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Virtual FRNY LGBT Pride Run®
Front Runners New York (FRNY) is New York City’s premier LGBT running and multisport club. Founded in 1979, the club has grown to over 700 members annually, representing one of the largest LGBT athletic clubs around the world.
For 38 years, FRNY has organized a 5-mile race to celebrate LGBT Pride and the ongoing movement toward equality, diversity, and inclusiveness. The race is an official event of New York City Pride and brings together thousands of folks from all over the world. The 2019 Front Runners New York LGBT Pride Run coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest pride charity run with 10,238 finishers.
As COVID-19 has ravaged our way of living, this year’s LGBT Pride Run, historically taking place in Central Park, has been transformed into a virtual 5-mile race.
Each year, a portion of race proceeds is donated to a beneficiary, and this year, FRNY has selected New Alternatives, a nonprofit focused on increasing the self-sufficiency of LGBT homeless youth by enabling them to transition out of the shelter system to stable adult lives (see below for further information on the nonprofit).
Join the race and enter to win raffle prizes from the following sponsors:
- Amtrak
- Columbia Run Lab
- Clif Bar
- Loacker
- Swerve
- 3-night stay in Philadelphia
- Sunglasses
- FRNY annual membership
- FRNY buffs
While the coronavirus has upended Pride Month celebrations, join us in the 39th running of our LBGT Pride Run and continue the tradition of stewardship, particularly towards the next generation of LGBT individuals most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
Be sure to share your virtual support with the hashtag #FRNYPrideRun in your social media posts.
AWARDS
Trophies will be awarded to the following individual finishers:
1st place female, male, and trans/gender non-conforming
2nd place female, male, and trans/gender non-conforming
3rd place female, male, and trans/gender non-conforming
Trophies will be awarded to the following teams:
Team Participation Award: the team with the most affiliated finishers
Team Munificence Award: the team whose affiliated members donate the most funds, for their outstanding generosity
BENEFITS
THE 2020 FRNY LGBT PRIDE RUN® BENEFICIARY IS NEW ALTERNATIVES
Each year, Front Runners New York shares the proceeds from the race, raised from sponsors and donors, with a club-nominated charity. Over the past eight years, Front Runners New York has awarded more than $150,000 to a variety of LGBT-related, New York based organizations as the beneficiary of our annual Pride Run.
This year’s beneficiary, New Alternatives, provides long-term support, weekly case management, education services, life skills training, community-building recreational activities, opportunities for self-expression, and programs for HIV+ youth.
In an act of resilience, New Alternatives has adapted their programming to the changed landscape of COVID-19. Their staff has shifted focus towards remote counseling and case management, and has expanded its meal services to alleviate food insecurity--exacerbated by the pandemic--faced by the nonprofit’s youth. Since the onset of the pandemic, New Alternatives quickly mobilized to distribute and deliver hundreds of meals each week to all five boroughs along with hygiene supplies and clothing.
Organizations are submitted for consideration and voted on by our membership. Through our 2019 Membership Survey, New Alternatives was selected as the 2020 recipient.
OUR COMBINED DONATIONS HELP NEW ALTERNATIVES CONTINUE THEIR GREAT WORK. SOME OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ACHIEVEMENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE
GOING THE DISTANCE
20 laps on a track
Treadmill
MapMyRun.com
Find a Certified USATF Course
Some run/walk events display course maps at elitefeats.com
Many parks have measured 'fitness' trails open to the public
Download free app Strava & hit 'Record'
QUESTIONS
Feel free to reach out to us by filling out this form. We would love to hear from you!
Or if you prefer to email us at [email protected]
SOCIALS
Facebook @FRNYLGBTPrideRun & @frontrunnersny
Instagram @frontrunnersny
VIRTUAL HOW TO
1. Run/walk whenever & wherever you'd like!
2. Starting on the event date go to elitefeats.com/Results - click on this event. Direct Results Link
3. Search for your name - click UPDATE.
4. Enter your time.
5. OPTIONAL upload selfie and/or photo (up to 5 photos!)
#efVirtual
WHEN TO POST
EARLY VIRTUAL REGISTRANTS (before 6/19) can start posting results 6/20 - 6/27
LATE VIRTUAL REGISTRANTS (after 6/19) must wait up to 24 hours to post results.
BIB MAILING begins 6/15. Please allow 3-5 Business days to receive.
You don't need the bib to run/walk, it's a keepsake!
*LAST DAY TO REGISTER & POST RESULTS IS 6-27*