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Dance Away 5K & 1 Mile
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Dance Away 5K & 1 Mile

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States View on map
Sep 12, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
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About this race

Courir de Pont Breaux "Dance Away 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run"   Saturday, September 12, 2026 Veterans Park in Historic Downtown 222 Berard Street Breaux Bridge, LA    The race will benefit the Teche Center for the Arts   A 5K walk/run through downtown historic Breaux Bridge, LA.  All participants will receive a free entry and a free Bloody Mary after the race at the world famous Zydeco Breakfast at Buck and Johnny's.  Participants must show race bib for free entry to the breakfast.  There will be a 1 Mile Fun Run.    Also, this year we are offering a Virtual Race option for those of you who want to support our race but may not want to run or want to run it on your own time and pace.  This year we will have a Most Spirited award for the best costume showing your Spirit.  Also, we will honor our First Responders with their own 5K category and awards.   Team Registration:   We will be offering Team Registration.  The team with the most registered members will win a prize.  So go out and recruit your friends and family to start a team and get a $5 discount off all of your team's registrations.  Team registration is for doing the 1 Mile or the 5K.   Registration Fees: 5K or 1 Mile:                                        $30 fee includes a t-shirt, a Bloody Mary and entry to the Zydeco Breakfast Team Registration (1M or 5K):         $25 fee includes a t-shirt, a Bloody Mary and entry to the Zydeco Breakfast 5K & 1 Mile Virtual Race:                  $30 fee includes a t-shirt, a Bloody Mary and entry to the Zydeco Breakfast   Packet Pickup:  Friday, 9/11/26 from 12 pm - 7 pm at Buck and Johnny's in the Glassroom 100 Berard Street , Breaux, Bridge, LA   Saturday, 9/12/26 - Race Morning from 6 am - 7 am in the Park    Age Groups:  1-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+   Awards: 5K:   1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall Male & Female, 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the age groups 5K First Responders:  1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall Winners  5K Team with the most registered members gets an award 1 Mile:  1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall Winners

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Running

1 Mile Fun Run

Sep 12, 2026 1.6K 7:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

1 Mile Teams

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Sep 12, 2026 1.6K 7:00 AM
$25.00
Closed

5K Run/Walk

Sep 12, 2026 5K 7:30 AM
$30.00
Closed

5K Teams

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Sep 12, 2026 5K 7:30 AM
$25.00
Closed

5K First Responders

Sep 12, 2026 5K 7:30 AM
$30.00
Closed

5K or 1 Mile Virtual Race

Sep 12, 2026 5K 7:00 AM
$30.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 9 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Breaux Bridge, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 22.7° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 31.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 22.7° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 41.4°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
4.8mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
77.2%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 12, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 12, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 26m

The sun rises at 6:50 AM and sets at 7:16 PM local time (CDT) in Breaux Bridge on September 12, 2026 — 12h 26m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Dance Away 5K & 1 Mile

414 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 1 Mile Fun Run

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Dance Away 5K & 1 Mile
Place Name Time Pace
1 R. Moynihan 7:03 7:03 /mi
2 A. Babineaux 7:39 7:39 /mi
3 J. Haire 7:52 7:52 /mi
4 S. Hebert 8:00 8:00 /mi
5 Louis Belaire 8:09 8:09 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Breaux Bridge event

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