It took me 58 minutes and two computer monitors to register three people. Very frustrating. Kept getting the "Cannot Find Server" page, even after entering CC info. I hope I paid only one time per person! There must be a better way.

I got both my wife and I registered in about 15 minutes total. The key is to register at 11:45-11:50 and not wait until noon. In reality, the option to register tends to become available 10-15 minutes before the "open registration" time. Even registering at 11:50, I was still registrant # 152 or something like that. Hope everybody gets in!

Thanks for the info, PWL. I did log in early. Last year I tried that, though, and I remember specifically that registration didn't open until 9 am sharp. So I had the site open already, and was surprised to see REGISTRATION OPEN at 11:56. I probably missed the very start by a minute or two. MTA: PWL, Greely's 4xmile relay team came in 11th out of 26 teams at the NSIC meet yesterday. DS ran his leg in 4:28, a PR for him. He will be running the two-mile in about a half hour. I'm watching the live webcast of the meet right now. Of course, it froze just when his teammate, Mark, was running his 800 race while ago! Ack.

MTA: PWL, Greely's 4xmile relay team came in 11th out of 26 teams at the NSIC meet yesterday. DS ran his leg in 4:28, a PR for him. He will be running the two-mile in about a half hour. I'm watching the live webcast of the meet right now. Of course, it froze just when his teammate, Mark, was running his 800 race while ago! Ack.

Technology is awesome. Greely seems to be having a pretty good year for athletics this year. I saw hockey picked up a Gold Ball this year for the first time in as far back as I can remember.

Someone on the masters' board tried to register at 2:00, and registration was already closed!! Wow. I need to go see if my friend from church was able to register. The entrants' list is already posted.

I think there are going to be a bunch of disappointed potential runners this year. I can only imagine what next year's registration is going to be like. You can still join one of the charity teams I think. My sister works at TD Banknorth so she has always gotten in the back door in terms of registration. I hope everyone got in!

Blaine, did you see the press release on the B2B website? It says in part: "CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (March 15, 2009) – Registration for the 12th edition of the TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K closed in yet another record time – just 1 hour and 45 minutes after it began on Sunday afternoon, race organizers announced. Online registration closed at 1:45 p.m. EST after reaching the expanded 6,000-runner capacity for the August 1 road race in coastal Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The field size was increased by 500 runners this year, yet the race still filled in record time. Due to the high volume of traffic to the site, some trying to register were not able to complete their application before the race closed. Race organizers are reviewing the calls and emails coming in regarding those issues and will be working on a plan to address each one of them. To find out if your registration went through, runners can go to the site, www.beach2beacon.org, and click on the entrants tab to check for your name." Do you think it's worth contacting them to see if they will let you in?? It would be a shame for you to miss it if your wife is doing it!

In looking through the Entrants tab on the race site, I saw several duplicate listings. It's possible that there are two people with the same name from the same town, but they aren't real common names. I think some people may have duplicate registrations. Can you get in as an elite, Blaine?