To continue our celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month we’re spotlighting nonbinary runner Dickie Reinicke, who ran their first NYRR race in the nonbinary division at the RBC Brooklyn Half and won in 1:18:17. Dickie moved to New York a year and a half ago and joined Brooklyn Track Club as a way to meet people and get integrated into the NYC running community.
The Citizens Queens 10K takes place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the borough’s largest park, with a course giving runners views of the Unisphere, Citi Field, and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The race is the third event in the 2026 NYRR Five-Borough Series, and this is the third year Citizens, the Official Bank of NYRR, is the title sponsor.
NYRR Group Training launched in 2016 to help runners achieve their goals through coaching, camaraderie, and the inspiration that comes from running with others. Ten years later, the program continues to offer coached workouts to runners all over NYC.
With the 54th running of the largest-ever Mastercard New York Mini 10K last weekend and the 54th anniversary of Title IX on June 23, we are highlighting a local NYC legendary figure in women's running—Gordon Bakoulis. Gordon qualified for the Olympic marathon trials in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 and was a finalist in the 1992 U.S. Olympic 10,000m trials. She's also the editorial director for New York Road Runners and has worked at NYRR for over 25 years.
NYRR coaches love questions from runners. We pulled together some of the questions our coaches hear most often. Their answers can help you get the most from your running.
History was made once again at the Mastercard New York Mini 10K, as more than 10,000 women finished the 2026 edition for the first time in the event’s 54-year history. What began in 1972 as the world’s original women-only road race with just 72 finishers has grown into one of the sport’s most iconic celebrations of women’s running— bringing together elite athletes, first-time runners, longtime “Crazylegs”—women who have 15+ finishes, and the next generation of women runners, including alumnae of NYRR Run for the Future.
Whether you ran the race or have FOMO for not being there, this episode is for you! Taped live after the race, Ali Feller from Ali on the Run and Aisha Praught-Leer from Citius Mag interview the Mastercard New York Mini 10K champions to hear what it took to break the tape at this iconic race.
Founded in 1972, the Mastercard New York Mini 10K empowers women of all ages and fitness levels to come together, be active, and accomplish a running milestone alongside other inspiring runners. For Denise Peralta and Chantal W., the race is all about inspiration, perseverance, and community.
Written by Rob Simmelkjaer, New York Road Runners CEO, wrote an op-ed for the New York Daily News to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Global Running Day and the worldwide movement of running as community, therapy, identity, and hope.
