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RUN ROCKAWAY BEACH NYC FIRECRACKER HALF MARATHON & 5K

calendar_today 03 Jul, 2027

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RUN ROCKAWAY BEACH NYC FIRECRACKER HALF MARATHON & 5K

About the Event

WE ALSO OFFER DAY OF RACE REGISTRATION!
Celebrate Saturday 3rd weekend with a Race Day at beautiful Rockaway Beach.

5K or Half Marathon.
Saturday July 3rd, 2027, check in at 6:30am, Race Start 8:00am
The boardwalk venue is a perfect racecourse with no hills and amazing ocean views every mile.
RUN ROCKAWAY BEACH FIRECRACKER HALF MARATHON & 5K 
6:30am Pick up Bib Tag, T-Shirt and check in on Beach 94th.
8:00am Half Marathon and 5K Start.
Both Start & finish are on 94th on Boardwalk.
Half Marathon is 2 loops from Beach 94th west, U-turn on beach 124 St east to 54 street U-turn west and back to Beach 94th street and repeat.
5k is an out and back course. Start on Beach 94 street, go west to Beach124 street, U turn east back to finish on 94 street.

Public Parking in Lot on Beach 94th
There are at least 4 water stops for each of the 2 loops for the half marathon

T-SHIRT/ MEDAL AND SNACKS 

 

Races Offered

5K

Jul 03, 2027

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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06:30

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$45.00

HALF MARATHON

Jul 03, 2027

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Distance — 21.1K

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Type — Running

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06:30

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$65.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for July in Far Rockaway.

thermostat Temperature
21.4° / 28.3°
wb_sunny Feels like
22.7° / 29.9°
light_mode Avg sunshine hours
11h 48m
water_drop Avg rainfall
3.4 mm
ac_unit Avg snowfall
—
air Avg wind speed
11.5 km/h (Light breeze)
opacity Sweat loss rate
High
terrain Course conditions
Hard and dry surface
sunny Max UV Index
Very High (8.0)
humidity_mid Humidity
76.3%
wb_twilight Sunrise
05:38
nightlight Sunset
20:22

About Far Rockaway

Learn more about the host city, Far Rockaway.

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Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways. The neighborhood extends from Beach 32nd Street east to the Nassau County line. Its southern boundary is the Atlantic Ocean; it is one of the neighborhoods along Rockaway Beach.

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