About the Annual Miner Dash & Family Fitness Fiesta
The course runs through a university campus known for its Bhutanese-inspired architecture, which makes for an unusual backdrop as you move through the grounds. The route is mostly flat campus paths, and both a run and a walk option share the same general area, starting and finishing near the central plaza.
Packet pickup happens the afternoon before at a local running store on Mesa Street. The finish area hosts a health fair and kids' activities, including inflatable obstacle courses, so it works well if you are bringing family along.
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Annual Miner Dash & Family Fitness Fiesta 2025 Results
Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2025
264finishers
17:30winner
33:35median
54:43cutoff
Top 3: Christian Baca (17:30) · Jesus Acosta (19:14) · Josue Nunez (19:45)
The Annual Miner Dash & Family Fitness Fiesta has been held every year since at least 2017. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K11/1/2026 08:30$40
3K11/1/2026 08:30$40
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