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{{short description|Annual race in the United States held from 1965 to 2022}}
{{Infobox athletics race
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| image         = Mardi Gras Marathon Race Start.jpg
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| caption       = Start line in 2010
| date          = Around February <!-- march in 2012, january in 2015 -->
| location      = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], US <!-- mos:notusa -->
| type          = [[Road running|Road]]
| distance      = [[Marathon]] and [[half marathon]]
| est           = {{start date and age|1965|p=y}}
|last={{end date and age|2022|p=y}}| homepage      = [https://www.runrocknroll.com/en/Events/New-Orleans Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon]
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[[File:Mardi Gras Half Marathon Finish Poydras 2009 All-Guard Marathon Team.jpg|thumb|Half marathon finish line in 2009]]
[[File:Rock N Roll Marathon New Orleans St Charles Avenue Feb 2017 07.jpg|thumb|[[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 Running Series|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riegel |first=Stephanie |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Rock 'n' Roll Marathon canceled for 2023 in New Orleans, pulled from schedule for later years |url=https://www.nola.com/news/business/rock-n-roll-marathon-canceled-for-2023-in-new-orleans-pulled-from-schedule-for-later/article_6e1b1ed2-3ac0-11ed-9d58-33bb82085e60.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521231505/https://www.nola.com/news/business/rock-n-roll-marathon-canceled-for-2023-in-new-orleans-pulled-from-schedule-for-later/article_6e1b1ed2-3ac0-11ed-9d58-33bb82085e60.html |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|NOLA.com]]}}</ref>
== History ==
On {{dts|1965.03.06}}<!-- source ocr text interpreted '6' as '8', even though source image clearly shows '6' -->, the New Orleans Road Runners Club held the inaugural race, named "The<!-- source includes "The" in the name --> New Orleans Marathon<!-- as per mos:lq as source did not include ',' -->," on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[levee]], from behind the [[Audubon Zoo|zoo]] at [[Audubon Park (New Orleans)|Audubon Park]] to [[St. Rose, Louisiana|St. Rose]] and back.<ref name="footnotes.1980">{{cite web |url=https://runnotc.org/footprints/fp-1980-0708.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=runnotc.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211235357/https://runnotc.org/footprints/fp-1980-0708.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="footnotes.2010">{{cite web |url=https://runnotc.org/footprints/fp-2010-0102.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=runnotc.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000150/https://runnotc.org/footprints/fp-2010-0102.pdf |archive-date=12 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The race had 19 starters and 12 finishers, and was held with no aid stations.{{r|footnotes.1980}}{{r|footnotes.2010}} Harry<!-- arrs spells name as "Henry", though multiple reliable sources note that a "Harry Belin" graduated tulane in 1965 --> Belin, a [[Tulane University]] student, won the race in 2:47:30.{{r|footnotes.1980}}{{r|footnotes.2010}}
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.<ref>Jerry Byrd, "Chief Justice rules in favor of running", ''The Shreveport Journal'' (July 6, 1982), p. 1C.</ref>
The event was taken over by [[Competitor Group]] for the 2010 edition <!-- the purchase happened in 2009 --> and adopted the Rock 'n' Roll Series name after its takeover.<ref name=Competitor>Fitzgerald, Matt (2010-02-28). [http://running.competitor.com/2010/02/features/lel-adere-win-inaugural-rock-n-roll-mardi-gras-half-marathon_8580 Lel, Adere Win Inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313010345/http://running.competitor.com/2010/02/features/lel-adere-win-inaugural-rock-n-roll-mardi-gras-half-marathon_8580 |date=2010-03-13 }}. Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.</ref>
In 2010, the marathon was run as an [[Open class (track and field)|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 (athlete)|Kim Smith]] ran the fastest and third-fastest times ever on American soil, for first and second place respectively.<ref name="2010.iaaf">Cruz, Dan (2010-03-01). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55728.html Adere clocks 1:07:52, Lel beats Wanjiru at New Orleans Half Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305081809/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55728.html |date=2010-03-05 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.</ref> A total of around 13,000 runners participated in the day's events.<ref name=Competitor/>
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.<ref>[http://running.competitor.com/2011/02/news/kim-smith-runs-fastest-half-marathon-on-u-s-soil_21654 Kim Smith Runs Fastest Half Marathon On U.S. Soil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028153938/http://running.competitor.com/2011/02/news/kim-smith-runs-fastest-half-marathon-on-u-s-soil_21654 |date=2016-10-28 }}. Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.</ref>
The 2021 edition of the race was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Louisiana|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref name="2021.cancellation">{{Cite web|url=https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2020/Update-on-the-2021-Rock--n--Roll-New-Orleans-Marathon-and-Half.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201025042358/https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2020/Update-on-the-2021-Rock--n--Roll-New-Orleans-Marathon-and-Half.aspx|archive-date = 2020-10-25|title = Update on the 2021 Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon and Half}}</ref>
== Course ==
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| image1 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20201212011415if_/http://66.39.20.98/img/course_map_245x300.jpg Course map of full marathon in 2009]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://66.39.20.98/course.shtml|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201212011439/http://66.39.20.98/course.shtml|archive-date = 2020-12-12|title = New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon Course}}</ref>
| image2 = [https://archive.today/zVqKx/6a130fa524b645b4ee7cb7d2f1bc52d2a4f712f7.jpg Combined course map <!-- includes full, half, and 10k, but not 5k --> in 2020]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.runrocknroll.com/en/Events/New-Orleans/The-Races/Courses |title=Courses - New Orleans &#124; Rock n Roll Marathon Series &#124; Marathon Half M… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201212003918/https://www.runrocknroll.com/en/Events/New-Orleans/The-Races/Courses |archive-date=12 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Mardi Gras Marathon Starting Line All-Guard Marathon Team.jpg|thumb|Start line in 2009]]
The marathon started on [[Poydras Street]] near [[Lafayette Square (New Orleans)|Lafayette Square]] in the [[New Orleans Central Business District|Central Business District]] and ends in [[City Park (New Orleans)|City Park]] near [[Tad Gormley Stadium]].<ref name="2020.course">https://web.archive.org/web/20200929073649if_/https://www.runrocknroll.com/-/media/RnR/Images/Events/New-Orleans/Maps/RNR_20_NOLA_Course_Map_012020_al.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
The course made significant use of [[St. Charles Avenue]], [[Decatur Street (New Orleans)|Decatur Street]], [[Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans|Esplanade Avenue]], Wisner Boulevard, and Lakeshore Drive along [[Lake Pontchartrain]].{{r|2020.course}}
== Winners ==
'''Key''':{{pad|5px}}{{legend2|#CCFFCC||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Course record (in bold)
=== Marathon ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! class="unsortable" | Ed.
! Year
! Men's winner
! Time{{efn|[[hour|h]]:[[minute|m]]:[[second|s]]|name="hms"}}
! Women's winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! class="unsortable" | Rf.
|-
| 1 || 1965
| align="left" | Harry Belin<!-- arrs spells name as "Henry", though multiple reliable sources note that a "Harry Belin" graduated tulane in 1965 -->
| 2:47:30
|
|
| {{r|footnotes.1980}}
|-
| 45 || 2009 <!-- edition number noted by race site itself, in conflict with arrs, which lists it as edition 44 -->
| align="left" | Meyer Friedman
| 2:24:32
| align="left" | Autumn Ray
| 2:58:23
| <ref name="2009.results">https://archive.today/20201211231541/http://66.39.20.98/results09.shtml<!-- redirected from https://www.runnotc.org/results/2009/mgm.html --></ref>
|-
| 46 || 2010
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Paul Wachira|KEN}}
| 2:22:31
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Karen Barlow|AUS}}
| 2:46:06<!-- this was previously marked as the course record, but provided sources do not appear to state that a course record was set, and it was unclear if it was marked as such merely because it was the fastest of the times listed here, even though the list here is incomplete, and there is evidence that gayle olinekova may have finished in 2:35:09 in 1980 -->
| <ref>[http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults_list?eId=29&eiId=36&seId=78&page=1&rowCount=25&firstname=&lastname=&bib=&gender=&division=&submit=Search 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results]. Competitor.com. 2010-02-28. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.</ref><ref>Astleford, Andrew (2010-03-01). [http://www.nola.com/running/index.ssf/2010/03/kenyan_paul_wachira_australian.html Kenyan Paul Wachira, Australian Karen Barlow win Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305094940/http://www.nola.com/running/index.ssf/2010/03/kenyan_paul_wachira_australian.html |date=2010-03-05 }}. New Orleans Running. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.</ref>
|-
| 47 || 2011
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fred Joslyn|USA}}
| 2:18:49<!-- this was previously marked as the course record, but provided sources do not appear to state that a course record was set, and it was unclear if it was marked as such merely because it was the fastest of the times listed here, even though the list here is incomplete, and there is evidence that ron tabb may have finished in 2:11:01 in 1980 -->
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Joasia Zakrzewski|SCO}}
| 2:47:24
| <ref>[http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults_list?eId=29&eiId=35&seId=76&page=1&rowCount=25&firstname=&lastname=&bib=&gender=&division=&submit=Search 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105151539/http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults_list?eId=29&eiId=35&seId=76&page=1&rowCount=25&firstname=&lastname=&bib=&gender=&division=&submit=Search |date=2011-11-05 }}. Competitor.com. 2011-02-13. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.</ref><ref>[http://www.nola.com/running/index.ssf/2011/02/fred_joslyn_joasia_zakrzewski.html Fred Joslyn, Joasia Zakrzewski won the Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215171009/http://www.nola.com/running/index.ssf/2011/02/fred_joslyn_joasia_zakrzewski.html |date=2011-02-15 }}. NOLA.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.</ref>
|-
| 48 || 2012
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Meyer Friedman|USA}}
| 2:27:02
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Meggan Franks|CAN}}
| 2:49:06
| <ref>[http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults_list?eId=29&eiId=75&seId=228&page=1&rowCount=25&firstname=&lastname=&bib=&gender=&division=&submit=Search 2012 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results]. Competitor.com. 2012-03-04. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.</ref>
|-
| 49 || 2013
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Meyer Friedman|USA}}
| 2:28:43
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Karen Lockyer|NZL}}
| 2:52:23 <!-- source notes two different times (2:52:23 and 2:53:23) while arrs notes a time of 2:52:21 -->
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://running.competitor.com/2013/02/news/farah-defar-set-course-records-at-rnr-new-orleans_66562 |title=Farah, Defar Set Records at Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans |access-date=2013-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228191201/http://running.competitor.com/2013/02/news/farah-defar-set-course-records-at-rnr-new-orleans_66562 |archive-date=2013-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 50 || 2014
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ben Bruce|USA}}
| 2:21:56
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Andrea Duke|USA}}
| 2:58:55
|
|-
| 51 || 2015
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|John Brigham|USA}}
| 2:28:45
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Samantha Gardner|USA}}
| 3:03:41
|
|-
| 52 || 2016
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Geoffrey Burns|USA}}
| 2:24:57
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Meggan Franks|CAN}}
| 2:51:50
|
|-
| 53 || 2017
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Clay Emge|USA}}
| 2:34:14
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hannah Cooling|USA}}
| 2:50:28
|
|-
| 54 || 2018
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Marcus Hoof|USA}}
| 2:33:43
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Kylen Cieslak|USA}}
| 2:56:36
|
|-
| 55 || 2019
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Ryan Hendricks|USA}}
| 2:33:07
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Kayla Campasino|USA}}
| 2:55:03
|
|-
| 56 || 2020
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Brett Morley|USA}}
| 2:27:46
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Carly Forte|USA}}
| 3:07:13
| <ref name="2020.results">{{Cite web |url=https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2020/Approximately-13-000-Runners-Converge-in-the-Big-Easy-for-the-2020-Humana-Rock-n-Roll-New-Orleans-.aspx |title = Approximately 13,000 Runners Converge in the Big Easy for the 2020 Hu… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211154642/https://runningusa.org/RUSA/News/2020/Approximately-13-000-Runners-Converge-in-the-Big-Easy-for-the-2020-Humana-Rock-n-Roll-New-Orleans-.aspx |archive-date=11 December 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| || 2021 || colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic'' || {{r|2021.cancellation}}
|}
=== Half marathon ===
<!-- [[File:20060423 Felix Limo and Martin Lel.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Martin Lel]] beat Olympic champion [[Samuel Wanjiru]] to win the first half marathon race.]] -- including this photo in this article with this caption is misleading as it implies that the two runners mentioned in the caption are pictured, and are pictured running in this race, neither of which is true -->
[[File:Martin Lel, London Marathon 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Martin Lel]] (pictured here in [[2011 London Marathon|London]]) beat [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Olympic marathon]] champion [[Samuel Wanjiru]] to win the half in 2010]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! class="unsortable" | Ed.{{efn|Edition numbers are based on the marathon competition.<!-- there appears to be no evidence that a half marathon was run in 1963 -->}}
! Year
! Men's winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! Women's winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! class="unsortable" | Rf.
|-
| 45 || 2009
| align="left" | Hillary Kogo
| 1:08:47
| align="left" | Victoria Martinez
| 1:21:17
| {{r|2009.results}}
|-
| 46 || 2010
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Martin Lel]]|KEN}}
| 1:01:07
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Berhane Adere]]|ETH}}
| 1:07:52
| {{r|2010.iaaf}}
|-
| 47 || 2011
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Josphat Boit|KEN}}
| 1:03:57
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Kim Smith (athlete)|Kim Smith]]|NZL}}
| 1:07:36
|-
| 48 || 2012
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shadrack Biwott|KEN}}
| 1:04:23
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Traña]]|CRC}}
| 1:16:31 {{AthAbbr|NR|Costa Rican}}
|-
| 49 || 2013
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}}
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | '''1:00:59'''
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH}}
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | '''1:07:25'''
|-
| 50 || 2014
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Liam Burke|USA}}
| 1:11:35
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Karen Lockyer|NZL}}
| 1:20:29
|-
| 51 || 2015
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Mike Popejoy|USA}}
| 1:05:18
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Janet Cherobon-Bawcom]]|USA}}
| 1:12:22
|-
| 52 || 2016
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Emil Dobrowolski|POL}}
| 1:04:16
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Neely Spence Gracey]]|USA}}
| 1:14:19
|-
| 53 || 2017
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Jack St. Marie|USA}}
| 1:09:04
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Neely Spence Gracey|USA}}
| 1:11:02
|-
| 54 || 2018
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Kevin Castille|USA}}
| 1:05:58
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Sarah Crouch]]|USA}}
| 1:17:31
|-
| 55 || 2019
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Dathan Ritzenhein|USA}}
| 1:01:24
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Berhane Dibaba]]|ETH}}
| 1:11:31
|-
| 56 || 2020
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|Panuel Mkungo|KEN}}
| 1:02:05
| align="left" | {{flagathlete|[[Amy Cragg]]|USA}}
| 1:16:53
| {{r|2020.results}}
|-
| || 2021 || colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic'' || {{r|2021.cancellation}}
|}
<!-- ''NOTE:  "45" refers to the 45th Mardi Gras Marathon overall;  Competitor Group began organising the race in 2010.'' -->
== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mardi Gras Marathon}}
*[http://mardi-gras.competitor.com/ Official website]
{{RNR Series}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon}}
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