Jungle Gardens 7K Trail, 5K Run & 1 Mile
About this race
2026 Jungle Gardens 7K Trail Run, 5K Run & 1 Mile Fun Run
November 7, 2026 Hwy. 329 Avery Island, LASchedule of Events:
7:30 a.m. - Registration
8:00 a.m. - 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk
8:30 a.m. - 5K Run Start
8:38 a.m. - 7K Run Start
This race benefits the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! Currently over 900 children from Louisiana are in active treatment in Memphis and affiliate hospitals. These families will never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food. Join us for this event as FUNraiser's for St Jude pledges to raise $400,000 in 2026.
Please join us for a great morning at the world famous Jungle Gardens. The race will be held on the hard packed road that travels throughout the gardens. This will definitely be the most scenic race in Louisiana and one not to miss!
After you run the race, enjoy some tasty jambalaya provided by The Lost Boys or step over to the world famous McIlhenny Factory to see how Tabasco products are made. Be sure to visit the gift shops for great items for your Christmas list
Virtual Run
We are offering a Jungle Gardens Virtual 5K or 7K event with a t-shirt for $35. If you can't pickup your packet, we can ship it to you for a $8 Postage fee that you can purchase when registering.
T-shirt Guaranteed Date
For the 5K & 7K event with a t-shirt, participants will receive a t-shirt. T-shirt IS guaranteed to those that are registered by October 20th. The option to purchase a shirt will no longer be available after that date.
1 Mile, 5K & 7K participants will receive finisher medals.
Teams
Sign up as an individual or join a team.
The team with the most registered members will receive an award.
Packet Pickup Info:
Packet pick up will be at Tri Running located at 2813 Johnston St., Lafayette, La. on Friday, Nov 6 , 2026 from 11am-6pm.
Age Groups:
1-14,15-19,20-29,30-39,etc. 70+ for 5K & 7K
Awards:
1 Mile Fun Run: Top Overall Male & Female
5K & 7K Runs: Top Overall Male & Female, Masters & Grand Masters Male & Female. 1st,2nd,3rd, Male & Female each age group
Pick your distance
Running
1 Mile Fun Run - No T-shirt
5K Run - No T-shirt
5K Run - With A T-shirt
Virtual 5K or 7K With T-shirt
Trail running
7K Trail Run - No T-shirt
7K Trail Run - With a T-shirt
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Avery Island, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:26 AM and sets at 5:16 PM local time (CST) in Avery Island on November 7, 2026 — 10h 50m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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Results — Jungle Gardens 7K Trail, 5K Run & 1 Mile
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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 Avery Island event
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