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 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 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…
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 Total Empower 5K is a community wellness race at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford, presented by Total Physical Therapy, Total Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, and Total Wellness — three organizations whose whole business is helping people move better and recover stronger. The event reflects that philosophy: it’s explicitly inclusive, framed around personal progress…
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 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 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 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…