Those thinking of driving Downtown on Sunday morning might want to think again. At 9 am, Mayor Fulop will join more than 5,000 runners in a “fast and flat” morning 5K through Downtown. The sold-out event is being sponsored by New York Road Runners. The 3.1-mile course starts and finishes in Newport, taking runners past […]
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Marathon Head Hopes to Reduce Gridlock During Future Events
For the organizers of Sunday’s first Jersey City marathon, things couldn’t have gone much better. Nursing a case of laryngitis, organizer Steve Lipski croaked that he was “beyond ecstatic. It really was a dream come true.” The feeling wasn’t mutual for many drivers caught in bumper to bumper traffic around the 13-mile course. Standing next […]
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City Prepares for 6,000 Runners, Snarled Traffic for Sunday Marathon
Jersey City is hosting its first marathon on Sunday, an event that will bring both excitement and inconvenience to Chilltown in order to accommodate the 6,000 professional and amateur runners expected to participate. The race, which has been in the planning for over a year, has been “certified” by USA Track & Field and qualifies runners for […]
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Local Self-Defense Instructor Recalls Taking the Fight to a Much Bigger Man
Randolph Jacobs was around four years old when it took just one movie—and a legendary icon—to know what he wanted to do with his life. “My aunt took me to watch The Last Dragon,” Jacobs explains. “It was my first glimpse of Taimak. That was it for me; I’ve been kicking ever since.” Jacobs, 41, […]
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An Olympian Teaches Table Tennis in Jersey City
When Wang Chen, now 48, came to New Jersey via China in 2000, it wasn’t her intention to focus on table tennis, a sport she began playing at age 7 in her native Shanghai. “When I first came, it was to help my sister with her business in New Jersey,” Chen said. “I thought for […]
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Residents Start Local LGBTQ+ Running Club
During the heart of Pride Month, Jersey City runners launched The Queer Collective, a running club dreamed up by residents Kristina Nungaray and Jules Bursee, two best friends whose goal is to increase the profile of the LGBTQ+ community in endurance racing.
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Peacocks Alumni Recall Burst Pipes, Floods and a Team Built on Grit
According to four former players, the Peacocks have long been underdogs, even within the Jersey City community.
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Jersey City to Get Its Own Marathon
Thanks to Jersey City resident and avid runner Steve Lipski, on April 23 next year, Jersey City will get its own marathon, the first the city has hosted and the only one that will take place in the Garden State in 2023.