Shamrockin Run New Orleans
About this race
Go Green or Go Home!!! Shamrockin Run New Orleans is back for the 2026 spring racing season! Once again we will offer a Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and our Kids One Mile Fun Run on Sunday morning March 8, 2026 along beautiful Lakeshore Drive on a completely closed race course to all vehicle traffic. The event also host for the 12th time the Guinness Challenge 5K, which consist of athletes stopping at each kilometer and drinking a 6oz glass of Guinness Beer. The top three male and female runners finishing with the fastest times while consuming the beer at each beer zone, will receive a case of World Famous Guinness Beer to take home for the upcoming St. Patricks Day Celebrations!!!
Shamrockin Run New Orleans will be hosted from the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar, located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans, Louisiana 70124.
IMPORTANT RACE WEEKEND INFORMATION!
Friday, March 6, 2026
RACE REGISTRATION & RACE BIB PICK-UP
LOUISIANA RUNNING COMPANY – PARKING AVAILABLE NEAR THE LOCATION
4153 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Race Day – Sunday, March 8, 2026 THE BLUE CRAB RESTAURANT – PARKING AVAILABLE NEAR THE RESTAURANT 7900 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124 5:30 am - Pre-registered and New Registration Packet Pick Up begins 7:00 am - Pre-registered and Possible New Registration Packet Pick CLOSES! 7:10 am - Irish & US National Anthems played at Starting Line 7:15 am - Shamrockin’ Run Half Marathon begins! 7:30 am - Shamrockin Run 10K, 5K & Guinness Challenge 5K 10:00 am - Leprechaun Kids Fun Run
Pick your distance
Running
Half Marathon
Each event will start & finish from our host at the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive on the beautiful New Orleans Lakefront.
10K
Each event will start & finish from our host at the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive on the beautiful New Orleans Lakefront.
5K
Each event will start & finish from our host at the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive on the beautiful New Orleans Lakefront.
5K Guinness Challenge
Each event will start & finish from our host at the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive on the beautiful New Orleans Lakefront.
Leprechaun Kids Fun Run
Each event will start & finish from our host at the Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar located at 7900 Lakeshore Drive on the beautiful New Orleans Lakefront.
Virtual Half Marathon
Virtual 10K
Virtual 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New Orleans, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:19 AM and sets at 6:03 PM local time (CST) in New Orleans on March 7, 2027 — 11h 44m of daylight.
Course
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- New Orleans 5K Races 30 races
- 10K Run Events in New Orleans 6 races
- New Orleans Half Marathons 4 races
- Marathons in New Orleans 2 races
- New Orleans Running Calendar 2026 41 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 43 New Orleans events
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