New Orleans Women’s Half Marathon & 5K
New Orleans, LA
- Half Marathon, 5K
- Road (Paved)
- Official race website
New Orleans will host the annual New Orleans Women’s Half Marathon and 5K, starting and finishing in the family-friendly atmosphere of New Orleans Armstrong Park winding through some of New Orleans most iconic landscapes. The New Orleans Women’s Half Marathon & 5K will have a wave start system in place … MORE
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Poor Communication
I chose this race to check Louisiana off of my 50 in 50 list. We had a great weekend but this race had a few hiccups. They didn’t send out … MORE
I chose this race to check Louisiana off of my 50 in 50 list. We had a great weekend but this race had a few hiccups.
They didn’t send out any email communication, updates were only posted on Facebook. Some of the information on the website and the Facebook pages were contradictory… ex start time and packet pick up times and locations. There were a lot of comments online about the lack of communication and many people were getting upset… repeatedly you could see where the organizers would say they “never got the emails.” (In my experience people are a lot more forgiving when you own up to your mistakes)
While everyone was lining up to start the race they announced that we were no longer running the course we signed up for but instead doing two loops. Personally, I would’ve never signed up for a looped course and would’ve really appreciated them letting us know before hand. They also said the course has been changed earlier in the week but nobody in the crowd knew and it wasn’t posted anywhere. I had friends planning on cheering during the race and this goofed up their morning too.
I did really like that it was a women’s race on international women’s day plus they had plenty of restrooms and water stops
Overall, this race could grow into something much better but they have a lot of work to do.
Great Race!
Obviously I am not the "Target Demographic" for this race however I enjoyed the chance to run with my wife. On a positive note I won 3rd place in my … MORE
Obviously I am not the “Target Demographic” for this race however I enjoyed the chance to run with my wife.
On a positive note I won 3rd place in my Age/Gender = LOL