St. Cassian's 5K Race & Kids Fun Run

In January 2018, three runners named Ryo, Dao-Yi, and Eugene made a joke about feeling old while running. After finishing the NYC Marathon that fall, they sent a simple email to see who might join them for a long group run. Within weeks, a casual invitation became a weekly ritual. Today, Old Man Run Club gathers every Saturday at Urban Studios for runs spanning 9 to 22 miles, united by a steady conversational pace and an unshakeable commitment to longer distances. With approximately 50 active members, the crew has grown into a tightly knit community that defies its name: more women run with Old Man Run Club than men. What matters most is the shared belief that endurance and encouragement matter more than speed, and that running builds both strength and friendship across the city's neighborhoods, parks, and iconic landmarks.

Streets 101 was founded in April 2018 when Greg set out to build something real on New York City's streets. The simple idea: bring runners together and push every single one of them further. Today, around 130 runners make up the crew, each chasing their own individualized goals. The foundation here is effort, commitment, and drive. Streets 101 thrives on shared ambition, celebrating every personal breakthrough as a collective win. The atmosphere is hard-working, warm, and genuinely invested in every member's progress. The crew gathers three times a week, Tuesday evenings, Thursday mornings, and Saturday mornings at Custom Performance, where every run is a chance to break your routine and surprise yourself.

Every Friday at 07:30 outside Brooklyn Running Company, a small group gathers without pace groups, GPS watches, or pressure to keep up. This is Backyard, founded in January 2026 by artist and designer Ella, who asked a question most run clubs never consider: what if showing up to run was also a way of caring for where you live? The crew operates on a simple logic. Every run ends at a locally owned business, deliberately chosen from Black-owned, POC-owned, immigrant-owned, women-owned, queer-owned, or family-owned spots. Around a dozen runners currently gather, kept intentionally small so people learn names and notice when someone misses a week. The point is not pace or output, but presence, participation, and the slow accumulation of shared Friday mornings that eventually transforms a neighborhood into something closer to home.