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Flamingo Kid Racing, 427 East 154th Street, Apt #3, New York, NY (2026)

03/20/2025

Hey guys,

You may have noticed that the previously announced and scheduled April event has not been opened on UltraSignup.

The fact is, after A LOT of thought and consideration, I’ve decided not to direct any 2025 races this year.

I appreciate the support from so many of you but it’s a lot to orchestrate on the back end and my time and resources are a bit more finite at the moment than I would like, so I’m going to be focused on other things.

Appreciate the support from the community and if and when I decide whether to pursue directing again in 2026, I’ll most assuredly inform everyone.

There are a handful of folks (about 7-8 people) who were rolled over from the 2024 summer event due to injury or rescheduling who will be due a refund and I will be granting those and sending an E-mail out. For those who earned volunteer credits, those will remain good and won’t expire.

Thanks so much for understanding and I’m forever grateful to the lives changed and goals reached by those who have been a part of these efforts. 🦩

01/13/2025

Feisty Flamingo 50K / 100K Ultramarathon Update!

1. Official Race Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Location: Baisley Pond Park, Queens, NY

2. Start Time: 7am (both distances)

3. Time Limit: 12 hours - 7pm (50K) / 15 hours - 10pm (100K)

4. Logistics: 2.1 mile paved loop, fast and flat, entire course is lit up by lamps after dark (no headlamp required)

5. Early Bird Prices (first two weeks): $90 - 50K / $110 - 100K

6. UltraSignup Reg Opening: Monday, January 20, 2025

7. Drinkware Add-On: Glass Beer Mug

8. Photos: Included…it’s basically a giant loop that passes by all the park’s main sights, including Mother Carter Garden, the WW1 Memorial, the playground, etc. A more detailed map plus exact course directions will be sent to all previous registrants by E-mail as well as spelled out in a later post.

9. Bathrooms: 3 located on the course (no porta potties)

10. Parking: 1 lot located 1/2 mile from the start line; otherwise, street parking.

Let’s gooooooo…

01/08/2025

Today is the 1 year anniversary of directing my first ultramarathon, the Frozen Flamingo 50K / 70K. So time for an announcement. 🦩

You’ve all waited long enough for my third ultramarathon in the flamingo series.

This Sunday evening the following will be announced…

1. Date of April Race
2. Logistics of Course Plus Photos
3. When Registration Opens (likely to be within a week after)
4. Early Bird Pricing and Regular / Late Pricing

This will be a 50K or 50M looped course on pavement / bike trail that encircles a park near JFK airport.

Thanks for your patience, finally details are being readied. Less than week until unveiling. Anyone owed a race credit due to prior request or conflicts with the date change of Fiery Flamingo may use it towards the distance they originally signed up for in the second event, or may upgrade at no charge as a courtesy.

The same is true for volunteer credits. Full day receives 100% race credit on either distance. Half day receives 50% race credit.

More specifics will be debuted shortly, but let’s start with those first four above, at end of day on Sunday, January 12th, 2025. Until then!

09/13/2024

And the runners are off on an epic adventure…Fiery Flamingo 50K & 50M start at Alley Pond Park!!! 🔥🦩

09/13/2024

Billy Busch wins the Fiery Flamingo 50M with a time of 7’38’11! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

09/13/2024

Soufyane Benhalima wins the Fiery Flamingo 50K in a time of 4’10’14! 👏🏻

09/13/2024

Runner Matt Stewart finishes his very first 50M race, on his birthday!!!

09/13/2024

Fiery Flamingo 50K / 50M Race Announcements by RD Dave Drebsky & Asst RD Billy Richards

09/11/2024

Results for the Fiery Flamingo 50K & 50M will be live TONIGHT.

But I want to give the details for the Feisty Flamingo 50K & 50M, so please see below:

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025

Location: Baisley Pond Park, Jamaica, Queens

Logistics: 5K paved loop, basically full loop of the perimeter, followed by a smaller loop on the interior. Rinse, repeat. 10X earns 50K, 14X earns 70K bonus, 16X earns 50M, 20X earns 100K. If you did the math, yes, the loop will be slightly beyond 3.1 miles to make sure everyone hits the correct distance and to account for tangents.

Time Limit: 13 hours, with ability to run the clock and get in as many miles as possible. Whoever logs the most miles gets an extremely nice trophy.

Start / End Time: 7am to 8pm

Registration Opens: October 1, 2024 - all previous participants will be E-mailed. Anyone eligible for a rollover will receive a discount code for 100% equivalent to their previously signed up distance.

Giveaway: Tank Top

Drinkware Add-On: Beer Mug

Frozen Flamingo was widely beloved by all. Fiery Flamingo did not get quite the same reception, in large part due to the very complicated course which proved extremely difficult to mark. For those who fell short that day, or found themselves frustrated by getting lost and/or not running the course correctly, I encourage you to give us another shot as we’ll have this course pitch perfect and there is zero chance of runners making errors. We all learn together. 🙏🏻

SPECIAL! To those who register on Week 1, you’ll be rewarded with the lowest price of the season. Just $70 to register for 50K/70K and $90 to register for 50M/100K. After Week 1, price increases will begin up to a max of $125 for 50K/70K and $160 for 50M/100K on the month before race day. If you sign up early, and cannot make the April race, no worries, you’ll have until 4/20/25 to request a deferral to the October event.

Flamingo Kid Racing boasts as extensive an aid station as any in the sport, with unique nutrition items you’ll only find here!!! Round the clock support and tons of swag!!! Hope to see you in the Spring. 🤠🦩

09/09/2024

Our 2024 summer ultramarathon at Alley Pond Park is a wrap! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We had 23 finishers for the 50K, with 4 of them going on to complete the 70K, and 13 finishers for the 50M, with 2 of them going on to complete the 100K.

Your overall winners are:

50K

1st - Soufyane Benhalima - 4:10
2nd - John Egofske - 4:11
3rd - Brett Stinson - 4:38

Bonus 70K

1st - John Egofske - 6:39
2nd - Jay Silcox - 6:51
3rd - Anna White - 8:15

50M

1st - Billy Busch - 7:38
2nd - Maciel A Narciso Molina - 7:42
3rd - Mitchell Toomey - 8:08

Bonus 100K

1st - Maciel A Narciso Molina - 9:55
2nd - Dov Greenberg - 12:38

1st & 2nd in the 50K were decided by less than 1 minute! Photo finish! 1st & 2nd in the 50M were less than 5 minutes apart. For those brave souls who did the bonuses, a heart congrats as it amounted to a half dozen people, some traversing the trails in the dark.

Results will be posted on UltraSignup by Thursday evening. Some photos will be uploaded hopefully by Wednesday, but please feel to share some with me at [email protected] to add to the collection.

Hope to see many of you at the Feisty Flamingo 50K & 50M on Sunday, April 27th with a 13 hour time limit at a park in Queens TBD. 70K & 100K bonus distances will return and so will the “Ultimate Flamingo” bonus of who accumulates the greatest mileage running the clock over 13 hours. As always, we aim to get bigger and better.

Big thanks to all who came out and especially to our volunteers, Asst Race Director Billy Richards acting as Timer, Jamey Kohn our resident set up and logistics master, Dwayne Baker & Amelia Frances for manning an amazing aid station that’s among the best in the sport and included crazy items like sushi, chile lime rice and pepper jack grilled cheese, and of course Cameron Laramee-Gonzalez and Emeli Galvez who provided photos and runner assistance. As always, you guys are “the wind beneath my wings.” 🙏🏻

Please know I spent some portion of each of the past 90 days working to make this event a big success. I was onsite before 3am marking the course in the dark. Nobody is more disappointed than me that many runners were confused on a very complicated East Loop / West Loop course with constant twists and turns. Having run this loop many, many times, if run perfectly, the distance is between 6.2 and 6.3 miles. I thought instructing runners “if the last cone said to go left/right and you come to another turn with no cone, follow the previous direction” and “when in doubt, stay straight” was sufficient, but it seems it was not. This was exacerbated by cones 18 & 44 straight up vanishing before the race, both of which marked key turns. Due to lack of time and resources, most of this was eventually corrected but not all of it. We did have runners whose mileage fell short do some extra miles to make up the difference and maintain the integrity of the results.

I will say I am damn proud of this event. Our swag was badass and fun, our aid station is unbeatable, and the course was in every way imaginable a challenge and an adventure, supported by a professional staff.

Comments positive and negative are encouraged publicly here or privately at [email protected] as Flamingo Kid Racing strives to improve and grow, helping runners achieve big goals and demand the best of themselves. 🦩🔥

09/07/2024

Flamingo Flock!

Less than 10 hours until race day! Good luck to all 50K and 50M runners and hopefully there won’t be too much rain!

Just 3 quick final notices…

1. COURSE ADDRESS - just use “Alley Pond Park” as shown in the map screenshot. That takes you to the ideal parking lot. From there you walk left to the nearest public restrooms and the start/finish is right there.

2. DFL AWARD FOR 50K & 50M - a very small token for the person with the most heart (he or she who stays out the longest for their core distance) - this set of turtle and snail figurines custom inked with the race name. 🐢🐌🔥🦩

3. SLIGHT COURSE RE-ROUTE - we will be going down the other side of Little Alley Pond on the West Loop due to a fallen tree that NYC Parks has yet to move on the original route (see screenshot). I’ll be fixing it in the morning.

Ok! Game on! 💪🏻

09/03/2024

Flamingo Flock:

4 more days until race day…let’s talk race questions and weather.

First off, our comprehensive race day E-mail is LIVE. If you didn’t receive it, first check spam or junk and then notify me by E-mail at [email protected] or by DM on Facebook or Instagram at Flamingo Kid Racing. This should answer any and all questions, but let me know if anything else needs to be addressed.

Now! Weather!

It is going to be cloudy and in the high 60’s and mid 70’s with a 30-40% chance of rain. Dress accordingly. Never a bad idea to pack an umbrella and light jacket. No lightning or thunder concerns and the race goes rain or shine.

Those of you who ran the Frozen Flamingo - you know. 😜

Best of luck, keep training, and see you on race day. 🔥🦩

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