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City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks (4M)

EVENTS
  • City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks (4M):- Run 4 Miles
RACE DATE
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Start Time
8:00 am
CITY
New York
STATE/TERR
New York
Zip
10023
COUNTRY
USA
Description

Spring is in full flower at this popular event that supports City Parks Foundation. Your support allows City Parks Foundation to provide vital cultural, educational, and athletic opportunities for New Yorkers of all ages, and strengthen community connections to local parks and green spaces. They work in over 350 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of programs in an effort to promote healthy communities. Their philosophy is simple: thriving parks reflect vibrant communities.

For more information about City Parks Foundation visitCityParksFoundation.org and like them on facebook atwww.facebook.com/CityParksFoundation.

Event hashtag: #RunfortheParks--use it in your public tweets and Instagrams to be automatically entered into the NYRR Social Hashtag Challenge to win prizes!

Course Info

The course is the four-mile Central Park "inner loop." 

Mile 1: Start on East Drive near East 68th Street and run north, ascending Cat Hill.

Mile 2: Continue north and and pass Engineers' Gate (East 90th Street). Turn left onto the102nd Street Transverse.

Mile 3: Turn left on West Drive and run south through a series of three rolling hills as you pass the Reservoir.

Mile 4: Enjoy a downhill, then a flat section. Turn left at the 72nd Street Transverse; finish on the Transverse just west of Bethesda Terrace.

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