I've raced Coogans several times. NYRR is a great organization and the logistics of their 5ks like Coogans is impressive. Washington Heights has a lot of culture to be enjoyed during the race. Ft Tyron Park and upper Manhattan is fairly hilly, so this is NOT like racing

I've run this 10K 5 times now. It's one of my favorite 10K's and the Cherry Blossoms were finally in bloom. Well organized evbranch brook Park. An out and backent. Kudos to Essex County! I did have one issue on registration. I had registered in february but they did not have

This race has been around for 24 years and had been one of the more popular 5K's in Bergen County.
I run a lot of races (20+) a year, and I have to say I was very disappointed about this event. Online registration was a very difficult process that closed me out