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NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K

08:008:00 AM New York
Central Park
Central Park. Photograph by Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The course

The NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K is a 6.2-mile loop around Central Park, run on Saturday 9 January 2027 at 8:00 to open the racing season.

The course in short 2 lines
  • A 6.2-mile loop of Central Park in JanuaryA scenic 6.2-mile loop around Central Park, 8:00 start on 9 January.
  • Ages 12 and up, and sold out by OctoberOpen from age 12, a 9+1 qualifier; entries sold out by mid-October 2026.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGeometryA 6.2-mile loop of Central Park in JanuaryA scenic 6.2-mile loop around Central Park, 8:00 start on 9 January.

NYRR describes the race as a scenic 6.2-mile loop around Central Park that kicks off the 2027 racing season. Every participant receives a long-sleeve tech T-shirt for the cold. The race honours Joe Kleinerman (1912 to 2003), a distance runner, coach and founding member of NYRR.

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Whole courseCrowdAges 12 and up, and sold out by OctoberOpen from age 12, a 9+1 qualifier; entries sold out by mid-October 2026.

Entries had sold out by 15 October 2026. The race is open to ages 12 and up and is a 9+1 program qualifier for 9+1 Passholders accepted in the 1 October 2026 drawing. NYRR members can join a member-only standby list, whose runners are invited to register on a first-come, first-served basis if entries become available. Bib pickup closes 10 minutes after the 8:00 start.

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Race fuel

Energy gel
An energy gel sachet
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Race fuel for New York

One gel every 40 minutes once you are past about 75 minutes of running, plus a spare.

Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side.

Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.

Order by 19 December to test them on two long runs first.

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In Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Salted Caramel, 24-pack, the best seller there.

Outside the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the UK and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Italy, the rest of the EU and Canada the button opens GU Energy Gel, Chocolate Outrage, 24-pack on Amazon.com, the best seller there.

Anti-chafe
Compeed Anti-blister stick
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Compeed

Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml

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An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.

Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.

Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.

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Number belt
A race number belt
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Compressport Race Belt

Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.

Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.

Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.

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Electrolytes
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SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20

One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.

One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.

Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.

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Blister plasters
Compeed Blister plasters, medium, 6
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Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6

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One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.

Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.

Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.

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Race week

Timetable

Saturday 9 January Race day

  1. 08:008:00 AM

    10K start Central Park

  2. 08:108:10 AM

    Bib pickup closes Bib pickup closes 10 minutes after the start. Runners arriving later are not issued a bib and get no 9+1 credit.

Times as published by the organiser, in New York time, checked .

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Getting a place

Entry through the organiser

Entry details on the organiser’s site →

The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.

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