Orchard Street Runners emerged from NYC’s underground running scene and rose to prominence through its reputation for building high-concept, one-of-a-kind running events that use the city streets as a backdrop for experiential moments and storytelling.  

Now in it’s 12th year, OSR organizes a weekly Tuesday night run and several acclaimed events including the OSR30, a checkpoint-driven race that makes a 30-mile ultramarathon out of Manhattan’s perimeter, and pairs runners with a cycling teammate who acts as a personal ‘domestique.’ The most recent edition of the race was won by a pair of Olympians. The OSR10K is a masterfully planned 10k running event that requires runners to stamp a paper manifest at a series of checkpoints - with the checkpoints completed in any order - making for a part-strategy, part-endurance challenge. The OSR1 is an epic one mile night race that sends a stream of runners flying through NYC’s empty streets - including a Times Square crossing - with winners completing the effort in under 4:30.

OSR’s innovations in night running and unsanctioned racing have impacted the global sport of running on a cultural and aesthetic level, and helped broaden and elevate the way runners interact with the sport. It’s magic comes not from ‘size and scale’ - the group intentionally engineers its events to be small and focused - but instead from the deliberate focus on community-building and storytelling, producing results and impact larger, more traditional races could only dream of.