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2012 Rouge Orleans Ultra Marathon Recap (Video)

Monday, February 13th, 2012 03:59 pm GMT -5 · · Comments ·

Last weekend was not only especially windy and cold, but it also marked the second annual Rouge Orleans Ultra Marathon and Relay.

For those of you unfamiliar with this race, let me break it down for you. You compete as a solo runner or in teams of two, three or six. Your team alternates running all the way from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, which is a meager 126.2 miles.

Oh, what is that you just thought? Who would actually consider participating in this race? Well, shockingly the answer is about 450 runners.

The race started in waves, with the solo runners kicking off the first wave at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10 in downtown Baton Rouge. The last of the waves started at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11. The waves were based on estimated pace and finish time.

Once the teams were off, the runners followed the Mississippi River levee all the way to Audobon Park in New Orleans where they were greeted with cheers, food, drinks and music by The Lewinskys.

Other than being exhausted from lack of sleep and a little delirious, spirits were high as runners crossed the finish line. The main complaints were that the course leg distances were incorrect and runners were having to run extra or less than they had originally planned and the lack of porta-potties. As a runner, the incorrect leg distances can be mentally taxing, especially when running 20+ miles over the course of 24 hours.

For more information on the Rouge Orleans Ultra Marathon & Relay visit their Web site.

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Posted: February 13, 2012 by

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1636382671 Charles Jantzi

    I am confused about the results and  hoping we can get some clarification.  Our team was a 6 man open team and our finish time was 15:04.  I noticed another team has the same finish time… very confusing since we started at 1pm with the other 6 man teams and finished at 4 am and there wasnt anyone near us.  I wonder if they had a different starting time?  Kind of bizarre to have two teams run that distance and have the same finishing times.

  • http://twitter.com/RivsHughey Rivers Hughey

    Charles, 

    That’s a good observation. I’m almost certain that the team that you are referring to started in the 8 a.m. wave. If you have any questions, I’m sure someone with Rouge Orleans would be happy to answer.

    Hope this helps.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-OBrien/23416279 Patrick O’Brien

    Rivers,
    There are a couple things I think Charles is trying to convey to: 1) Team BeatSam (6 man all male) finished in 15:04:00 and started at 1pm with the listed winner of the male open division. We know we finished before Wannahockaloogie, they started with us. 2) We suspect that our time was posted accidentally as team “binge drinking…” time, unless they actually finished in the exact same time as us

  • http://twitter.com/RivsHughey Rivers Hughey

    Patrick,

    I listed these results based on the finishing times posted at the end of the after party/during the award ceremony. I looked through the list again and still didn’t see your name. The official results haven’t been released on the Rouge Orleans site, though. I would contact Jeff Beck about the finishing times.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1636382671 Charles Jantzi

    Rivers,

    Thanks for your responses… It appears the awards handed out at the after party/awards ceremony were given out based on the finishers sheet I saw posted on FB Sunday.   The BIZARRE part is Jeff was at the finish line guiding our last runner thru the maze of arrows that was the added distance.  He looked at his watch and told us we finished at 15:04, congratulated us and gave us our finishers medals.  We then went to find some coffee and something warm to eat.  Since it was 4 am, nothing was open :) Being fathers with kiddos waiting on us to get home, we all decided to call it a day and head home and just catch up with Jeff afterwards to get our awards he said we would get.   Oh well… Hopefully, the guys putting on the race read these posts and can contribute to the discussion.

    Regards,
    Charles

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