The NYC Running Blog

After almost three days, registration has closed for the NYC Half Marathon. Guaranteed entry is still available through qualifying times, national travel partners or charities.

In a tweet from NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg:

running strong as ever. nychalf registration opened at noon and almost closed.

Update (Sunday 10:00 am) from nyrr_daily:

The NYC Half is near capacity and will soon close. If you are interested in running, please register ASAP.

Registration for the 2009 NYC Half Marathon is now open!

UPDATE (12:15pm):  While it appears that some runners are able to successfully register, many others are getting “Server Too Busy” errors.

Today at noon, registration opens for the 2009 NYC Half Marathon, which takes place on August 16th.  There is no lottery this year and race registration will close as soon as it is full.  Demand is expected to be high, so be ready to register if you’d like to run the NYC Half this year.

UPDATE (9:10 am): NYRR has officially posted the NYC Half Marathon information to the NYRR website and the fees have been confirmed:

NYRR Members*: US $65
Non-Members Domestic: US $70
Non-Members International: US $70

RunnersWeb.com has an article about the 2009 NYC Half Marathon, which will open for registration this Friday, May 1st at noon on a first come, first served basis.  The article discusses the possible high demand for the race:

Demand is expected to be heavy; 19,500 people applied last year and only 10,500 were accepted.

With registration for the NYC Half Marathon approaching, NYRR has not yet officially released the pricing for the race.  However, an anonymous reader has provided the following information about the NYC Half fees.  This information should be treated as an unverified rumor:

NYRR Members: $65
Non-Members Domestic: $70
Non-Members International: $70

In a tweet from NYRR:

The NYC Half is ON. August 16. Mark your calendar for May 1 though—registration will open in early May, first come, first served.

The NYRR calendar now reflects this date, but the Team Championships are still listed as taking place on August 15th.

UPDATE 4/15/09: It has been confirmed that registration will open Friday, May 1st and will be open on a first come, first served basis:

More NYC Half news! Registration will be available on May 1 and is confirmed first come, first served.

In an e-mail to running team leaders on Thursday, Mary Wittenberg wrote that the Club Team Championships would be moved up one week to Saturday, August 8th to accommodate the NYC Half Marathon, which will be taking place Sunday, August 16th.  According to the e-mail, August 16th “is the date that works for the City” for the NYC Half Marathon.

Last night, NYRR leader Mary Wittenberg has posted a message to a thread in the NYRR Facebook group about the New York City Half Marathon:

We are finalizing the date for the NYC Half. Due to some conflicts, the date will not be August 30. Expecting to finalize by the end of this week. If we have an option, share your thoughts – what’s better – mid july or mid august?

Mary also posted the to the group’s wall about general scheduling difficulties:

Let me take this chance to share with you a recent challenge. This year, for a few reasons, has been especially hard in terms of finalizing and maintaining the race schedule. Please know that it is not from lack of trying by us or our city partners. Some quick updates for you – Brooklyn is May 30. The NYC Half date should be finalized within the next week or two. Thanks for your patience. keep running, Mary

Two significant changes have been made to the New York Road Runner’s calendar that may affect New York City area runners’ racing plans:

• The 2009 NYC Half Marathon is no longer listed on the calendar (it was previously scheduled for August 30th).
• The Queens Half Marathon was moved from August 9th to September 20th, which is also the day of the Continental Airlines 5th Avenue Mile.

UPDATE 3/31/09: The Continental Airlines 5th Avenue mile has been moved to September 26th.