Archive for the ‘NYC Half Marathon’ Category
Friday, May 25th, 2007
For those of you who did not make it into the NYC Half-Marathon in the lottery, Nike will be holding a raffle for entries into to the race (and other prizes) after a training run on the evening of Thursday, May 31st. This is according to an e-mail sent out by Nike last night. The training run will convene at Pier I Cafe at West 70th Street and the Hudson River at 6:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
NYRR has announced that the
NYC Half-Marathon lottery results will be posted and e-mailed this evening at 5:00 p.m. Also tonight is the
American Heart Association Start! Wall Street Run & Heart Walk at 6:30 p.m. in the Financial District.
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Monday, May 14th, 2007
Registration for the
NYC Half-Marathon will be closing at 11:59 p.m. on this Wednesday, May 16th. For those that do not have guaranteed entry into the race, lottery results will be available on Tuesday, May 22nd.
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Friday, April 27th, 2007
This year's NYC Half-Marathon will have three preferred start corrals. From the
race information page on the NYRR site:
To be eligible for one of the three preferred start corrals you must have run a 10K race or longer in 2006 at a 7:20 pace/mile or better if you are male, or 8:20 or better if you are female.
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
NYRR has has posted
details regarding the 2007 NYC Half-Marathon to their website. The application processing fee is $5, and is non-refundable, even if you are not accepted into the race. If you are accepted, the registration fee is $65 for NYRR members and $75 for nonmembers. In addition to the guaranteed entry through running four out of five half-marathons in the 2006 Half-Marathon Grand Prix series, there will also be guaranteed entry through raising charity funds for
Team For Kids and through certain qualifying times listed on the site. The application appears to be available now.
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
NYC Running Blog readers who have run at least four out of five half-marathons in the 2006 Half-Marathon Grand Prix Series are reporting that they have received e-mails informing them that they have guaranteed entry for the 2007 NYC Half-Marathon. This confirms the previously posted rumor.
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Another rumor regarding the NYC Half-Marathon: Runners who have completed a four out of five half-marathons in the 2006 Grand Prix Series will have guaranteed entry as well as those with certain qualifying times. NYC Running Blog is unsure of the accuracy of these claims.
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
There is currently a rumor circulating that there will be a $10 processing fee charged for applying to the NYC Half-Marathon. If this is anything like the NYC Marathon pricing policies, the processing fee is nonrefundable even if a runner is not selected in the lottery.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
As announced on the NYRR website today, NYC Half-Marathon registration will open on March 28th and stay open until May 16th. This year the registrants will be selected by open lottery. Last year many runners had issues registering for NYC Half-Marathon due to problems with the web server on the day that the registration opened. That year the registration was on a first come, first served basis and was capped at a set amount of registrants.
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
The NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE is now
officially on the NYRR Calendar for Sunday, August 5
th, 2007.
NYRR president and CEO Mary
Wittenberg mentioned this date for the race in her announcements before the Manhattan Half-Marathon in January, but some runners were perplexed when they noticed that it wasn't appearing on the online calendar. No additional details are available at this time.
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