30,000+ runners registered in 5 hours (excluding Monday's early bird registration)... yeesh!
http://www.broadstreetrun.com/
They're offering a lottery for an additional 2,500 runners, good luck to anyone who was shut out!
30,000+ runners registered in 5 hours (excluding Monday's early bird registration)... yeesh!
http://www.broadstreetrun.com/
They're offering a lottery for an additional 2,500 runners, good luck to anyone who was shut out!
yeah, i'm sure the race filled up with slow average joe's that won't train seriously. meanwhile, i didn't have time to sign up and now i have to enter the lottery. FML!
If you have a 10 mile time in the low 50s they will usually let you enter after it sells out.
Their website was a disaster. I was trying to register for over an hour and needed to keep refreshing. I submitted all of my information and got an error message. On their facebook page they said that if you submitted and got an error message then you are in. Too much traffic to give confirmation pages or send confirmation e-mails. So I stopped trying. Well apparently that is not true because I am not on their confirmation list posted on the site. Crossing my fingers for the lottery.
Demand obviously far exceeds supply--they need to raise the price.
The price is surprisingly cheap. It is only $40 which for 10 miles isn't a lot considering the typical 5k goes for $25.
But raising the price won't lower the demand. Too many people do it so they can post about it on facebook. They will pay more just so they can continue to feel good aout themselves. Many others also do it just so they can tailgate afterwards...It is Philly afterall.
What do they consider low 50s? 50:01? 53?
I ran a 1:12 half marathon last year and have a 10 mile best in mid-54, do you think I'd have any chance of getting in?
How low must you go? wrote:
What do they consider low 50s? 50:01? 53?
I ran a 1:12 half marathon last year and have a 10 mile best in mid-54, do you think I'd have any chance of getting in?
Here's where you need to go to find out:
http://www.broadstreetrun.com/EliteAthletes.cfmNothing ventured, nothing gained. No promise of getting in to a race that's filled, but can't hurt to give it a try.
Also, if you belong to Mid-Atlantic USATF, check this out:
http://mausatf.readyhosting.com//pdf/broadstreginsts.pdfGood luck!
They need to double the price like NYCM
brogan1 wrote:
The price is surprisingly cheap. It is only $40 which for 10 miles isn't a lot considering the typical 5k goes for $25.
But raising the price won't lower the demand. Too many people do it so they can post about it on facebook. They will pay more just so they can continue to feel good aout themselves. Many others also do it just so they can tailgate afterwards...It is Philly afterall.
Good example in Philly is the Phillies 5k run. Charges $50 for a 5k, still sold out within a day. Last years winner...17:00. Pretty pathetic for thousands of participants.
I also know many of people who purposely don't finish the BSR. They start, go about 3-4 miles and hit up the bar.
Native son facepalm wrote:
I also know many of people who purposely don't finish the BSR. They start, go about 3-4 miles and hit up the bar.
Pfft, everyone knows you have to get to at least mile five to find any good bars along Broad Street anyway.
Native son facepalm wrote:
Good example in Philly is the Phillies 5k run. Charges $50 for a 5k, still sold out within a day. Last years winner...17:00. Pretty pathetic for thousands of participants.
Yeah, my brother in law was texting me if I wanted to sign up with him. When he told me the price I asked, "Why so much?" He said something like, "Because its the Phillies...and you get tickets to some BS exhibition game that day." Crazy that people would pay so much for so little.
Native son facepalm wrote:
I also know many of people who purposely don't finish the BSR. They start, go about 3-4 miles and hit up the bar.
Ha. I always wondered why 30,000 people register yet there are usually fewer than 25,000 finishers.
It looks like top 50 times last year:
Men: 55:07
Women: 65:41
"Seeded entry:
Runners who can document a performance better than or equal to the top fifty (50) open finishers (M/F) or top five (5) master finishers (M/F) in the 2011 Blue Cross Broad Street Run may submit a request for a seeded position in the first corral. All applicants must submit documentation of a comparable performance in the form of a results page from a ten-miler, half marathon or marathon within the last two years with their request. Submit request by email to
, Attention: Seeded placement request. "