Thousands of Runners Compete in 15th ‘Shamrocks’ Race | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Thousands of runners descended upon Washington Heights Sunday morning for the 15th annual Coogan’s Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K race. More than 6,000 runners braved the frigid early morning temperatures to participate in the 3.1-mile race, the first since Coogan’s owner and race founder Peter Walsh stepped [...]
Coogan’s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K Takes Place This Sunday
Coogan’s Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K Sunday, March 3, Adults: 7:30–8:30 a.m. / Kids: 8:45–9:45 a.m. Upper Manhattan’s diverse and picturesque Washington Heights neighborhood provides the backdrop for this 5K race. On a hilly course that circles Fort Tryon Park and the historic Cloisters, runners are serenaded by musical groups playing—you guessed it—salsa, blues, and [...]
Coogan’s 5K in Jeopardy as Organizer Steps Aside | NY Times
By KEN BELSON The Coogan’s five-kilometer race, a fixture on the New York road running scene for more than a decade as it evolved into a neighborhood party in Washington Heights, may have run its course. Peter Walsh, who started the run 14 years ago, has decided to step aside, citing personal reasons and rising [...]
Irish Echo: 2012 Irish Small Biz 50 Nominee – Peter Walsh of Coogan’s
Name: Peter Walsh Name of business: Coogan’s. Website: http://coogans.com/ Location: Washington Heights, Manhattan. Peter Walsh is at the helm of a legendary New York watering hole which is also celebrated as a symbol of the renaissance of Washington Heights: Coogan’s. “There was a huge crime rate up here in 1985 when we opened, but it [...]
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