2005 Nokia Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Marathon

The Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans, LA was held last Sunday (2/27/2005). It was an interesting course which went through the French Quarter, Bywater, the Garden Distric, Uptown, and finally ending inside the Superdome.

There were 1966 marathon runners and 2394 half marathon runners. The winning men's time was 2:30:56. As reported by Times Picayune it was "a record time for the current 26.2-mile course that has been in place for five years."

I've generated the typical age group stats. Don't know you can trust the eighty+ number. That age was listed at 99 with a time of 3:52:07. As in the other races, the young women trend continues. Women outnumber men in the twenties group. For the half marathon, it's more the double.

I've also listed the numbers by state (excluding states with under 10 participants). I was surprised by how many states were represented. As would be expected, Louisiana had the most for both races. However, California almost had as many runners in the full marathon. The state with the best average time was Maryland with a mean time of 4:00:34 out of 12 runners.

Here are the detailed stats. These stats were derived from data provided by 2005 Mardi Gras Marathon Results site.


Marathon Men

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
teens	5	0%	4:23:07
twenties	178	17%	4:36:45
thirties	302	30%	4:24:48
forties	329	32%	4:28:26
fifties	162	16%	4:40:06
sixties	42	4%	4:59:29
seventies	4	0%	5:55:53
eighties+	1	0%	3:52:07
Total	1023	100%	4:32:13

Marathon Women

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	1	0%	5:39:46
teens	9	1%	5:14:39
twenties	355	38%	5:19:32
thirties	292	31%	5:14:29
forties	204	22%	5:06:41
fifties	70	7%	5:28:36
sixties	12	1%	6:34:00
Total	943	100%	5:16:47

Half Marathon Men

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	3	0%	02:02
teens	10	1%	01:49
twenties	168	16%	01:37
thirties	318	30%	01:30
forties	294	27%	01:35
fifties	221	21%	01:48
sixties	46	4%	01:58
seventies	10	1%	01:56
Total	1070	100%	01:38

Half Marathon Women

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	1	0%	01:05
teens	29	2%	02:04
twenties	399	30%	01:58
thirties	416	31%	02:08
forties	309	23%	02:11
fifties	145	11%	02:22
sixties	20	2%	02:32
eighties+	5	0%	02:36
Total	1324	100%	02:07

Marathon By State (Men and Women)

StateGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
AL	75	4%	4:32:49
AR	14	1%	4:27:07
CA	360	18%	5:46:09
CO	19	1%	4:54:04
DC	88	4%	5:17:45
FL	155	8%	4:41:22
GA	64	3%	4:35:20
IL	70	4%	4:20:47
IN	17	1%	4:46:22
LA	381	19%	4:32:48
MA	12	1%	4:00:34
MD	94	5%	5:29:18
MI	13	1%	4:14:15
MN	15	1%	4:34:04
MO	21	1%	4:55:25
MS	92	5%	4:34:47
NC	18	1%	4:40:49
NJ	10	1%	4:21:42
NY	23	1%	4:17:04
OH	23	1%	4:07:01
OR	12	1%	5:10:37
PA	26	1%	4:19:07
SC	10	1%	5:14:26
TN	41	2%	4:20:39
TX	89	5%	4:31:53
VA	102	5%	5:23:16
WA	10	1%	4:32:26
Outside US?	34	2%	4:25:51
Below Cutoff	78	4%	4:33:12
Total	1966	100%	4:53:35

Half Marathon By State (Men and Women)

StateGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
AL	62	3%	01:49
CA	198	8%	02:29
CO	18	1%	02:01
CT	15	1%	02:02
DC	45	2%	02:17
FL	95	4%	01:56
GA	68	3%	01:53
IL	81	3%	01:55
KY	14	1%	01:54
LA	960	40%	01:46
MA	15	1%	01:53
MD	52	2%	02:10
MI	14	1%	02:01
MO	27	1%	01:52
MS	164	7%	01:56
NC	17	1%	01:52
NY	44	2%	01:48
OH	19	1%	01:46
OK	11	0%	02:40
PA	17	1%	01:52
TN	91	4%	01:46
TX	131	5%	01:52
VA	71	3%	02:14
Outside US?	35	1%	01:37
Below Cutoff	130	5%	01:46
Total	2394	100%	01:54