Sunday Run Clubs in NYC
29 clubs found. Find NYC run clubs that meet on Sundays.
North Brooklyn Runners
NBR runs out of McCarren Park nearly every day of the week — nearly 20 options from the quick Night Owl Monday to the community-favorite Saturday coffee run along the Williamsburg Bridge — so whether you want Party Pace or you're training hard, there's a group for you. The energy is genuinely inclusive: elite athletes and first-timers are treated the same, and the volunteer-led crew donates run proceeds to local nonprofits. Complete four of the club's named weeknight runs (Night Owl, Tigerwolves, Mourning Doves, Hellkatz) and you earn your Crownimal status, celebrated with donuts. It's one of the oldest and largest run clubs in Brooklyn, and it shows — showing up once usually means you keep coming back.
Prospect Park Track Club (PPTC)
PPTC is Brooklyn's largest running club with over 2,000 members, founded in 1970, built around a genuinely inclusive community ethos rather than competitive gatekeeping. Group runs happen every day of the week out of Prospect Park, spanning easy social miles to coached speed workouts and marathon training groups led by Coach John Honerkamp — the Wednesday night run ends at a bar, and the Friday morning run wraps with coffee and pastries. The culture has a distinctly Brooklyn neighborhood feel: annual awards nights, a Valentine's Day Sole Mates note exchange among members, and a summer picnic and relay race. PPTC also functions as a civic institution, having donated over $100,000 to Brooklyn community organizations through its biannual grants program.
Achilles International NYC
A global organization that transforms the lives of people with disabilities through athletic programs, with a NYC chapter active in 17 countries. All paces welcome.
BK Heights Run Club
BK Heights Run Club is a high-volume, neighborhood-rooted club that runs 12 sessions per week — sunrises and sunsets — making it genuinely woven into daily Brooklyn Heights life rather than a once-a-week social event. Sunday mornings at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge draw 200+ runners across 10 pace-led groups ranging from 8:30/mi race pace down to a dedicated 'Hot Girl Walk' pace, so no one gets left behind. The club frames running explicitly as a lifestyle and creative community, not a fitness product — their stated mission is making athletic culture 'radically accessible' and building something that 'outlasts the trend cycle.' Post-run culture is built into a WhatsApp group and Strava club rather than a single bar night, keeping the community active all week.
BK Run Project
An inclusive Brooklyn-based running club offering coach-led group training at Prospect Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all abilities. All paces welcome.
Black Men Run
Black Men Run is a mission-driven brotherhood built around the specific health crisis facing Black men — heart disease, obesity, and diabetes — using running as the vehicle for accountability and community care. Runs open with warm-ups and motivational check-ins and close with a celebratory finish, creating a ritual that is as much about mental and spiritual health as physical fitness. The NYC chapter meets at Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza entrance on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and is explicitly open to all fitness levels and backgrounds, while centering Black men's wellness. Members describe it as 'probably the only space where I can be 100% me in all ways possible' — a sanctuary, not just a sweat session.
BX Endurance Runners
BX Endurance Runners is a long-distance training club rooted in the South Bronx, meeting every Sunday at 8am at Joyce Kilmer Park on 161st Street near the Grand Concourse. The culture is explicitly ego-free, designed to bridge the gap between walking and long-distance running for anyone 18 and up, regardless of pace or experience. The club organizes its own annual race event called 'The Race' featuring a half marathon and 5K, and competes in the NYRR Bronx 10 Mile alongside other Bronx crews, giving members real race goals to train toward. After 10 years in the borough, it functions as a cornerstone of Bronx running infrastructure rather than a scene or social club.
Chaski Run Club
A NYC-based run club affiliated with Chaski, a world-class coaching and running community platform. Offers weekly group runs in Manhattan with a training-forward approach for runners at all levels. Fo All paces welcome.
Corillo Run Club
Official run club of Cafe Colmado, a Puerto Rican coffee shop at 286 Broome St in Loisaida (Lower East Side). Latino-community focused, Sunday morning runs departing from the cafe.
DSNY Running Club
DSNY's Trash Dashers is a club built entirely around NYC Department of Sanitation workers and their families, creating a tight-knit blue-collar running community unlike anything else in the city. The club runs all five boroughs through a borough captain system, with runs scheduled around shift schedules — including Wednesday night trail runs in Staten Island Greenbelt and Sunday group runs at Prospect Park. They self-identify as 'The City's Strongest' and skew toward endurance events, with members who have completed marathons. The club honors its fallen members through the annual Michael Hanly 5K at Freshkills Park, giving it a sense of purpose and community identity that goes beyond fitness.
Dyke Run NYC
A running club for queer women, trans, and non-binary people that is open to everyone and welcoming to beginners. Runs in Central Park, Prospect Park, and along the West Side Highway. Three sessions p All paces welcome.
Forest Park Runners
A friendly neighborhood run club in Forest Park, Queens that organizes the annual Forest Park Classic 4 Mile Road and Trail Race in May and Summer Series 1 mile runs in July. All paces welcome.
Godspeed Run Club
A multi-city run club operating in the US and Canada, anchored in NYC across Central Park, Prospect Park, and McCarren Park. Known for Sunday morning group runs with a strong social and community focu All paces welcome.
Korean Road Runners Club
Founded in 2004 in Queens, a social co-ed running group representing runners of all ages and abilities from the Korean-American community and beyond. Welcomes runners of all backgrounds and actively p All paces welcome.
Latin Runners Club
A multi-borough running club serving Latin communities across Brooklyn, Queens, and Westchester. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory with weekend group runs and a strong cultural community identity. All paces welcome.
Left Overs Run Club
Multi-day training schedule: speed workouts Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings at Joseph Yancey Track (Macombs Dam Park, Concourse Village), easy runs Friday evenings, long runs Sunday mornings.
NY Harriers
Founded in 1988, the NY Harriers are a serious but welcoming competitive road racing club based in Central Park, with over 175 members and a coaching staff of 7 RRCA/USATF-certified coaches. Workouts run Wednesday and Friday mornings at Engineers' Gate and Wednesday evenings at Tavern on the Green, divided into 3-4 pace tiers from 5:30 to 9:00 min/mile — structured, coach-led sessions with real training plans, not just group jogs. The club competes in the NYRR Club Points A Division and runs an intra-team Runner of the Year series to keep competitive stakes year-round. The social side is equally intentional: monthly First Thursday happy hours, seasonal parties, destination long runs to donut shops and breweries, and an annual Harriers Mile and Donut Relay race.
NYC Dragons
A Manhattan-based running club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Community-focused group serving the Chinatown and Lower Manhattan running community. All paces welcome.
NYC Muslim Running Club
A community run club encouraging physical, spiritual, and mental growth through weekly Sunday group runs for all fitness levels. Location rotates and is shared via Telegram. Post-run smoothies and foo All paces welcome. Post-run at Smoothie spot or nearby restaurant.
POLSKA Running Team
A Queens-based running team with ties to the Polish-American community in Ridgewood and Maspeth. Listed in NYCRUNS directory and welcomes all runners from the neighborhood for weekend group runs. All paces welcome.
Scaries Run Club
A Brooklyn-based social run club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Sunday morning runs through North Brooklyn with a fun, low-pressure vibe welcoming runners of all paces. All paces welcome.
Shore Road Striders
A Bay Ridge running club for those interested in running as a sport, drawing members from Bay Ridge and surrounding Brooklyn communities. Runs for fun and friendship along the scenic Shore Road waterf All paces welcome.
Spartan Sundays Run Club
An all-inclusive run club with over 13 years of history, meeting primarily on Sunday mornings with multiple weekly runs and organized Spartan mud races several times yearly. All paces welcome.
Staten Island Athletic Club
Staten Island's athletic club with a running program. All paces welcome.
Sundays Run
A Queens-based Sunday morning run club listed in the NYCRUNS directory. Casual and welcoming to all paces with a community-first approach to weekend running in Queens. All paces welcome.
Type One Run
A running club for people living with Type 1 diabetes and their supporters. Listed in the NYCRUNS directory as a Manhattan-based community club providing motivation and camaraderie for T1D runners of All paces welcome.
Upper West Side Run Club
Upper West Side Run Club was founded in February 2023 by Maddy Nguyen, a then-25-year-old tech recruiter who couldn't find the right community to train for marathons — so she started one via Instagram and a Facebook group. Three runs a week (Sunday mornings at the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Tuesday mornings in Central Park, Thursday evenings at the Natural History Museum) at 8-11 min/mile conversational pace, with coffee after morning runs and drinks after evening ones. The vibe is warm, younger-skewing, and genuinely social — the club has been featured in the New York Times for how much people lean on these communities for connection. Free, no sign-up required.
UWS Run Club
Upper West Side Run Club was founded in February 2023 by Maddy Nguyen, a then-25-year-old tech recruiter who couldn't find the right community to train for marathons — so she started one via Instagram and a Facebook group. Three runs a week (Sunday mornings at the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Tuesday mornings in Central Park, Thursday evenings at the Natural History Museum) at 8-11 min/mile conversational pace, with coffee after morning runs and drinks after evening ones. The vibe is warm, younger-skewing, and genuinely social — the club has been featured in the New York Times for how much people lean on these communities for connection. Free, no sign-up required.
Woodside-Sunnyside Runners
Neighborhood running community in Woodside and Sunnyside, Queens. Weekend morning group runs. Welcoming to all paces.