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 Bridge the Gap is a community 5K out of Washington Heights and Inwood in upper Manhattan, organized by the Dyckman Run Club and the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood. The name says it: the goal is connection — across backgrounds, across the neighborhood, across whatever it is that usually keeps people from showing…
Overview The Sea Cliff Fire Department puts on this 5K every year to raise money for one of Nassau County’s only fully volunteer Fire and EMS departments. That’s not a marketing line, it actually means something: the people who show up to protect Sea Cliff do it on their own time, for free, and this…
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…
Overview The Walk for Resilience 5K is a community mental health event at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, hosted by Carmel’s Depression and Anxiety Wellness Foundation (CDAWF). The whole event is built around normalizing conversations about mental health while getting people moving together. It’s designed to be inclusive and low-pressure — you can walk, jog, or…
Overview The Run for the Rescue is a 5K trail race at Blydenburgh County Park in Smithtown, organized by the Never Stop Running Foundation as part of their Goodwill Series. The race benefits Last Chance Animal Rescue, a nonprofit that pulls animals from kill shelters and finds them homes. It’s the kind of cause that…
Overview The Glue Loop is put on by the Glue Factory, a Brooklyn running crew, and it’s one of the more distinctive road races in the area. The course is simple: one counterclockwise lap of Prospect Park, 3.36 miles, starting and finishing at the southernmost point of the loop. The finish has a nice downhill…
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…