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 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 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 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…