NYCRUNS

{{Short description|Race organisation based in New York City}}

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.{{Cite news |date=2017-11-16 |title=5 NYC Races You Should Run During The Holidays |language=en-US |url=https://urbanmatter.com/chicago/holiday-runs-nyc/ |access-date=2021-10-31}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gambaccini |first=Peter |date=2013-05-15 |title=New York City Could Get Another Marathon |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20818134/new-york-city-could-get-another-marathon/ |magazine=Runners World |language=en-US |access-date=2021-10-31}} The company averages three dozen races that serve 50,000 runners each year.{{Cite news |date=2021-07-10 |title=Brooklyn running clubs hail marathon's return |language=en-US |work=Brooklyn Eagle |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/07/10/brooklyn-running-clubs-hail-marathons-return/ |access-date=2021-10-31}}

Among its most well known are the Empire State Building Run-Up and the Brooklyn Marathon.{{Cite news |last=Verde |first=Ben |date=2021-06-17 |title=Brooklyn Marathon will take runners through Kings County streets • Brooklyn Paper |language=en-US |work=Brooklyn Paper |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/new-course-for-brooklyn-marathon-will-take-runners-to-the-streets/ |access-date=2021-10-31}}{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Mark |date=2013-06-06 |title=Brooklyn-based 'virtual 5K' to benefit devastated Boston bomb victims - NY Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/runners-race-aid-boston-victims-article-1.1321211 |access-date=2021-10-31}}{{Cite news |last=Colaizzo |first=Pete |date=2016-02-08 |title=Empire Stair Building: Rhinebeck runner climbs unusual feat |language=en-US |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sports/recreational/2016/02/08/empire-stair-building-rhinebeck-runner-climbs-unusual-feat/80025128/ |access-date=2021-10-31}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Dickinson |first=Marley |date=2025-01-08 |title=Brooklyn Half Marathon wins lawsuit against Brooklyn Half Marathon |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/brooklyn-half-marathon-wins-lawsuit-against-brooklyn-half-marathon/ |magazine=Canadian Running Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-03}}

From 2011 to 2016 the company operated the Yonkers Marathon, the second oldest in the United States.{{Cite magazine |last=Baronner |first=Jack |date=2016-07-01 |title=Second-Oldest U.S. Marathon Will Continue in 2016 |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20806284/second-oldest-u-s-marathon-will-continue-in-2016/ |magazine=Runners World |language=en-US |access-date=2021-10-31}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kita |first=Meghan |date=2016-03-14 |title=Organizers of Second-Oldest U.S. Marathon Step Down |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20862079/organizers-of-second-oldest-u-s-marathon-step-down/ |magazine=Runners World |language=en-US |access-date=2021-10-31}} In August 2020, it hosted New York City's first in-person race following the COVID-19 shutdown.{{Cite news |last=Verde |first=Ben |date=2020-08-31 |title=NYCRuns brings first in-person race of the Covid era to Prospect Park |language=en-US |work=Brooklyn Paper |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/propsect-park-race-nyc-runs/ |access-date=2021-10-31}}