Salute Red, White, and Blue

Salute Red, White, and Blue takes place in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on November 7, 2026, and all three distances start together at 8:00 a.m.: an 11K of about 6.8 miles, an eleven-miler and a 5K. The repeated eleven is a nod to Veterans Day.

Choose by the longest run you have done recently. The eleven-miler sits in half-marathon territory, so you want a long run of nine or ten miles already behind you and an eight-week build with one weekly tempo. The 11K is the middle ground, a 10K with a little extra, and needs only a solid base. With every race on the same gun, the opening mile will be crowded and quick, so run your own pace from the first hundred meters.