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Check this out from NYRR. Way to screw the local runners who support the NYRR all year long by running their races. Approximately 3,300 out of 28,000 local runners were chosen. FOR ANYONE WHO DID NOT GET IN, remember, it was not a real lottery. Plus, they charges $5 per application, which is totally obsurd. There is a lot of negativity out there right now towards NYRR. Thoughts on this from anyone? _______________________
Q. How many people applied to run the 2011 NYC Half, and how many were accepted?
A. We had 35,666 applicants. Of those, 34,415 applied through the lottery; the rest qualified for guaranteed entry by meeting time standards.
Q. How many applicants were from the tristate area, and how many of those were accepted?
A. Out of 27,737 lottery applicants from the tristate area, 3,344 were accepted; more than 1,000 other tristate runners qualified for guaranteed entry by meeting time standards.
Q. How about runners outside the tristate area?
A. We had about 5,200 national applicants from outside the tristate area and we accepted about 4,300. We had 1,710 international applicants and we accepted about 1,500. The field will be approximately 15% international, 40% national, and 45% tristate.
Q. Why did you accept different percentage of tristate runners compared to the percentages of accepted national and international runners?
A. New York City is unique among all cities in the world in that it offers local runners a robust year-round schedule of top-quality races. Our goal for the NYC Half, like the ING New York City Marathon, is to build a world-class event that draws participants from around the world, and to this end, we segment the applicant pool into international, national, and tri-state runnersjust as we segment the pool of applicants to the ING New York City Marathon. We must limit the NYC Half field to 9,500 participants because its a loop course in Central Park. In 2010, with 11,000 participants, the frontrunners almost ran into the back of the field.
Q. You have the 9 + 1 program for NYRR members to get guaranteed entry to the marathon. Why isnt there something like that for the NYC Half?
A. The demand for the race went through the roof this year. We launched the application earlier than we had in the past, and word got around that our new spring race date was a success. To help our local runners gain entry in 2012, we have a new opportunity: Any member of NYRR as of January 31, 2011 who completes four of our five NYRR Half-Marathon Series races in 2011 (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island) will be eligible for guaranteed entry to the 2012 NYC Half.
Q. Running four half-marathons is tough. Cant you make it a little easier to get guaranteed entry?
A. We need to keep the standard high in order to control the number of qualifiers for a race with 9,500 runners. Remember, too, that any runner can get guaranteed entry by running the NYC Half for charity.
Q. If I want to get guaranteed entry into the 2012 marathon and the NYC Half, can I count an NYRR Half-Marathon Series race that I run toward my total for both programs?
A. Yes. If you run the Manhattan (or Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, or Staten Island) Half-Marathon in 2011, it will count toward your 9 + 1 total and your four half-marathons.
Q. Why didnt you explain all this before the lottery drawing?
A. We should have. We never intentionally withheld the information, and were sorry that runners werent aware of how the selection process works. We appreciate the feedback and questions weve received, and we hope weve cleared up the confusion. Please keep reaching out and letting us know how we can improve our service to the running community.
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