NYRR Racing
NYRR offers races at a wide array of distances — everything from the Fifth Avenue Mile to the NYC Marathon and beyond. Races are held in all five NYC boroughs.
If you are running the race for Front Runners, we ask that you please wear your Front Runner singlet. If you do not have one, you can buy a singlet (or other FRNY merchandise) at any of the Central Park fun runs. Wearing FRNY gear helps the club’s visibility and teammates to see you and cheer you on.
Team members who are not running the race can support those on the course via cheering. The club often organizes post-race brunches.
Club Points Racing
NYRR designates certain annual races as "points" races. In these events, Front Runners New York competes against all other area running teams, whereby the top five men and women finishers score for the open team and the top three men and women score for masters (40+), vets (50+), supervets (60+), and 70+ teams.
FRNY encourages all its runners to participate in points races because visibility is as important as performance. No runner can hurt the team's standings — only help.
2023 NYRR Club Points Races
March 5 - NYRR Washington Heights Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K
April 23 - RBC Race for the Kids 4M Presented by NYRR
May 20 - RBC Brooklyn Half
June 17 - NYRR Queens 10K
July 30 - NYRR Team Championships (5M)
August 12 - Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run
September 10 - New Balance 5th Avenue Mile
September 17 - New Balance Bronx 10 Mile
October 8 - NYRR Staten Island Half
December 2 - NYRR Ted Corbitt 15K
November 5 - TCS New York City Marathon
Racing and Awards Night
There are two awards available to those who are active in FRNY: the FRNY Inger-Jo Berger Participation Award and Athletic Achievement Award to recognizes those Front Runners who have demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to the team and to racing.
Inger-Jo Berger Participation Award
There are seven buckets. Each runner must complete all seven buckets (14 races total) by December 31st of any given year. A race can only count once. Members are responsible for reporting to the race captains their completion of any bucket. See the current year’s buckets at the Links for Members page.
Relays
FRNY races
Long-course running
NYC Club-sponsored race
Non-traditional/specialized running
Volunteering
Athletic Achievement Award
The eligible races for this award are limited to the ones designated by NYRR's Club Council as Club Points Races. All members will be scored in five-year age groups (24 and under, 25-29, 30-34, etc., up to 70+). Age groups are based on a member's age in their first points race race of the year. Races will be scored as follows:
1st place: 15 points
2nd place: 12 points
3rd place: 10 points
4th place: 8 points
5th place: 6 points
6th place: 5 points
7th place: 4 points
8th place: 3 points
9th place: 2 points
10th place or lower: 1 point
Did not run: 0 points
The NYRR Team Championships will count for Double Points (30, 24, 20...).
At the end of the year, runners will drop their two lowest scores, including zero scores for not running a race. If a member runs 9 out of 10 points races for the year, the member's top 8 races will count.
