Overview The NSRF May the 4th Be With You 5K is a Never Stop Running Foundation Goodwill Series race, held at Cedar Creek Park in Wantagh on May 4 — the date, of course, is the whole point. NSRF’s Goodwill Series events are community 5Ks that direct race proceeds to a local charitable cause, and…
Overview The Queens 5K & 10K and Half Marathon takes place at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, staged near the Unisphere — which makes it one of the more iconic settings for a road race in the New York metro area. The park is massive, flat, and well-suited for racing, and the Unisphere backdrop gives it…
Overview Run for Caumsett takes place inside Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve in Lloyd Harbor, one of the most scenic and undervisited parks on Long Island’s North Shore. The park sits on a protected stretch of the Lloyd Neck peninsula and covers over 1,520 acres of fields, forests, and coastline. Running here feels different from…
Overview Chasing the Rainbows Bursting Bubble 5K is held at Heckscher State Park in East Islip, organized by Chasing the Rainbows, a nonprofit supporting families grieving infertility, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and infant loss. If you know anyone who has walked that road, you understand why an event like this exists. It’s a space to show…
Overview Run for the Petals is a 5K tied to Greenport’s Cherry Blossom Festival, which makes it one of the more charming race-day backdrops on Long Island. Greenport is a waterfront village at the eastern end of the North Fork, and this event leans into the season: spring morning, cherry blossoms, small-town energy. The fundraising…
The Run for Hope is a celebration of the life of Hope Reichbach, a Brooklyn-born activist and civic leader who passed away in 2011 after working tirelessly for her community. Before she died, she worked on the campaign and in the office of Council Member Stephen Levin, pushing hard to make Brooklyn a better place…
Milo’s 5K for the Homeless is a community 5K at Belmont Lake State Park benefiting the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. It’s a casual, welcoming event with a good cause behind it, and it’s one of the more dog-friendly races you’ll find on Long Island. If you’ve been looking for an excuse to bring…
The Footsteps for Progress 5K Color Bash is the annual run/walk for Queens Centers for Progress, a nonprofit that provides services and support to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Queens. It’s a color run, which means you’ll get hit with color powder at stations along the course. If you want to…
The OG 5K is the annual race put on by OG Training Academy, a group fitness gym out of West Babylon that runs a free Sunday morning run club. If you’ve run with OG Run Club or trained at the gym, you already know the vibe: high energy, community-first, encouraging to people at every level….
The Butterfly 5K is one of those races that hits you a little differently before you even get to the start line. It’s run in memory of Daniela Marie Conte, an 8-year-old who spent four years fighting a rare pediatric cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma before passing away in March 2020. The Daniela Conte Foundation she left…