The lottery drawing is today. I have been obsessively checking my bank account and email all day long. Nothing so far.
Upcoming:
July 27 - San Francisco marathon
I was accepted last night through pre-general lottery with my qualifying time. Woohoo! I'm officially $390 poorer! Oh and...
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Congratulations! It is kind of a mixed blessing, isn't it? I keep checking my bank account online and am disappointed when I see that the balance hasn't changed. Then I realize how weird that is...
Give it some time. I read on the race site a notification email could come as late as tomorrow morning. I really hope you get in. Good luck!
$390
WTF? You register three people or is that including airfare and hotel?
That is much more than Boston charges for BQ runners. I paid $325 as a non-BQ.
I'm still waiting to see a charge of $255.00. I've yet to se a charge or e-mail.
Some marathons are cheap, some are not. I gotta assume that there are some expenses associated with shutting down the streets of NYC so that 45000 runners can use them. I personally am willing to pay for that experience.
I can't remember how much they charge international runners, $325 maybe. Canadian $ stinks at the moment. Damn it...
BTW, I don't mind paying extra if it helps the residents of New York. Or those of Boston when I ran there and paid extra for it. I'm grateful for all they do for us. Volunteering, etc...
It is $ 216 US for US residents. Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but as I said above, worth it in my opinion for the experience.
No, that's only the entry.
Julie, give it time. Good luck!
Damaris
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I was not judging it just took me by surprise.
Uffda
Yeah Rick, NYC is expensive. That's unlike Detroit where THEY pay you to run it.
- Andrew
delicate flower
Oh snap.
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