Partners: Racing to Cure Lung Cancer

JOIN US for the next RUNNER IN RED 5K on March 19, 2022.

Join in! Step to the line and help cure lung cancer. Our next Runner in Red 5K will be Saturday, March 19 at 9am at Eisenhower Park on Long Island.

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The 5K race draws its name from the Boston Marathon legend of the “Runner in Red,” a story that has been passed down through generations that the first woman to run a marathon in America snuck into the Boston Marathon in 1951. The legend grew out of a contention by a group of Canadian runners who insisted they spotted a woman “wearing run” in the race that day. This was during an era when women were not allowed to run and fifteen years before history acknowledges the first woman runner. The “woman in red” contention by the group of Canadian runners was never proven, and thus the story became legend.

The story is chronicled – with a search for the mystery runner – in a novel, Runner in Red, by Tom Murphy, founder of Barb’s Beer. Tom is giving all profits from the novel to the cure lung cancer campaign.

NOTE: Barb’s Beer, a 501c3 charity, raises funds for the Runner in Red effort to help find a cure for lung cancer. See more about the beer and the campaign at barbsbeer.org.