35th Annual CRESCENT CITY CLASSIC 10K
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic is New Orleans' (and the region's) premier road race. For 35 years, it has combined world class competition, amateur participation and great fun for all participants. The Classic is both physically challenging and a great New Orleans tradition!
EVENT INFO
THE EXPO
The CCC will host a 2-day Health & Fitness Expo the 2 days (Thursday March 28 and Friday March 29th) before the race, featuring exhibitors showcasing the latest in running apparel, shoes, exercise equipment, nutritional and wellness products, fitness services, and much more. The 2013 Expo will be held in our new host hotel, the Hyatt Regency New Orleans.
CLICK HERE for more info about our Expo
THE START
The new Start line will be at the corner of Loyola and Poydras. All of Poydras street will be closed on race day and fenced off from Loyola to Lasalle for seeded runners. Lasalle to Claiborne will have barricaded corrals for all non-seeded runners. You can access your starting area by going up onto the Superdome from Champions Square and then down Ramp A. Please line up in the area according to the color of your assigned race number. PLEASE GO TO THE APPROPRIATE START AREA. Click here for the Starting Corral Map. Runners will be moved forward to the actual starting area at 3 minute increments. The race will begin EXACTLY at 8:00am for Elites, Group A & Group B. Group C will start at 8:03am and each consecutive group will begin 3 minutes thereafter. Note: All chip timing begins when you cross the start and finish lines. You are NOT penalized for starting near the rear. Chip Time will be used this year for official results (not Gun Time).
THE COURSE
This fast, point to point course is a USAT&F sanctioned and certified 10,000 meters. It starts in front of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Poydras St., proceeds down Poydras, bearing a left on S. Peters, and continuing onto Decatur St. The new course runs you through the French Quarter, passing Jackson Sqaure & the French Market, turning left on Esplanade Ave, where it continues all the way down to the front of City Park. The remainder of the course takes place in the park, passing in front of Storyland and the New Orleans Museum of Art before finishing on Roosevelt Mall just outside of Tad Gormley Stadium, exactly 6.2 miles from the start. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE COURSE MAP.
THE MICHELOB-ULTRA RACEFEST
This year's post-race festival will be held from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm at the Practice Track in City Park. Runners get in for free, Family and Friends who did not register for the race can pay a $5 cover to enter and enjoy the fun. Free food, beer, water, and fruit will be served. Live entertainment by Papa Grows Funk and Marc Broussard, as well as an Awards Ceremony, will take place on the main stage. Festival Maps will be available soon.
Starting in 1979 with 902 participants, the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic has long been a New Orleans tradition and leading fitness event in Louisiana. Described as the original "party race," our 10k, held the Saturday before Easter, attracts over 20,000 runners, walkers, and partiers each year.
Today, the CCC has expanded to include 3 more races: the CC Bridge Run, a 4-mile race across the Mississippi River; the Fall Classic, a 5k qualifier for the Classic; and the Celebration in the Oaks Run*Walk, a unique 2-mile run through the Christmas light show in City Park.
All CCC events are produced by the Crescent City Fitness Foundation, a not-for-profit entity whose sole purpose is to promote health, fitness, and a better lifestyle for the people of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
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