EAST RIVER EKIDEN – First Saturday in April
The East River Ekiden is an unsanctioned 50K Japanese-style relay comprising five legs of 5K, 8K, 12K, 15K, and 10K, in that order. Each of the legs will begin at Evil Twin Dumbo, which will serve as our race hub. The first four legs will use the greenways and bridges of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan; the fifth will run from Evil Twin Dumbo through Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy to Evil Twin Ridgewood, where we will have an after-party starting at noon.
Course Maps:
Divisions: Men’s, Women’s, Mixed, and Non-binary. To be mixed at least three of your runners have to identify as women or non-binary.
RACE DAY LOGISTICS
The race will have a staggered start based on seed times. Wave 1 will begin at 8am, and we will send subsequent teams at intervals determined by their projected finish times. The fastest teams will start last, ensuring that all teams reach the finish pretty close together. Each team captain will serve as the point person for communicating their team’s projected finish time to us, and the course/race-day logistics to their teams.
SAFETY & WAIVER
This is an unsanctioned road race, hence the use of bridges and bike paths as much as possible. Runners accept any risk associated with running on open streets. To race, every runner will have to agree to a waiver acknowledging receipt of and agreement to the terms. We will send the waiver to each team captain, who can then forward it to each of their team’s runners.
BEACH TO BROOKLYN (typically the third or fourth Saturday in October)
Each leg is roughly 5K, though the Strava app gives us slightly different distances than GPS when running the course. That said, what matters most are the exchanges.
The first exchange is on the bike path that runs parallel to the Belt Parkway, not far from the turn onto that path off of Flatbush.
The second is at Bedford and Avenue U by Dunkin’ Donuts.
The third is at Ocean Avenue and Dorchester.
The fourth is at 5th Avenue and Union in Park Slope.
The fifth (anchor) leg runs down Union to 3rd Avenue, then to Flatbush, then right on Tillary, left on Gold, and right on Flushing Avenue. The finish is just off Flushing on Williamsburg Street West, at the Greenway Botanical Garden (previously known as the Naval Cemetery Landscape).
SAFETY & WAIVER
This is an unsanctioned road race, hence the use of greenways and bike paths as much as possible. Runners accept any risk associated with running on open streets. To race, every runner will have to agree to a waiver acknowledging receipt of and agreement to the terms. We will send the waiver to each team captain, who can then forward it to each of their team’s runners.
