Sat, Oct 24, 2026
Slidell, LA
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The races are part of a festival weekend at a church in Slidell, which gives the start area a different feel than a typical road race. There is a shorter option open to all ages and a longer option with a pace expectation, so the two events draw fairly different crowds. Both are chip timed, and the age group award categories cover a wide span.
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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.
1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Richard Boover Jr. (5:38) · Nathan Kilburn (6:26) · C. Edson (7:15)
5K · 2025 results
Top 3: Jose Jimenez (20:55) · Abel Rios (21:18) · David Hanley (22:17)
The Slidell Food & Fun Fest Races has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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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 Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 1 Miles field finished slower than 15:26, and the last recorded finisher came in around 29:47, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (149 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 1 Miles winner ran 5:38 while the median finisher took 15:26. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
