The NYC Running Blog

There are a few running events taking place this weekend:

• Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in Central Park is the 7th Annual Miles for Moms Run / Walk, a 4-miler benefiting cancer research.
• Sunday at 9:00 a.m. at JFK airport is the 25th Annual JFK Runway Run. If you’re looking for a 5K with a flat course, it probably doesn’t get much flatter than this.
• Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in Central Park is the adidas Run for the Parks 4M, a New York Road Runners race which benefits City Parks Foundation.

The weather outlook is great for both Saturday and Sunday.

Online registration for the adidas Run for the Parks 4M closes today at 5:00 pm.

Wednesday night is the NYRR Clinic: Runner’s Knee, Ankle, and Foot Pain.

While not yet on the NYRR calendar, the NYRR race report for this weekend’s Brooklyn Half-Marathon states that the 2007 Queens Half-Marathon will take place in September:

The popular series began in Manhattan in January, continued in the Bronx in February, and will conclude with races in Queens in September and Staten Island in October.

A member of the Runner’s World forums posted the following about the possibility of a new course (emphasis added):

I did put in a call to NYRR and got a reponse [sic] from a race official there whose name did not come in clearly on my cell phone, but who indicated the race would be run this year, but it was a matter of getting approval for a new course in Northern Queens.

This person also points out that the only open weekend in September is the 22nd and 23rd.

Today is the last day of discounted registration for the The Fifth Annual Run as One, TGL Classic.

4,847 runners finished the Brooklyn Half-Marathon this morning, 21% percent more than last year’s Brooklyn Half, which was held in mid-March in 33°F weather. Race results have already been posted to NYRR’s website.

Brooklyn Half race reports from around the web:

• The Realm of Moz
  
• ultraclay!’s photos
• Josh Morphew
• Boston or Bust!
• UptownGirl
• Runner NYC
• digitaltammi
• rundangerously on the Runner’s World forums
• News coverage from Courier Life Publications

This Saturday in Brooklyn is part three of the 2007 NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix. The race starts in Coney Island at 8:00 am and finishes in Prospect Park. NYRR has provided a PDF map of the course on their website. If you reviewed this map before this past Tuesday, you may want to double check the route, as the Prospect Park segment of the course has been corrected since then. The weather outlook for the race is very good for running, with clouds and a high of around 52°F for the day. If you are using the bus service to the start provided by NYRR, it leaves at 5:45 am from 5th Avenue and East 90th Street. According to the NYRR website, bus tickets are sold out and you must pick up your bus ticket from NYRR in advance (i.e., Thursday or Friday).

Photo by Graeme Maclean.

Besides the Brooklyn Half-Marathon this Saturday, there are a few other (albeit shorter distance) running events going on in New York City this weekend. On Saturday at 9:30 am in Central Park is the Concern Hunger Run/Walk 5K to benefit families in need in Darfur. On Sunday at 8:30 am in Central Park is the NYRR Police-Fire Race, which is a 5 miler that is only open to active or retired NYPD or NYFD personnel, their family and friends. Also on Sunday is Van Cortlandt Track Club’s Urban Environmental Challenge, a 10K trail race in the Bronx, which takes place at 10:00 am. And finally, The Third Annual New York Relays (PDF) will be going on throughout the day on Sunday in Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island.

Today is the last day to mail in your entry form for Van Cortlandt Track Club’s Urban Environmental Challenge 10K trail race in the Bronx.  Active.com registration will be open until tomorrow night.  Race day registration is $20.

Today is the last day of discounted registration for the adidas Run for the Parks 4 mile.