Fourth Annual RUNNER IN RED 5K

Eisenhower Park – March 16, 2024

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LONG-TIME SPONSORS:

Hilton Capital Management
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
All Round Foods

And we’re grateful to:

Northwell Health Cancer Institute

Special thank you to all who added their thumb’s up as part of

our “Thumb’s Up to Cure Lung Cancer” photo project.

See participants in this “Thumb’s Up” music video:

JOIN IN: Add your Thumb’s Up – Help Cure Lung Cancer

Support the Cause and Win Prizes!

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. The legend holds that the first woman to run a marathon in America snuck into the Boston Marathon in 1951. That year a group of Canadian runners insisted they saw a woman “wearing run” slip into the race in an era when rules precluded women from competing and fifteen years before history acknowledges the first woman runner. The Canadian runners’ contention 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 and the Runner in Red race series. Tom is giving all profits from the novel to the cure lung cancer campaign. See details here.

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.

See you all again next year!