RUN WITH LIONS 5K
About this race
18th Annual RUN WITH LIONS ( formerly Run With Eagles)
Proceeds to support the Allentown (NJ) Food Pantry which has distributed a record number of food items in 2025.
Enjoy the weekend at the 18h annual Run with Lions 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Start at the Cream Ridge Winery and run, walk or push your stroller through scenic central NJ Horse country on this Kentucky Derby Day. Over 150 runners and walkers come out each year for fun, fitness and to help Allentown Lions Club Foundation support the great need to keep families fed. Additionally we donate to Trenton Rescue Mission and Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
Additionally there will be a food drive and ask runners to donate canned goods or other nonperishable food items.
Cream Ridge Winery will donate 5 free wine tastings to all runners of legal age. Live Music provided by Sean Cox & Company.
Awards to top male and female 5K participants and top three in 10 year age groups. This promises to be a festive spring morning offering music, refreshments, t-shirts to participants. $5 price increases on 3/1/2 and 4/1/26 so register early. Come out on Saturday and Run with Lions, run with the horses and run for the roses.
Allentown Lions Club Foundation is a 501c3 organization.
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5K Run/Walk
1 Mile Fun Run
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Based on 9 years of historical conditions on this event's race dates in Cream Ridge.
Course
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Results — RUN WITH LIONS 5K
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Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Historic Allentown 5K
Run the Vineyards - Laurita 5K
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Mercer County Half Marathon & 5k
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Cream Ridge
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Cream Ridge 5K Races 3 races
- Cream Ridge Running Calendar 2026 3 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, 3 Cream Ridge events
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