Episode 6 is a timely conversation with Steve Lastoe, the founder and race director of NYCRUNS (www.nycruns.com). NYCRUNS is an event and race management company based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2020 the plan was to host over two dozen races and have field sizes ranging from 1,500 to 15,000 participants. Steve founded the company in the midst of the Great Recession in 2009 and he finds himself in another battle today during the Coronavirus pandemic. He talks to us about what his original running business idea was before NYCRUNS, his company's relationship with the New York Road Runners, and his creative ideas to generate revenue while in-person races are paused due to Coronavirus.

You can find Steve's writing online at Medium (www.medium.com/@slastoe), and be sure to sign up for a NYCRUNS race to support them. Keep NYC's racing community vibrant and diverse by registering for NYCRUNS events on Governors Island, Randall's Island, Riverside Park, and of course, Prospect Park.