Picayune Street Fair 5K/1 Mile Championship & Power Miler Challenge

Picayune Street Fair 5K/1 Mile Championship & Power Miler Challenge takes place in Picayune, Mississippi, on November 7, 2026, and it runs in the late afternoon rather than the morning. The 1 Mile Championship starts at 4:30 p.m., with the 5K (3.1 miles) and 1 mile following at 5 p.m. The Power Miler is the odd one out, mixing lunges and burpees into the running. Awards go to the top finishers by age group, with special recognition for first responders.

Afternoon racing needs a different plan than a morning race: eat your last real meal three or four hours out, keep drinking through the day, and warm up longer than you think you need since you will have been sitting around. Racing a flat-out mile is its own skill, and it hurts in a way a 5K does not, so if you enter both, take the mile first and treat the 5K as the harder-paced but more patient effort.