You say that the marathon and half marathon aren't for locals. The marathon used to be. They cut down on time qualifiers by raising the standards markedly and bringing forward the signup date, as well as eliminating the guarantee that you'd get in, and they cut down on the locals by eliminating or reducing the # of spots if you volunteer in a certain # of races or have run x # of NYC marathons in a row. The Marathon price is way over $200 even for NYC members now, and the half marathon is ridiculously expensive. Do not even pretend that they are not using those entry fees and even prices to enter the lottery to subsidize her pet projects.