Run the Roux 5K

Run the Roux 5K takes place in Vinton, Louisiana, on October 24, 2026. The 5K goes first at 8 a.m. and a 1 mile fun run follows at 9 a.m., a gap wide enough to race the 5K and then jog the mile alongside a child or a friend.

Both events are on the road and both are short, which makes this an easy morning to bring the whole family to. If the 5K is your target, six weeks of three or four runs a week with one session of hard 400 metre repeats will put you in shape to race rather than just finish. Newer runners can use a run-walk pattern from the start, three minutes running and one walking, held the whole way; it usually produces a faster overall time than going out hard and fading.