Run Rockaway Beach End Of Summer Marathon, Half Marathon & 5 K

Run Rockaway Beach End Of Summer Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K takes place on August 21, 2027, at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. All three distances start together at 6:00 a.m., on an oceanfront course along the Atlantic shore. No elevation gain is listed.

A flat seafront marathon in late August is a race of two variables — heat and wind — and a 6:00 a.m. start only addresses the first. On an exposed coastal course, run the leg into the wind by effort and accept the pace it gives you; trying to hold goal pace against a sea breeze for several miles is the most common way an otherwise well-judged marathon falls apart.