Dumb NYC marathon question?

[joenali]

Is there a lottery and if so when does it open for 2016? If no lottery, how do you get in?

I would love to do this event next year!

[taratru]

I *think* there are qualifying spots that they fill first and then lottery?

[chw57]

It's a lottery. It used to be that if you didn't get in 3 times, you'd get in the next year but that's gone now

Or you can qualify, but that is like 3:10 for women my age

[taratru]

Watching it is realllly making me want to do it.

[joenali]

Nov 1, 2015 10:18:55 GMT -5 taratru said:

Watching it is realllly making me want to do it.

Me too! And plus I would get to take some days off of school to be in NYC!

[cinco]

Nov 1, 2015 10:13:43 GMT -5 chw57 said:

It's a lottery. It used to be that if you didn't get in 3 times, you'd get in the next year but that's gone now

Or you can qualify, but that is like 3:10 for women my age

It is easier to qualify using a half time, IMO. 1:32 for you young folk, 1:34 for me! I hope they don't lower the standards for 2017. It isn't an automatic entry though. They fill with NYRR first, then FCFS. They save more for the general lottery now than in previous years.

[joenali]

Nov 1, 2015 10:20:24 GMT -5 cinco said:

Nov 1, 2015 10:13:43 GMT -5 chw57 said:

It's a lottery. It used to be that if you didn't get in 3 times, you'd get in the next year but that's gone now

Or you can qualify, but that is like 3:10 for women my age

It is easier to qualify for the half, IMO. 1:32 for you young folk, 1:34 for me! I hope they don't lower the standards for 2017. It isn't an automatic entry though. They fill with NYRR first, then FCFS. They save more for the general lottery now than in previous years.

Lol! Easy! I can't even run right now. And even when I did I didn't even come close to 2 hours! I have some work to do!

[cinco]

Nov 1, 2015 10:22:26 GMT -5 joenali said:

Nov 1, 2015 10:20:24 GMT -5 cinco said:

It is easier to qualify for the half, IMO. 1:32 for you young folk, 1:34 for me! I hope they don't lower the standards for 2017. It isn't an automatic entry though. They fill with NYRR first, then FCFS. They save more for the general lottery now than in previous years.

Lol! Easy! I can't even run right now. And even when I did I didn't even come close to 2 hours! I have some work to do!

I said easIER. nothing easy about it!!!

[thom]

Nov 1, 2015 10:18:55 GMT -5 taratru said:

Watching it is realllly making me want to do it.

Yes, me three! I think you have around 10% chance in the lottery. Sometimes I think I should just sign up every year and see, but the logistics and cost scare me a bit. Plus I just said last week I really want to run MCM. So many races.

[bluelikejazz]

I *think* you can also get it via fundraising, but you have to raise like 5K.

[taratru]

Imma need everyone in my house to pipe down. LAWD. I'm watching a marathon.

[cinco]

There is a sweepstakes too if you are feeling lucky.
m.tcsnycmarathon.org/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnyrr%2Bmarathon%2Bqualifying%2Btimes%26fr%3Diphone%26.tsrc%3Dapple%26pcarrier%3DAT%2526T%26pmcc%3D310%26pmnc%3D410&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcsnycmarathon.org%2Fplan-your-race%2Fgetting-in

[al320]

So its either lottery, charity, fundraising, or 9+1, but that really only works if youre local or travel a lot (you join nyrr, and in one year run 9 races and volunteer at one, this is how most people i know get in). I think you get automatically if youve run like 15 years in a row, a friend of mine does this, hes on year 18 or something. It used to be a breeze to get in lol

[ebeth]

There's a lottery. It opens in Aprilish.The dates will probably be announced next week seeing as the race is today

[chitownbelle]

Nov 1, 2015 10:57:35 GMT -5 al320 said:

So its either lottery, charity, fundraising, or 9+1, but that really only works if youre local or travel a lot (you join nyrr, and in one year run 9 races and volunteer at one, this is how most people i know get in). I think you get automatically if youve run like 15 years in a row, a friend of mine does this, hes on year 18 or something. It used to be a breeze to get in lol

Ditto this.
I got rejected from the lottery in 2011, then my friend who's wife worked for NYRR at the time got me in!! Each employee gets about 3-4 entries they can give out, or they did at the time I ran, so I lucked out!
So, go befriend a NYRR employee and there you have it ;-). But for real, it's crazy how hard it is to get into NYC, but can't hurt to enter the lottery and try. Definitely one for the bucket list.