Below is my email rejection letter for the 2010 NYC Marathon. I am actually relieved since it would have been a stretch for me to run it this year.

For those that have been rejected, I advise you to think about being a charity runner. I ran the NYC Marathon with Team for Kids and it was a great experience, and recommend to everyone

Entry Number: 468985

We’re sorry, but you were not selected in the ING New York City Marathon 2010 lottery. We appreciate your commitment to running with NYRR, but we must limit the size of the field to make this race safe and enjoyable for participants.

Fortunately, there are still opportunities for you to enter this race and be part of our running community throughout the year.

You can join Team for Kids to gain entry to the November 7 race and benefit from a variety of training programs, online forums and chats, and race-weekend perks. You can register with any of our charity partners to receive exclusive member-only benefits with your race entry and the satisfaction of participating for a cause.

Whether you want to run your fastest 5K or finish a marathon, you can compete nearly every weekend of the year in NYRR races. Our training programs, packages, and online tools are available for runners of all abilities wherever you live and train.

Keep moving toward your goals, and we expect to see you out on the roads!

Sincerely,
New York Road Runners

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After a two year absence I have decided to throw my hat back into the ring and I applied for the 2010 NYC Marathon. In the past the lottery was rigged for me since I gained automatic entry by running the number of qualifying NYRR races. Since I have moved out to Seattle, I have kept my NYRR membership but have not run in one qualifying race.

This year the NYRR have decided to up the ante and are broadcasting the NYC Marathon lottery live April 7th on their website http://www.nyrrvideo.org/lottery Noon ET, 9am PT

I am hopeful that I get in to the race and also interested on how NYRR will run this live lottery. They have had server issues in the past from too many neurotic runners trying to check at once. I hope this works out smoothly

Looking forward to seeing my favorite sign on the marathon course. Always makes me laugh when I see it.

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