Place
Yonkers, NY US 10701
Description
CITY OF YONKERS, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND CONSERVATION - MEMORIAL DAY SUMMER KICKOFF RUN / WALK
RUN / WALK DETAILS:
- Start Date: Wednesday, May 20 - End Date: Thursday, June 4
- Registration Fee: No fees! This is about staying active and for community awareness
- Distance: You chose if you want to run outdoors or indoors. This race has multiple distances to chose from:
- 5K (3.1 miles)
- 1 Mile
- Custom Routes - Click here for more information. Routes include:
- Central Park Avenue - 5 miles
- McLean Avenue - 2.5 miles
- Waterfront Pier - 2.0 miles
- ROUTES LISTED BELOW
- Ages: all ages welcome to participate
- Important: If you are running or walking outside - social distancing rules are to be in effect at all times
HOW DOES THIS VIRTUAL RUN / WALK WORK:
- Sign up today via RunSignUp and choose the distance of your choice (5K, 1 mile, or Custom Route)
- All participants can decide where they want to walk or run: outside or inside (treadmill or indoor walking video)
- All participants will have access to download and print a participant bib (this is not required to participate) via the Parks Department Website.
To print your participant bib: Please CLICK HERE Then Scroll down to HOW DOES THIS VIRTUAL RUN / WALK WORK and the link is there; within the 2nd bullet. This is your bib - please get creative and customize it however you want. Have fun with it! (if you have any issues accessing / printing your bib, please email us). - Send us your proof of participation:
- Outdoor participants: send us a picture of yourself and a screenshot of your tracking device with your final results
- Indoor participants using a treadmill: send us a picture of yourself and a picture of your treadmill screen showing your final results
- Indoor participants using a walking video: just email us letting us know you completed it. We trust you!
- Where do we send the proof of participation?
- Please send your full name, distance, and pictures to: jennifer.villa@yonkersny.gov . If you printed and customized a bib, please send us a photo of it.
- Don't have any pictures to send - just send an email with your full name and the distance you completed
- Once the event is finished, all participants will receive a digital finishers certificate
SIGN UP TODAY! Remember this is for fun and to stay active! If you have any questions, please call 914.377.6443 or email jennifer.villa@yonkersny.gov
SUGGESTED ROUTES:
CENTRAL PARK AVENUE – 5 MILE ROUTE
STARTS AT TUCKAHOE ROAD/ CENTRAL PARK AVENUE (NORTH)
.50 MILES CPA / UNDERHILL STREET
1.0MILES CPA / VERNOA AVENUE
1.5 MILES CPA / ROXBURY DRIVE
2.0 MILES CPA / FORT HILL ROAD
2.5 MILES 2700 CENTRAL PARK AVE (THE OLD BABIES R US LOCATION)
CATCH YOUR BREATH AND HEAD BACK DOWN CENTRAL TO COMPLETE YOUR RUN OR WALK
MCLEAN AVENUE – 2.5 MILE ROUTE
STARTS AT DEVOE AVENUE / E SANFORD STREET
SOUTH TO MCLEAN AVE AND MAKE THE LEFT, CONTINUE ON MCLEAN
.50 MILES 811 MCLEAN AVE (LA GROTTA II)
1.0 MILES MCLEAN / ST BANABAS PLACE
1.25 MILES BRONX RIVER ROAD AND NEREID (CROSS BRONX RIVER ROAD AND MCLEAN AVE CHANGES TO NEREID)
CATCH YOUR BREATH AND HEAD BACK UP MCLEAN TO COMPLETE YOUR RUN / WALK
DISCOVER THE YONKERS WATERFRONT - 2.0 MILES
STARTS AT WARBURTON AVENUE / DOCK STREET
DOCK STREET WEST,
RIGHT ON RIVER STREET,
LEFT ON WELLS AVENUE AND A RIGHT TURN ON TO ALEXANDER STREET.
TAKE ALEXANDER STREET TO ASHBURTON, TURN AROUND AND HEAD BACK TO WELLS
MAKE A RIGHT HEADING TOWARDS THE WATER.
ON WELLS BEAR RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF 63 WELLS AND FOLLOW THE PROMINADE AS YOU HUG THE SHORE TOWARDS THE SCIENCE BARGE. AS YOU PASS THE BARGE, HEAD TOWARDS VAN DER DONK AND FOLLOW IT TO MAIN STREET WHERE YOU WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE PIER. BEAR LEFT AND FOLLOW THE PROMINARD SOUTH PAST THE APEX TO THE END. TAKE A BREATH, TAKE IN THE VIEW OF NYC AND HEAD BACK PAST THE APEX. HOOK THE RIGHT ONTO MAIN STREET, A LEFT ON MARKET AND A RIGHT ONTO NEPPERHAN STREET AND WHEN YOU HIT WARBURTON, YOU ARE DONE. GREAT WORKOUT
.5 MILES DRIVEWAY TO 79 ALEXANDER (THE AVALON)
1.0 MILES VAN DER DONK & DOCK STREET
1.5 MILES 20 WATER GRANT ST (THE APEX)
2.0 MILES CORNER OF NEPPERHAN ST AND WARBURTON
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