Education
PS 107 kids (plus reindeer!) on the course of the NYRR Reindeer Run. (Courtesy NYRR)While some of you were just taking the first sip of your morning coffee last Saturday, Prospect Park was festive and packed with runners and antlers for the New York Road Runners’ Jingle Bell Jog
Education
PS 107 kids (plus reindeer!) on the course of the NYRR Reindeer Run. (Courtesy NYRR)While some of you were just taking the first sip of your morning coffee last Saturday, Prospect Park was festive and packed with runners and antlers for the New York Road Runners’ Jingle Bell Jog
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Neighbor Anne Hiatt is running the NYC marathon in 2016 for opera and she’s making a video series about it. Check out the first videos, which was all shot in Ditmas Park, directed by newly-transplanted resident Cari Ann Shim Sham [http://www.cariannshimsham.com/]. The video series stars Anne
2015
Photo via the New York City Marathon [https://www.facebook.com/nycmarathon/photos/pb.71638113323.-2207520000.1439264876./10153411310358324/?type=3&theater] If you want to be part of the world’s biggest marathon but don’t feel like running 26.2 miles, you can still be a part of
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Photo via the Brooklyn Half Marathon [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynHalfMarathon/photos/pb.562015433833174.-2207520000.1431525601./967464593288254/?type=3&theater] Ahh, the Brooklyn Half Marathon [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2015/airbnb-brooklyn-half]! The tenacity of runners, the triumph of spirit — the pain of trying to get around. The event
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Photo by lec101 [http://instagram.com/p/yrmr_IvsPb/?modal=true]Here’s to all the runners, like this one photographed in Prospect Park by lec101 [http://instagram.com/p/yrmr_IvsPb/?modal=true], who keep it up no matter the weather! Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send
Lela Moore
Congratulations to neighbor Lela Moore for completing the New York City Marathon! Lela was one of 50,564 people who finished the strenuous race – the largest marathon in the city’s history [http://espn.go.com/blog/endurance/post/_/id/2474/2014-nyc-marathon-is-the-largest-in-history] . We’re loving these photos of Lela, taken
attacked
A neighbor emailed us this afternoon about a scary incident that happened to her while jogging in Prospect Park this morning, and she wanted to let others know about it so they could be on alert. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told us that while she pausing her
National Running Day
Go for a run on Wednesday, June 4, and celebrate National Running Day! The New York Road Runners [http://www.nyrr.org] have events planned around the city [http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2014/national-running-day], including a fun one for local runners in Prospect Park. From 7-10am, they’ll have
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Atlas on NY1At this point, just about every resident of Southern Brooklyn’s boardwalk communities knows Gary Atlas – if not by name, then by sight. He’s the guy you see out there every morning, regardless of the weather, running shirtless and in thin shorts before taking a plunge in
brrr-ooklyn
If cold January temperatures (and possibly snow) don’t faze you when it comes to a run, then you may want to sign up for a new race from NYCRUNS [https://nycruns.com/]. The Brrr-ooklyn Half Marathon [https://nycruns.com/races/?race=brrooklyn-half-marathon] is scheduled for Saturday, January 25 in
running
As an accommodation to those inconvenienced by the closure of Prospect Park on October 25 due to President Obama’s visit [/blog/news/president-obamas-friday-visit-will-temporarily-close-prospect-park], Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] will open its gates to runners between the hours of 12 and 6pm on Friday. Cemetery officials stress that this