NYRR news
The gist
More than 10,000 runners took part in the sold-out NYRR Staten Island Half on Oct. 11.
It was the last NYRR race before the marathon's 50th-anniversary five-boro edition.
How it unfolded
- Oct 7, 2026NYRR announced it would host more than 10,000 runners in the sold-out 31st running of the NYRR Staten Island Half on Sunday, Oct. 11.
- Oct 9, 2026NYRR published 'Runners of the First Running Boom,' in which runners from the 1970s and '80s reminisced several weeks before the 50th anniversary of the first five-boro New York City Marathon.
- Oct 10, 2026SILive reported streets from St. George to Fort Wadsworth would close in stages on Sunday, Oct. 11, for the 13.1-mile race, which began at 8 a.m. with a second wave at 8:30 a.m.