Overview The YMCA 5K in Memory of Marcie Mazzola is a Huntington community race that honors the memory of Marcie Mazzola through the annual YMCA 5K Series. It’s part of a multi-location series across YMCA branches, which gives it a little more infrastructure and organization than a typical standalone charity 5K. The race starts from…
Overview The Oyster Bay Brew Run 5K is staged at Oyster Bay Brewing Company on Audrey Ave. and benefits the Matthew Fetzer Foundation. Oyster Bay is one of the nicer village settings for a race on the North Shore — compact, walkable, and close to the water — and finishing at a brewery is a…
Overview Mind Over Matter is a community 5K staged at GEM Fitness in Oakdale, raising money for Alzheimer’s programs and research through Fit For Life. The name is fitting: it’s a race built around mental and physical wellbeing, timed to the spring and designed around participation rather than competition. The 1 Mile untimed option makes…
Overview Joe Lewinger spent nearly 20 years at The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica, Queens, teaching Social Studies, running the Athletics Department, and eventually serving as Assistant Principal of Student Life. The man helped build one of the largest all-girls athletic programs in New York City. This race exists to honor that legacy and to…
Run With the Rams is a school community 5K and 1-Mile event hosted by Clarke MS/HS in Westbury. It’s a family-friendly race that draws students, faculty, and members of the wider East Meadow School District community, with proceeds split between supporting a Clarke community member or family in need and Clarke Athletics. It’s the kind…
Overview The Farmingdale Ram Run is organized by Farmingdale State College’s Health, Wellness, and Nutrition Club and benefits the FSC Alumni Association. It’s a campus race with a genuine community feel — students, alumni, faculty, staff, and local runners all mix together on a USATF certified course that winds around the FSC campus. The event…
Overview The Long Island Run Club Clash is exactly what it sounds like — a 5K where local run clubs show up to compete against each other for bragging rights, prize money, and the People’s Choice crown. Presented by Stoked Athletics and Runners Edge and hosted at Sand City South Brewing in Lindenhurst, this one…
Overview The Aspire 10K is one of the more established spring races on Long Island, organized by the Greater Long Island Running Club and benefiting the Sunrise Association, a nonprofit that runs free summer camps for children with cancer and their siblings. That’s the kind of cause that makes a race worth showing up for…
Overview The Massapequa Park Mile is one of the oldest active one mile road races on Long Island, and it’s been running for over 30 years. That kind of history means the race has a real community feel to it. It’s organized by Massapequa Road Runners, and you’ll see a mix of competitive runners chasing…