NYCRUNS, sometimes styled NYCRuns and formally New York City Runs, Inc. is a

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

race organizer founded by Steve Lastoe that produces races throughout the five boroughs. They average three dozen races that serve 50,000 runners each year. Among their most well known are the

Empire State Building Run-Up The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the s ...

and the Brooklyn Marathon. From 2011-2016 they produced the

Yonkers Marathon The Yonkers Marathon, is a marathon race held annually in Yonkers, New York. Founded in 1907, it is the second oldest marathon in the United States, after the Boston Marathon. It is held on the third Sunday in October. In addition to the mar ...

, the second oldest in the United States. In August 2020, they hosted New York City's first in-person race following the COVID-19 shutdown.

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* {{running-stub Organizations based in Brooklyn Road running in the United States Running in New York City Running clubs in the United States