NYCRUNS

Last updated

NYCRUNS, sometimes styled NYCRuns and formally New York City Runs, Inc. is a private for-profit New York City race organization company founded by Steve Lastoe that produces races throughout the five boroughs. [1] [2] The company averages three dozen races that serve 50,000 runners each year. [3]

Among its most well known are the Empire State Building Run-Up and the Brooklyn Marathon. [4] [5] [6] NYCRUNS won't be hosting its Brooklyn Marathon in 2024 but hosted its Brooklyn Half Marathon on April 28, 2024. As a result of a 2024 lawsuit filed by New York Road Runners, NYCRUNS was forced to change the name of its Brooklyn Half Marathon to the NYCRuns Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon. [7]

From 2011 to 2016 the company operated the Yonkers Marathon, the second oldest in the United States. [8] [9] In August 2020, it hosted New York City's first in-person race following the COVID-19 shutdown. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "5 NYC Races You Should Run During The Holidays". 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ↑ Gambaccini, Peter (2013-05-15). "New York City Could Get Another Marathon". Runners World. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn running clubs hail marathon's return". Brooklyn Eagle. 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ↑ Verde, Ben (2021-06-17). "Brooklyn Marathon will take runners through Kings County streets • Brooklyn Paper". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ↑ Morales, Mark (2013-06-06). "Brooklyn-based 'virtual 5K' to benefit devastated Boston bomb victims - NY Daily News" . Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  6. ↑ Colaizzo, Pete (2016-02-08). "Empire Stair Building: Rhinebeck runner climbs unusual feat". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  7. ↑ Dickinson, Marley (2025-01-08). "Brooklyn Half Marathon wins lawsuit against Brooklyn Half Marathon". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  8. ↑ Baronner, Jack (2016-07-01). "Second-Oldest U.S. Marathon Will Continue in 2016". Runners World. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  9. ↑ Kita, Meghan (2016-03-14). "Organizers of Second-Oldest U.S. Marathon Step Down". Runners World. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  10. ↑ Verde, Ben (2020-08-31). "NYCRuns brings first in-person race of the Covid era to Prospect Park". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2021-10-31.


Sport balls.svg

This article about a sports-related organization based in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Pictgram running man.svg

This running-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.