Overview The Long Island Marathon Weekend runs five races over three days out of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, from a 5K after dark on Friday to the full marathon on Sunday morning, and runners who stack them can take on a 35.5-mile challenge: the 5K, the 10K and the marathon in one weekend. Jovia Financial Credit Union was named title sponsor of the 2027 race weekend. Race Awesome Inc., a Baldwin, New York company that produces and times races across Long Island, runs it. The marathon itself dates to 1973. On site The Friday Night Lights 5K starts at 8 p.m. on Friday, billed as the 5K on the Dark Side. Saturday carries the 10K and a 1K Just for Kids; on Sunday the half and the full marathon both start at 7:30 a.m. A 22.4-mile challenge pairs the 5K and 10K with the half. The marathon course leaves Eisenhower Park for Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Uniondale and comes back to finish in the park, and virtual versions of the races let runners elsewhere take part. Track record The race began in 1973 as the Earth Day Marathon, run in loops around Roosevelt Raceway and Eisenhower Park, when the Cherry Tree Marathon moved out from the Bronx and Central Park. It took the Long Island Marathon name in 1978 and added a half marathon in 1984. Lou Calvano set the course record, 2:19:53, in 1979, and for several years parts of the course ran along the Wantagh State Parkway. Brand presence The title sponsor's name becomes the event's name: the weekend runs as the Jovia Financial Credit Union Long Island Marathon Weekend. Title and presenting partners get product exclusivity, signs on the finisher arch, event fencing, race-day announcements, their logo on the race shirt and a spot at in-store athlete check-in. Supporting partners get a booth and mentions in athlete emails and social posts, and every level puts an insert in the goodie bag and a booth in the park, where all five races start and finish.