About Glirc

Who We Are

The Greater Long Island Running Club (formerly the Plainview-Old Bethpage Running Club) is Long Island's largest and most active running club, with a membership that spans all of Nassau and Suffolk Counties and beyond. We have a lot to offer every runner; monthly meetings with interesting programs, special clinics, regular group road runs and track workouts for runners of every age and level of ability, and discounts to local running stores. Footnotes, our monthly magazine, includes a complete calendar of local races and other events of interest to local runners. Our Office/Clubhouse provides full service to the Long Island running community. Our April Nationwide Insurance Run for ASPIRE, David Lerner Police Appreciation Run, Greenbelt 50K Trail Run, Runner's Edge Long Island Women's Run, Rob's Run (cross country), Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid Kings Park 15 Kilometer Challenge, Long Island Workplace Challenge, Ocean to Sound Relay, Runner's Edge TOBAY Triathlon, Carter, DeLuca Farrell & Schmidt Ho Ho Ho Holiday Run, Oyster Festival 5k, fun runs, trail runs, "road trips", etc., etc., all make for a full calendar of activities for local runners.

But most of all, GLIRC offers the ready availability of friendly people to run with and compare notes with. We support each other and help each other to more rewarding running experiences. No matter what your age or ability, whether you are a mile a day beginner or a veteran marathoner, there's a place for YOU in the Greater Long Island Running Club!

Presidents Message

The November 18th deadline for those looking to throw their hat in the ring for a place on the Club’s Executive Board will have long passed by the time you read this.  That being said, there is never any “deadline,” for those who want to play a larger role in the business of the Club and the larger Long Island running community.  As you may have noticed, the spread of the Club’s activities continues to grow, and it does so the opportunity for each of you to get involved in those activities continues to grow as well.

At the very basic level, each Club event needs the efforts of volunteers to make it happen.  If you aren’t running in a particular race, there is a special need for experienced runners to staff the course of that race, at turns and at mile marks.  We have a variety of other da-of-race jobs that need to be done as well.

Have an itch to get involved in the management of an event?  We are constantly looking for folks who want to get some hands on experience in making our events successful.

Whatever role you would be comfortable in playing, please don’t be shy about putting yourself forward.  Just call the Club office at 516 349-7646 and talk to Mike or Linda or Sue.

But hey, you don’t have to be a volunteer or a manager or a director to enjoy the Club and its activities.  Runners are always welcome to, well, run!  Our year round schedule of events continues with our December 11th  Trail Run, the December 17th Ho Ho Ho Holiday Run, and the second annual Sayville Running Company 10 Mile Run to the Blue Point Brewery on January 28th.  We have a great “doubleheader” scheduled for January 28th – with the 10 Mile Run in the morning and the Club’s annual Dinner dance that same evening.

It used to be – back in the 70's and 80's – racing used to pretty much shut down in between Thanksgiving Day and the April ASPIRE 10K Run.  No more!  Winter can and should be a great time to get in running and races at all distances if you can avoid a blizzard or two!

See you on the roads and trails, and at our annual Awards Night at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library on December 20th.