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Cajun Country Run Half Marathon 10K & 5K

December 14, 2024
Lafayette
Road
Distances
Half-Marathon, 10k, 5k
Starting Time

7:30 AM

Fees

$80+

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100-500
Fast & Flat
Urban
High: 66°
/ Low: 45°

Between 100 and 200 runners come out each year to run through the city streets of the home of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s “Ragin’ Cajuns,” at the annual wintertime Cajun Country Half Marathon, which unfolds along the roads that surround Acadiana Park.

The Cajun Country Half is an out-and-back race that starts and finishes at Acadiana Park in the northeast corner of this city, which is well-known regionally both for its college sports teams as well as for its authentic cajun cuisine, as Baton Rouge has one of the highest concentrations of restaurants of any city in the U.S.

As Lafayette’s only half-marathon running road race, the Cajun Country Half is scheduled to take advantage of the cool early winter temperatures and as a warm-up to the seasonal marathons and half-marathons that take place early in the new year, including New Orleans’s Rock & Roll Marathon & Half Marathon, which takes place each February.

Runners begin the race heading out onto Alexander St. and weave their way through Lajaunie Road and Teurlings Drive for the first mile. After the first mile, it’s more turns before heading to Shadow Bluff Drive at the north side of the park where they will spend the next 2 miles of the race. At the 4.5 mile mark, runners continue along Lajaunie Road until the turnaround point just past mile five. The next section of the course takes runners along a counterclockwise loop before returning to Lajaunie Road and retracing their steps back to the finish line at Acadiana Park. The race’s out and back course offers rolling hills and some cross-country running, making it a great race for both beginners and experienced runners.
Overview
Between 100 and 200 runners come out each year to run through the city streets of the home of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s “Ragin’ Cajuns,” at the annual wintertime Cajun Country Half Marathon, which unfolds along the roads that surround Acadiana Park. The Cajun Country Half is an out-and-back race that starts and finishes at Acadiana Park in the northeast corner of this city, which is well-known regionally both for its college sports teams as well as for its authentic cajun cuisine, as Baton Rouge has one of the highest concentrations of restaurants of any city in the U.S. As Lafayette’s only half-marathon running road race, the Cajun Country Half is scheduled to take advantage of the cool early winter temperatures and as a warm-up to the seasonal marathons and half-marathons that take place early in the new year, including New Orleans’s Rock & Roll Marathon & Half Marathon, which takes place each February.
Runners begin the race heading out onto Alexander St. and weave their way through Lajaunie Road and Teurlings Drive for the first mile. After the first mile, it’s more turns before heading to Shadow Bluff Drive at the north side of the park where they will spend the next 2 miles of the race. At the 4.5 mile mark, runners continue along Lajaunie Road until the turnaround point just past mile five. The next section of the course takes runners along a counterclockwise loop before returning to Lajaunie Road and retracing their steps back to the finish line at Acadiana Park. The race’s out and back course offers rolling hills and some cross-country running, making it a great race for both beginners and experienced runners.

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Distances
Half Marathon, 10k, 5k
Starting Time

7:30 AM

Fees

$80+

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