Miles For MBC & Kelly Marie

Miles For MBC & Kelly Marie is a one-mile road race held in Howard Beach, in the New York borough of Queens, on October 24, 2026. It is a charity event, with the money raised going to support work against metastatic breast cancer, and the course stays in the neighborhood, along the edge of Jamaica Bay.

A mile is the most approachable racing distance there is, and that is rather the point here: families, occasional runners and people who would never enter a 5K can all take part. If you do want to run it fast, remember that a mile sits closer to a sprint than a jog — a few sets of 400s at target pace in the weeks beforehand help, and starting slightly conservatively keeps you from fading over the final quarter. For everyone else, no preparation is really needed. The emphasis is on turning out together rather than on times.