The need for tighter gualifying standards. And a provisional standard.
1) Tougher standards could be as fast as 2:30 to 2:45 for 29 and under men. Age grade that standard for the older runners.
Allow only this group to register during anytime once registration is open.
2) Provisional standards - Similar to today.
This group could only register after Jan 31.
This would allow all the faster runners to avoid the computer rush, but would still allow some slower runners into the race and still give the boast to the local economy.
They could also run the faster qualifiers as wave 1 and the secondary qualifiers as wave two. This all depends on the balance of the numbers.
Foreign travel exemption should be eliminated. Nothing fair about this. Charity runners should be limited and started in the final corral behind the provisional runners.