Overview The Patchogue Family YMCA 5K is the opening leg of the YMCA of Long Island 5K Series, a multi-race series that also stops in Huntington, Glen Cove, Bay Shore, and East Hampton. It runs at Shorefront Park in Patchogue — a waterfront park on the Great South Bay with a genuinely nice setting for…
Overview The 7 Line 7K is the New York Mets fan community’s race, and it wears that identity confidently. Organized by The 7 Line — the Mets-centric brand and fan group — and presented by Metropolitan Park, the course runs a scenic 7K through Flushing Meadows Corona Park, passing around the footprint of the old…
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 Tesla Owners NYS Charity Run/Walk 5K is organized by the Tesla Owners New York State club and benefits Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest food bank, and EAC (Empower, Assist and Care), a social services organization serving Long Island communities. It’s a newer addition to the spring race calendar with an unusual origin —…
Overview T-Mac’s Run is a memorial 5K and walk at Baldwin Harbor Park organized in honor of Tyler McKenzie, who passed away in 2022 at 28 after a years-long battle with translocation renal cell carcinoma, a rare form of kidney cancer. Tyler grew up on Long Island, attended Syracuse University, and worked for the Brooklyn…
Overview The It’s Our Only Earth Day 5K is an NSRF Goodwill Series race at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, timed to coincide with Earth Day and leaning into the occasion with purpose. The course runs through the tree-lined bike paths inside the park, which is a nicer backdrop than your average road 5K, and…
Overview Katy’s Courage is a 5K in Sag Harbor that raises money for local scholarships and cancer research. It’s organized through the Katy’s Courage foundation and benefits causes with direct community impact. The race starts on Water Street in the heart of Sag Harbor Village and finishes with the harbor right there, which makes the…
Overview Steps Toward Healing is a 5K run/walk at Eisenhower Park organized to benefit COPE Foundation, which provides free grief resources, workshops, and support groups for parents, siblings, and families who have lost a child. The tagline — no one should have to walk, or grieve, alone — says it plainly. This is a race…
Overview The Rachel Quinn Children’s Foundation Annual Fundraiser 5.4K is a community race at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, benefiting the Rachel Quinn Children’s Foundation, which serves Long Island children and families. It’s a family-friendly event with a meaningful cause and a distinctive distance — 5.4K instead of the usual 5K, which comes…
Overview The Mary Ruchalski Foundation 5K raises money for pediatric cancer research and supports families impacted by pediatric cancer. It’s a cause with deep personal roots — the foundation was started in memory of Mary Ruchalski, and the race has the kind of genuine community warmth that comes with that kind of history. It runs…