Run & Ride set for July 4
The 2024 edition of the annual Scripps Ranch Old Pros Fourth of July Run & Ride – which draws the largest number of participants of any event in this community – will bring thousands of runners and cyclists to the streets of Scripps Ranch on July 4. Perhaps the most incredible aspect is that the event will be wrapped up by about 10 a.m.
The Old Pros will hold two running events and three cycling events – all on the morning of July 4. Everything culminates with a celebratory festival in Hoyt Park following the athletic events.
The Run & Ride includes a 10k run, a 2-mile fun run; a 12-mile bike ride, a 22.5 bike gravel trail ride and a 35-mile street bike ride.
There will be a few small changes this year, according to 2024 Run & Ride Czar Sean Phillips. The event start times will be a little different from last year:
The 22.5-mile gravel ride starts at 7 a.m. (new time this year); the 35-mile street ride starts at 7:15 a.m. (new time this year); the 12-mile ride starts at 8 a.m. (new time this year). The 10k foot race starts at 7 a.m. (same as last year), and the 2-mile run starts at 7:10 a.m. (same as last year).
In addition, a local band will be playing live music at Lake Miramar for the runners and cyclists as they go through that part of their course. The Old Pros will hold a silent auction at the festival in Hoyt Park. That’s not new.
“But what is new is that it is 100 percent tax deductible, along with taking donations that will also be 100 percent tax deductible,” Phillips said. “The monies that we do collect for this event go to scholarships and youth sports.”
The Scripps Ranch Old Pros donate more than $30,000 to youth sports and college scholarships every year from this event.
The running events begin on Red Cedar Drive in front of Miramar Ranch Elementary School. The cycling events begin on Hibert Street at the intersection with Scripps Ranch Boulevard. All events end at Hoyt Park in the morning.
The celebration in Hoyt Park is open to the general public and will include live music, entertainment for kids, the silent auction and sponsor booths. There will also be a beer garden open only to Run & Ride participants.
Residents should expect temporary street closures due to the Run & Ride on the morning of July 4 from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the following locations: Scripps Lake Drive from Red Cedar Drive to Miramar Lake; Red Cedar Drive from Scripps Lake Drive to Aviary Drive; Grayfox Drive from Red Cedar Drive to Vista Valle Drive; Vista Valle Drive from Grayfox Drive to Pinetree Drive; Canyon Lake Drive from Pinetree Drive to Aviary Drive; Scripps Lake Drive from Red Cedar Drive to Scripps Ranch Boulevard; Hibert Street from Treena Street to Scripps Ranch Boulevard; and Aviary Drive from Scripps Ranch Boulevard to Red Cedar Drive.
Free shuttles to the start of the running events will be available beforehand in the parking lot of the business complex at Meanley Drive.
Visit runride.org to register.