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2026 RNUTS Schedule 

Well you don’t get everything you ask for, but you don’t get anything you don’t ask for.  That’s the story with our potential new race in the USFS.  We just couldn’t get all the details set in time for 2026.  We’ll see what we can do in 2027.

2026 Changes – We have shuffled the schedule a bit, the Mineshaft 10k will be taking over the Mill Mountain Mayhem 10k date as the Star Trail Parking lot will be closed from Oct 25-Oct 26 for paving, expansion and improvements, and we’ll be adding the Twisted Trail 10k, directed by the Blue Ridge Trail Runners, to the schedule.  If you participated in our series last year, the Twisted Trail course was what we used for our Mineshaft 2.0 race.

• • 01/10/26 – Frozen Toe 10k
  • 01/31/26 – Forever 5 & 10 Milers
  • 02/28/26 – Montvale Park 5/10 Miler
  • 03/14/26 – Trail Nut 10k & Half Marathon
  • 04/04/26 – Mineshaft 10k
  • 05/02/26 – Twisted Trail 10k
  • 05/31/25 – Conquer the Cove 25k and Marathon

2026 RNUTS Schedule – still have one event to finalize

We have everything set except a new event we plan to hold on 5/2/26.  We are still working with the USFS on the details and permit and the government shutdown hasn’t helped our timeline for getting everything set and live.  We’ll be opening up the Frozen Toe registration soon, hopefully 11/12/25.

The Mineshaft 10k will be taking over the Mill Mountain Mayhem 10k date as the Star Trail Parking lot will be closed from Oct 25-Oct 26 for paving, expansion and improvements.

• 01/10/26 – Frozen Toe 10k
• 01/31/26 – Forever 5 & 10 Milers
• 02/28/26 – Montvale Park 5/10 Miler
• 03/14/26 – Trail Nut 10k & Half Marathon
• 04/04/26 – Mineshaft 10k
• 05/02/26 – We are working on something new for this date.
• 05/31/25 – Conquer the Cove 25k and Marathon

The RNUTS point standings are updated following the Montvale 5/8.4 Milers

The RNUTS point standings are updated following the Mineshaft 10k

The 2025 & 17th RNUTS Schedule

01/04/25 – 16^th Frozen Toe 10k

01/25/25 – 5th Forever 5/10 Miler

02/22/25 – 1st Mineshaft 10k
The 21^st Annual Explore Your Limits 5k and 10k will be postponed a year due to the construction occurring at the park.

03/15/25 – 17^th Montvale 5 & 8.4 Miler – at Montvale Park.

04/05/25 – 17^th Mill Mountain Mayhem 10k

05/03/25 – 18^th Trail Nut 10k and Half Marathon at Bedford’s Falling Creek Park

06/01/25 – 15^th Conquer the Cove 25k and Marathon

The 18th Into the Darkness 4 Mile Night Trail Run will return on 10/26/24 at the Explore Park, starting at 7pm –

The Final 2024 RNUTS points standings are posted – https://mountainjunkies.net/rnuts-results/

The 1/6/24 Frozen Toe 10k has been cancelled and rescheduled for 1/13/24 at Moneta Park see the race registration page to manage your entry https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Roanoke/FrozenToe10k

You can find the preregistered list for the 1/6/24Frozen Toe 10k HERE – The race is Full

For the series and 10% discount for the series bundle https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Salem/RNUTS

For all the series information and rules – https://mountainjunkies.net/rnuts/