SPECIAL: 🍀A FREE Barb’s Beer for all runners (Ages 21+) 🍀barbsbeer.orgAll runners (21 and over) will get a FREE Barb’s Beer. The beer, along with the race andthe “Runner in Red” novel, raise funds to support a cure for lung cancer.See RunnerinRed.com for full details.
We salute the tireless community service efforts of our partners:
Family and Children’s Association of Long Island
National Charity League (Garden City chapter)
The Runner in Red 5K draws its name from the “Runner in Red,” a novel by Tom Murphy based on a real-life Boston Marathon legend about a search for the first woman to run a marathon in America. In 1951, a group of Canadian runners insisted they saw a woman slip into the Boston Marathon before women were allowed to run. She “wore red,” according to the Canadians, but their contention was never proven and thus the controversy moved into legend.
Tom Murphy’s novel is also a love story and Irish family drama. The story offers a search for the mysterious runner “in red” as it explores the history of women's running. The book combines with “Barb’s Beer,” named for Barb Murphy, the author’s wife and runner who passed away from non-smoker’s lung cancer in 2013. The book and the beer raise funds to cure lung cancer which takes the lives of more women than any other cancer.
See full details on the novel, Barb’s Beer and the cause!
Can’t run, but want to contribute to our 501c3 charity CAUSE - Click Here!
BUY THE NOVEL as a gift for a runner - SUPPORT LUNG CANCER CURE"People are going to love this book."-Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of Boston and NY Marathons
For full information visit RunnerinRed.com
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Click above to see video from initial Runner in Red 5K. We’re growing - click below for full details at RunnerinRed.com.
Total Price may be more or less based on additional registration options such as donations.
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Your name on your bib three weeks before race day.Includes t-shirt & personalized bib.T-Shirt NOT guaranteed after 3/10.Price increases to $35 on race day.
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Runner in Red/Barb’s Beer Foundation, a 501c3 charity, raises funds to cure lung cancer in memory of Barb Murphy. A marathon runner and late wife of Tom Murphy, author of the novel, Runner in Red, Barb passed away from non-smoker’s lung cancer in 2013. Learn more about Barb’s story as a marathon runner and advocate for curing lung cancer – at barbsbeer.org. Contributions go to curing lung cancer, which takes the lives of more women than any other cancer.
Registration fees are used toward race expenses and cannot be returned once you sign up.
