West End Retro Run

West End Retro Run is held in Southaven, Mississippi, on October 31, 2026. The 5K run and walk, 3.1 miles, starts at 8:30 a.m., and a family fun run follows at 9:30 a.m., so a household can enter both without the starts clashing.

Two starts an hour apart give you options: race the 5K first, then jog the fun run with the children as a cool-down. On the 5K itself the standard advice holds — go through the first mile a few seconds slower than target, hold the second, and empty what is left in the third. If you are building toward the distance, a month of three or four runs a week with one faster session in there is enough.