NYRR's Mastercard New York Mini 10K to feature over 10,500 women

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Over 10,500 women are set to participate in the New York Road Runners (NYRR) 2026 Mastercard New York Mini 10K on Saturday, June 6.

The annual race will unite women of all ages and fitness levels, featuring 10 Olympians and Paralympians, nine global medalists, and multiple national record holders representing 10 countries.

The 2026 Mastercard New York Mini 10K will be covered by an all-women broadcast team featuring WABC Sports Anchor Sam Ryan, U.S. Olympians Carrie Tollefson and Alysia Montaño, and host of the "Ali on the Run Show" podcast Ali Feller. The professional fields will be covered by a livestream, distributed domestically by ESPN+ and abc7ny.com, and internationally from NYRR's YouTube channel beginning at 7:45 a.m. ET. Additional coverage will be available in the tristate area on ABC New York, Channel 7, with live news cut-ins from 6-10 a.m.

Headlining the race is Hellen Obiri, a defending champion in the TCS New York City Marathon, United Airlines NYC Half, and Mastercard New York Mini 10K and Sharon Lokedi, a 2022 TCS New York City Marathon winner and 2025 runner-up, two-time Boston Marathon champion and course record holder, and 2024 Mastercard New York Mini 10K runner-up.

Joining Obiri and Lokedi is a list of notable female Olympians, Paralympians, and global medalists:

-Agnes Ngetich, who holds the world 10K record and became the first woman to break 29 minutes in 2024
-Viola Cheptoo, a Kenyan Olympian who recently placed sixth at the 2026 Tokyo Marathon and fourth at the 2025 Berlin Marathon
-Klara Lukan, a Slovenian athlete who became the first European woman to run sub-30
-Tsigie Gebreselama, a 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships silver medalist from Ethiopia
-Fionnuala McCormack, a two-time European Cross Country Championships gold medalist from Ireland

In addition to professional athletes, the event will feature many notable runners and their inspirational stories:

-Patina Miller, a Tony-Award-winning Broadway star who will be performing her final show of her residency at Café Carlyle the evening of the race
-Jennafer Newberry Peery, an actress currently in Broadway's "Wicked" as Glinda's standby
-Cathleen London, a triathlete, marathon runner, doctor, and lawyer who had a brain tumor removed last April
-Denise Peralta, an alumna of NYRR Run for the Future
-Shira Stein, a breast cancer survivor who turned to running as a way to take care of her health and feel more confident in her body after a double mastectomy
-Danielle Todman, a track and field and cross-country coach, Air Force veteran, and domestic violence survivor
-Chantal Watler, a "Crazyleg" who has been running the Mini 10K nearly every year since 1999, inspired by her mother who died of cancer

Forty alumnae will be participating in the race as well, for the 15th anniversary of NYRR's Run for the Future, a six-week program introducing high school girls to running, fitness, nutrition, mental health and body image which culminates in a 5K.

Seven hundred girls from ages eight to 18 will also be participating as a part of Girls Run to celebrate the 10th anniversary. This youth-based race take place at the start of the adult race on Central Park West.

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