NYC Marathon Starts Accepting Applications

The contest to get into the Nov 2, 2008 New York City Marathon started yesterday (race site). Applications for the lottery are being accepted now through June 1 for US residents, May 1 for international runners. Guaranteed entries exist for some: See criteria (link). The best way to assure entry, of course, is simply to run fast. Here are the qualifying times for this year:

	Open (Age 18-39)		Masters (Age 40+)
	Marathon	Half-Marathon	Marathon	Half-Marathon
Men	2:55:00	1:23:00	3:10:00	1:30:00
Women	3:23:00	1:37:00	3:38:00	1:44:00
	Veterans (Age 50+)		Veterans (Age 60+)
	Marathon	Half-Marathon	Marathon	Half-Marathon
Men	3:30:00	1:40:00	3:45:00	1:48:00
Women	3:52:00	1:50:00	4:13:00	2:00:30