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Lottery Loser

The New York Road Runners sent me the official news the other day:

Dear …,

Thank you for applying to the ING New York City Marathon 2008. We’re sorry to inform you that…

The email goes on to politely say that I should contact various charitable organizations who — for a few thousand dollars — would be glad to get me into the race. *sigh*

Unfortunately, this throws a monkey wrench into the fall marathon plans. Marine Corps is already closed which leaves some other smaller events as options. I believe there are events in Philadelphia and Baltimore in there someplace, and I’ve heard rumors that there may be something in Seattle as well. Looks like there are also events in Monterey and Folsom/Sacramento California in the November/December time frame which may be possibilities.

I’ll have to figure something out soon.

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Posted by Scott Sutherland on Sunday, June 8, 2008, at 7:03 pm, and filed under Running. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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  1. Terri | July 5, 2008 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

    OK, the answer is “yes”…….I’m slow. Not to worry, I have it figured out now!

    So, Baltimore??? October 11th. Fits perfectly in a Fall Marathon schedule. And, gets you out of town for a few days!

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