Dia de los Muertos 5K - El Paso

Dia de los Muertos 5K - El Paso takes place in El Paso, Texas, on October 31, 2026. There is one distance, a 5K, and it starts at 1:30 p.m., an unusually late gun time that changes how you should approach the day.

With an afternoon start you have time to eat a normal breakfast and a light lunch several hours out, but you also lose the cool of the morning, so drink steadily through the day and expect the first mile to feel warmer than you would like. El Paso sits at altitude, which is worth remembering if you are visiting from sea level: run the opening half mile by feel rather than by your usual pace. Otherwise the 5K needs little more than a month of steady running.