NYRR RUNNER CON
Date
Friday and Saturday, September 6-7, 2019
Location
NYRR RUNCENTER, 320 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Join New York Road Runners for the second-annual NYRR RUNNER CON, a celebration of runners and running culture! Don't miss the two-day event at the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, which kicks off Friday, September 6, with a launch party for New Balance's latest offering, the FuelCell 5280. On Saturday, September 7, take part in a day filled with runner programming cultivating the best, brightest, and fastest minds in the sport of running, to be moderated by your favorite podcast hosts and broadcast all over the world.
Friday, September 6
6:00pm New Balance FuelCell 5280 Launch Party
Saturday, September 7
9:00 a.m. NYRR RUNNER CON Group 5K Run presented by Strava
10:00 a.m. Ali on the Run Show LIVE with The Women of the 5th
Avenue Mile
11:00 a.m. Running for Real with Tina Muir LIVE: The Future of
Youth Running with Meb Keflezighi, Jenny Simpson, and
Rachel Pratt
12:00 p.m. I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein LIVE: Running Tech
with Mateo Ortega and Jeff Dengate
1:00 p.m. Runners of NYC LIVE: Body Positivity with Mirna Valerio
and The Pansa Boyz
Details
New Balance Fuel Cell 5280 Launch Party
Kick off NYRR RUNNER CON and the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile weekend with the global release of the New Balance FuelCell 5280. You will have the opportunity to test out the 5280 as well as the FuelCell Rebel on treadmills powered by Zwift. Attendees will earn a gift from New Balance for trying the shoes out on the treadmill. Join special guest Jenny Simpson to learn what the 5280 means to her and so much more. Guests will have a sneak peek into how New Balance plans to power the last month of TCS New York City Marathon training with pizza.
NYRR RUNNER CON Group 5K Run presented by Strava
Start the second day of RUNNER CON by joining us for an easy 5K shakeout run before you hit the streets for the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile—all paces welcome. The group will be joined by athletes from the professional athlete fields of the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, and a light breakfast will be served post-run. In addition, all attendees will receive a gift from Strava.
Ali on the Run Show LIVE with The Women of the 5th Avenue Mile
Join Ali Feller, host of the Ali on the Run Show, for a conversation with three of the women leading the professional athlete field at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile. Nikki Hiltz and Allie Ostrander will be racing the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile for the first time, while Cory McGee will make her fourth-consecutive appearance in the race’s professional athlete field.
Running for Real with Tina Muir LIVE: The Future of Youth Running with Meb Keflezighi, Jenny Simpson, and Rachel Pratt
Join Tina Muir, host of Running for Real with Tina Muir as she welcomes Olympic medalists and NYRR Team for Kids Ambassadors Meb Keflezighi and Jenny Simpson, as well as NYRR SVP of Youth and Community Services Rachel Pratt to discuss the future of youth running. The group will discuss their time as youth athletes, what they’ve learned, and what research suggests we do to ensure young runners today are approaching the sport happily, healthily, and with their long-term development in mind.
I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein LIVE: The Evolution of Running Technology with Jeff Dengate, Rebecca Kennedy and Mateo Ortega
Join Lindsey Hein, host of I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein as she sits down with Jeff Dengate, Runner-in-Chief for Runner’s World, Rebecca Kennedy, Master Tread Instructor at Peloton, and Mateo Ortega, Director of Integrations & Devices at Strava to discuss the rapidly evolving space of technology and how that is impacting our global running community.
Runners of NYC LIVE: Redefining Runners with Mirna Valerio and The Pansa Boyz
Join co-hosts Chris Chavez and Leigh Anne Sharek, hosts of Runners of NYC as they are joined by Mirna Valerio and The Pansa Boyz (Tyrone Alomia, Hector Espinal, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Jason Suarez) as they sit down to discuss how they are redefining what runners look like and creating inclusive communities to inspire all.
Mirna Valerio is a native of Brooklyn, NY, a former educator, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, obstacle course enthusiast, and author of the recently published memoir, A Beautiful Work in Progress. Although she began running in high school, she recommitted to the sport after a health scare in 2008. It was then that her love for running and all its attendant benefits were reignited. She soon started her blog Fatgirlrunning, about her experiences as a larger woman in a world of thinner athletes.
The Pansa Boyz are Tyrone Alomia, Hector Espinal, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Jason Suarez. Profiled most recently in Men’s Health, the four friends have connected over the positive impact running has had for them. As their profile in Men’s Health notes, “These four guys—who’ve adopted the nickname ‘Pansa Boyz’ (“panza” the word for “belly” in Spanish)—weigh almost a ton combined. Recently, they teamed up to relay both the North Face Endurance 50K Challenge and the Brooklyn Mile, the native New Yorkers aren’t slowing down anytime soon—at least not because of their size.”