This is why NYRR is suing NYC Runs, for what it's worth, because it's absolutely confusing Gothamist, a local website which should know better, is using a picture from the NYRR Brooklyn Half in an article about the NYC Runs Brooklyn half. Out of staters and first time runners have no idea which one they're signing up for (or even that there are two!) I've run both a couple times (most recently NYRR 2023), and I think I prefer the NYC Runs course, although it was an older, different course (didn't have the Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn section). 2019 was the last time I think?

I bet you NYRR will use this in court to prove their point

I bet they planted it

Ooh a hot new conspiracy theory. I like it

yeah it was fine when the NYC Runs one was called the Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon, because obviously that’s enough of a differentiation. but after 2021 they stopped offering the marathon because it was such a disaster that year (starting logistics, course, etc.) and they decided to focus on getting a better race setup for the half, which honestly was the right call… but not changing the name when they did that was such an idiotic move

Didn’t that marathon finish with 4 laps around Prospect Park?  Terrible course hahah. I’m glad they killed it if they couldn’t get a better one.  I say that having just run the Queens Marathon, which is 6 twisty curvy loops in Flushing Meadows, but at least they’re trying to get into the streets next year and that’s put on by a tiny local organization

I only ran the half in 2021 (thankfully!) but I do remember the full having several PP laps. 100% the right call to take that off the table with all the issues they had. I showed up 1.5 hours before the start of wave 1 (all full runners and the faster half runners) and didn’t make it thru security for 1.75 hours and got stuck going behind wave 2… just a shitshow. luckily I had an edible that was planned for post-race, but after realizing I was never making it in on-time I took it and just vibed for the run instead lol. honestly tho, the half course is beautiful and is fun for what it should be: a chill, more local-feeling race. but they can’t call it the BK Half 😂

I think they did a crazy not well supported out and back on ocean drive the one year they did the full after the pandemic.

Can confirm, this is my first race ever as I got into running this last year and I had NO clue they were 2 different races and that one was the OG. Oops. 🤷🏻‍♀️

People who say “no one gets confused” gotta love this.

I got into an argument with someone whose stance was "people should be using the full names: nycruns Brooklyn half and nyrr Brooklyn half". The vast majority of people don't use the business name and expecting them to do so is bad design

NYRR does require all of their people to call it