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This is the finisher’s medal for the Louisiana Marathon that took place on January 19, 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Here is a pic of the Louisiana Half Marathon medal, front and back:

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[Medals submitted by Terry Williams, follow on Twitter @TerryMcWilliams, by Naomi Pipes, follow her on Twitter @NaomiPipes, and my James Pipes, follow him on Twitter @jameswpipes]

 This is the medal for the Louisiana Marathon that was held on January 20, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Love the medal and how they incorporated a shoe into it. Also, big congratulations to Beth who PR’d at the marathon! Here is a photo of the back of the marathon medal with an awesome slogan “Run-Eat-Dance-Laugh”:

And here are photos of the front and back of the half marathon medal:

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[Marathon medal photos submitted by Teal & Beth, follow them on Twitter @lifeisarun and by Joe Raymond, follow him on Twitter @JoeBRaymond]

This is the medal for the Jazz Half Marathon that was held on October 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jazzy medal! 🙂

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[medal photo submitted by RIF #7 Brad Bennett. Follow him on Twitter @bradb78]

The inaugural Louisiana Marathon took place on January 15, 2012 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The race had a great turnout for a first year event and seemed to be extremely well put on.

Here is a look at the finisher’s medal from the Louisiana Marathon.

It’s rather simply, no fancy bells or whistles, but is well done with the footprint being composed of a cypress tree, the state tree of Louisiana, within it.

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RELATED: Matthew Manning Wins Inaugural Louisiana Marathon

[medal photo submitted by Tisha White. Follow her on Twitter @Cajun_Tisha]

Matthew Manning won the inaugural Louisiana Marathon held Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, the state capital of Louisiana, with a winning time of 2:33:41.

Manning smoked the field, beating his nearest competitor, Chuck Engle, by nearly 11 minutes. Engle finished in 2:44:05 to barely hold off Christopher Reis who took third with a time of 2:45:38.

2012 Louisiana Marathon Results

1. Matthew Manning – 2:33:42
2. Chuck Engle – 2:44:05
3. Christopher Reis – 2:45:38
4. Matthew Urbanski – 2:51:55
5. Jacob Marsh – 2:53:20
6. Micah Mohler – 2:55:59
7. Karen Meraw – 2:58:54 (female)
8. Greg Soutiea – 2:59:13
9. Frank Livaudais – 3:00:01
10. Kevin Berger – 3:00:51

Karen Meraw was the fasest female marathoner down in ‘Red Stick’ on Sunday with a time of 2:58:54.  She beat Candace Caveny by almost ten minutes. Caveny finished in 3:08:53.  Third place female went to Grace Thacker with a time of 3:09:36.

Louisiana Marathon Searchable Results and Top Finishers

The marathon had 637 finishers.

The 2012 Louisiana Half Marathon was won by Jonathan Granger in 1:17:42 with the top female being Kelly Nicholas in 1:29:42.

2012 Louisiana Half Marathon Results

1. Jonathan Granger – 1:17:42
2. Grant Gonzalez – 1:18:12
3. Michael Anderson – 1:18:21
4. Jimmy Riccitello – 1:22:16
5. Michael Baston – 1:23:41
6. Calvin Conner – 1:24:01
7. Michael Whalen – 1:24:59
8. Van Edwards – 1:25:01
9. Luke Gehbauer – 1:25:05
10. Russ Bourgeois – 1:25:32

Louisiana Half Marathon Searchable Results and Top Finishers

Congrats to all who took part in the inaugural marathon and half marathon.

Louisiana Marathon Website