Jazz Half Marathon

• Date: October 29, 2011
• Address: Lafayette Square Park, New Orleans, Louisiana Get directions
• Country: United States
• Race type: Run (Half Marathon)
• Distances: Run (13.10 miles)
• Organization:
• Website: http://www.jazzhalf.com/
• Contact email: [email protected]
• Description: Join us for the 3rd Annual Jazz Half Marathon & 5K on Saturday, October 29 and help support the Cancer Program here at Children's Hospital. This year's races will be televised live on NBC-affiliate 6 WDSU, and will start and finish at the beautiful Lafayette Square Park in the New Orleans CBD. Runners will run past such landmarks as the New Orleans Convention Center, Louisiana Superdome, and the statue of Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle. From Lee Circle, runners will run up the Grand Dame of New Orleans streets, St. Charles Avenue, passing the fabled mansions of the Garden District, Loyola and Tulane Universities and through the green expanse of Audubon Park. Coming back downtown, you’ll run past the World War II Museum, Contemporary Arts Museum and Ogden Museum of Southern Art before finishing the race at Lafayette Square. Along the way, you will be treated to a wealth of New Orleans music by local bands.
  
  After the race, you will feast on great food, beer, water, and soft drinks while dancing to the music of three top New Orleans bands. All participants in the Jazz Half Marathon will receive gender-specific, Jazz Half-logo, tech shirts and runners in the 5K will all receive Merrill Lynch 5K-logo, all cotton tee shirts. Runners who finish the Jazz Half Marathon will also receive a beautiful finisher's medal.
• Members who are scheduled to race: Basorrells