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WE RUN FOR HOPE 5K 10K
Run / Walk
SUN JUNE 3, 2018 | 9AM Rain Shine
FLUSHING MEADOWS QUEENS, NY
AMENITIES
Register by May 12 for Your Name on Your Bib!
- Bag Check & Aid Stations
- FREE GIVEAWAYS
- RAFFLES
- FREE T-shirt (if registered early)
- Post Race refreshments for all participants
- MEDALS FOR ALL FINISHERS!!!
5K & 10K COURSE
A USATF certified loop starting at the north end of Meadow Lake, passing the iconic World's Fair Unisphere, Pool of Industry, Queens Zoo and Queens Museum of Art.
5K = 1 loop, 10K = 2 loops
90 min time limit to complete either race
Children must be 13 or older to participate in the 5K or 10K
RACE DAY
Register by May 12 for Your Name on Your Bib!
Race Packet Pickup: Begins 7:30AM
5K & 10K Race Start: 9:00am
Runners will head off with an official horn blast. Competitive runners are asked to head to the front of the crowd and walkers.
Post-Race:
Runners and walkers will receive goodie items at the end of the race, greetings from vendors, and a job well done from our staff.
Awards will be given to all finishers. Top runners and fundraisers will receive special awards.
AWARDS
Medals are given for all finishers and trophies to: Top 3 M/F Overall
Finishers will also be notified about their age group placing
TIMING • RESULTS • VIDEO • PHOTOS
LIVE online/email/text results
FREE: Video & Same-day finish line photos
Find miscellaneous photos on Facebook
CONTACT
team@werunforhope.com
DIRECTIONS
DRIVING
There is a large parking lot (free parking) right next to the race staging area. By far the easiest way to get there is by using Google Maps navigation: Click to open race-day registration location on Google Maps(link is external), or type in "Meadowlark Circle, Queens, NY 11375"
We do NOT recommend using other navigation apps, including Apple Maps, Waze, etc., as most of them will take you to the wrong location in another part of the park, or on the wrong side of the expressway. (Flushing Meadows is a VERY BIG park)
Below are written driving directions if you’d like to navigate the old-fashioned way. There are lots of twists and turns, so please follow the instructions very carefully, otherwise you can get very lost, very quickly!
From Eastbound Long Island Expressway:
1. Take exit 22A-E Grand Central Parkway/678 Van Wyck Expressway
2. After 0.1 mi, stay left towards East 495 Long Island Expressway/678 Van Wyck Expressway (Don’t take the Grand Central Parkway!)
3. After 0.3 mi, stay in the middle lane to take Exit 22E College Pt. Blvd. (Don’t take the Van Wyck Expressway!)
4. After 0.2 mi, turn left at the traffic light onto College Pt. Blvd.
5. After 0.7 mi, turn left at the second traffic light. (smaller street, no name)
6. After 150 ft, turn left (no street name)
7. Go 100 ft (pass under the expressway), turn left at the T junction onto Meridian Rd. (there is a Flushing Meadows sign at the intersection with an arrow pointing left towards Meadow Lake)
8. After 0.1 mi, (at the first stop sign) turn left onto Meadow Lake Rd. W
IMPORTANT: Please obey 10 MPH speed limit inside the park!
9. After 0.2 mi, (passing underneath several expressway overpasses) stay to the right at the fork, and then keep right.
10. After 0.3 mi (just after passing underneath another overpass) the parking lot entrance is on your left.
The race staging area is beyond the far side of the parking lot, near Meadowlark Circle.
FROM WESTBOUND LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY:
Take exit 22B toward College Point Blvd/678 Van Wyck Expy
After 150 meters, turn right onto Rodman St.
Immediately get in the far left lane (left turn only), then go through the light across College Pt. Blvd. and make first left turn (no street name), then follow the directions from step 7 of the Eastbound Long Island Expressway (above).
FROM WESTBOUND GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY (towards RFK Bridge)
Take Exit 10E-W 495 Long Island Expressway / Eastern Long Island, then stay right to exit 10E 495 Long Island Expressway/Eastern Long Island/Riverhead, then follow the directions from step 3 of the Eastbound Long Island Expressway (above).
FROM EASTBOUND GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY (towards Eastern Long Island)
Take exit 10W-E 495 Long Island Expressway/Manhattan/Eastern Long Island
After 0.3 mi, keep right to exit 10E, you will loop around onto the LIE service road, then follow directions from step 3 of the Eastbound Long Island Expressway (above).
FROM THE NORTHBOUND VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY
Take exit 12A College Pt. Blvd./Long Is Expwy/Eastern Long Is
After 0.5 mi, bear left at the fork onto College Pt. Blvd.
after 0.8 mi, turn left at the third traffic light (unnamed road), then follow directions from step 6 of the Eastbound Long Island Expressway above.
FROM THE SOUTHBOUND VAN WYCK EXPRESSWAY
Take exit 12A College Pt. Blvd / 495 L I Expwy / Eastern L I
After 0.3 mi, turn right at the light onto College Pt. Blvd.
Make the next possible right turn. the road is unnamed, but there is a small green sign with an arrow “USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center”
Turn right at the stop sign, follow directions from step 7 of the Eastbound Long Island Expressway above.
SUBWAY
The closest subway station is Mets-Willets Point on the number 7 subway line (view MTA subway map).
Click to open race-day registration location on Google Maps on your mobile device.
Exit the train and follow the signs to Flushing Meadows Corona Park. This will lead you across a bridge. Essentially, you'll first head for the Unisphere - pass it - and then walk over the footbridge over the Long Island Expressway to get to the race staging area at Meadowlark Circle at the North end of Meadow Lake. It’s a little more than 1 mile from the Subway station to the race staging area (the perfect warm-up jog!)
