Free Ridenour Preserve - 5K/10K/Bike Race
About this race
Join us in celebrating the land and trail expansion at Ridenour Lake.
We have grown from 60 to 319 acres and now have over 20 miles of new trails. Along with the free trail run and mtb race we will have a food truck, fishing, kayaks and paddle boats. A full day of trail celebration sponsored by Nitro CVB.
FREE! FREE! FREE!
10:00am - Trail Running Race 5K or 10K
12:00pm - Ribbon Cutting
12:30pm - Mountain Bike Race 11 Miles!
Register an hour before the event start for either the trail run or mountain bike race times
Pick your distance
Running
5K Trail Run
10K Trail Run
Cycling
11 Mile Mountain Bike Race
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Nitro, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:03 AM and sets at 8:54 PM local time (EDT) in Nitro on June 20, 2026 — 14h 50m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Free Ridenour Preserve - 5K/10K/Bike Race
64 finishers across 3 distances · leading places in the 5K Trail Run
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz Skeens | 24:42 | 7:57 /mi |
| 2 | Jonathan Phoenix | 26:37 | 8:34 /mi |
| 3 | Cole Stevens | 26:38 | 8:34 /mi |
| 4 | Justin Roberts | 28:13 | 9:05 /mi |
| 5 | Scotty Clark | 28:13 | 9:05 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Nitro
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Nitro 5K Races 2 races
- Nitro Running Calendar 2026 2 races
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, 2 Nitro events
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