Join Team Boomer for the seventh-annual Run to Breathe and help us win the fight against cystic fibrosis. Team Boomer celebrates living and breathing while encouraging people with cystic fibrosis to incorporate exercise into their everyday lives to help them breathe.
Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason began his fight when his son Gunnar was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a fatal respiratory disease that attacks the lungs. Boomer’s Cystic Fibrosis Run to Breathe (4M) Brought to You by UnitedHealthcare helps support research for a cure and benefits the thousands of Americans with cystic fibrosis to help them improve their quality of life.
One dollar from each race entry fee will benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation. Visit the Boomer Esiason Foundation web site to learn more and to make an additional donation.
Event hashtag: #RuntoBreathe—use it in your public tweets and Instagrams to be automatically entered into the NYRR Social Hashtag Challenge to win prizes!
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 the 102nd Street Transverse.
Mile 3: Turn left onto West Drive and run south through a series of three rolling hills as you pass the Reservoir on your left.
Mile 4: Enjoy a downhill, then a flat section. Turn left onto the 72nd Street Transverse and finish just west of Bethesda Terrace.