of the United States.svg  Sarah Crouch  (USA)1:17:31
552019Flag of the United States.svg Dathan Ritzenhein (USA)1:01:24Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Berhane Dibaba  (ETH)1:11:31
562020Flag of Kenya.svg Panuel Mkungo (KEN)1:02:05Flag of the United States.svg  Amy Cragg  (USA)1:16:53 [19]
2021cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 h:m:s
  2. ↑ Edition numbers are based on the marathon competition.

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  5. 1 2 Fitzgerald, Matt (2010-02-28). Lel, Adere Win Inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine . Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
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  7. ↑ Kim Smith Runs Fastest Half Marathon On U.S. Soil Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine . Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
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