Naturally, there was a brief rain shower just before the 11 a.m. start of the annual Red Dress Run in New Orleans on Saturday (Aug. 12), which turned the lower French Quarter into an outdoor steam bath.
After a spirited singing of the National Anthem, hundreds of runners in varied red attire gushed from the starting gate on N. Peters Street onto Elysian Fields Avenue, embarking on a two-mile trek that would eventually return them to the starting point.
The 2017 route followed Elysian Fields lake-bound to N. Rampart Street, where it turned left to St. Ann Street, then left again on Chartres Street, before returning to the start.
Mere minutes after the run began (I'm unsure of the exact time) a few scarlet sprinters returned, having already completed the course. They dashed through the finish line ribbon, chests thrust forward with exertion. Few onlookers paid attention.
Meanwhile, hundreds and hundreds of others runners hadn't even gotten around to starting.
Anyone can tell you, the Red Dress Run isn't an especially competitive competition to begin with. It's as much a promenade as a race, really. The Hash House Harriers, who present the affair, describe themselves as "a drinking club with a running problem." A nonchalant attitude among participants would not come as a great surprise under any circumstances.
But this year, architecture seemed to play a role in the lackadaisical start. The Red Dress Run pre-party and post-party were moved to the Crescent Park on the Marigny riverfront for the first time in 2017. The Crescent Park is a post-industrial design masterpiece in my opinion, but it has an Achilles heel. In order to enter or exit the park, one must cross a narrow steel bridge.
On Saturday morning that steel bridge was like a pinched hose, preventing the flow of runners from making the trip from the beer kegs to the starting line in time. On the bright side, it was a splendid sight to see the cage-like bridge stuffed with a slowly moving mass of feathered, glittered, and otherwise costumed "athletes."
Que Sera, Sera, right?
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