The Last Chance Marathon Drawing will be held from November 17 – December 1, 2022
Big news! Due to increased demand, we’ve opened up a couple hundred more spots in the April 30, 2023 Big Sur International Marathon. From November 17, 2022 to December 1, 2022, you’re invited to enter our Last Chance Random Drawing for the marathon distance. For a final shot at securing a spot on the starting line, be sure to sign up for the Last Chance Drawing starting November 17th!When you apply for the Last Chance Registration Drawing, you will complete a full registration form and enter your payment information. General Registration Random Drawing winners will be selected on December 6th. If selected, your application will be approved and your credit card will automatically be charged the registration fee and any additional purchases selected at check out. At that time, you will receive an email confirming your approval and no further action will be required to secure your entry.Guaranteed Entry spots are still available via Youth Fitness, Charity Entries, and Marathon Tours. Boston 2 Big Sur is now closed.
All non-marathon distances are SOLD OUT as of 10/13/22.- Relay: SOLD OUT
- 11-Miler: SOLD OUT
- 21-Miler: SOLD OUT
- 12K: SOLD OUT
- 5K: SOLD OUT
Youth Fitness entries are also open as of August 25th at 9am PDT on a first-come, first-served basis. Marathon Tours & Travel entries opened on September 14th. 2023 charity partners are posted on our Charity Partners Page. You may contact them directly or visit their landing pages to sign-up.
To sign up for a Youth Fitness guaranteed marathon entry, click on the box that corresponds to your place of residence below:
2023 REGISTRATION SCHEDULE:
8/25/22 – Random Marathon Drawing Opens Through September 11th at 9am PDT
8/25/22 – Big Sur VIP [SOLD OUT] and Youth Fitness Entries Open on First-Come, First-Served Basis at 9am PDT
8/25/22 – Charity Partners Posted on the Charity Page – Follow the instructions to sign up with your charity of choice.
9/11/22 – Random Marathon Drawing Closes
9/14/22 – Random Marathon Drawing Winners Notified Via Email
9/14/22 – Marathon Tours & Travel Entries Open
9/15/22 – All Remaining Distances Open [Relay – SOLD OUT, 21-Miler, 11-Miler – SOLD OUT, 12K, 5K] at 9am PDT
9/22/22 – Boston 2 Big Sur Opens at 9am PDT
10/31/22 – Boston 2 Big Sur Closes
11/17/22 – The Last Chance Drawing Opens
12/1/22 – The Last Chance Drawing Closes
12/6/22 – Last Chance Drawing Winners Notified
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The New York City Marathon, which saw more than 50,000 people running through the 26.2-mile route, took over the Big Apple's five boroughs yesterday.
This year, Kenyan racers swept the field. Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi won the race respectively in the men's and women's categories, both representing the East African country.
Chebet recently won the Boston Marathon as well, and yesterday's endeavor made him the first man since 2011 to win both events in the same year. According to unofficial times, the 33-year-old crossed the finish line in 2:08:41.
Competing in the women's race, 28-year-old Lokedi closed her marathon with an unofficial time of 2:23:23.
How to qualify and register for the 2023 New York Marathon
If seeing thousands of runners making their way through NYC inspired you to try your hand at it, here's everything you need to know on how to qualify and register for next year's marathon.
The easiest way is to, quite literally, try your luck. Every year, wannabe-marathoners can enter the race's drawing, which will select a few lucky winners. The chances of being selected, though, aren't the highest. According to The New York Times, for this year's race, only 12% of 84,000 entries were selected. If you do end up being among the lucky few, you'll need to pay a $295 entry fee to run your race. You can enter the lottery here between February 8, 2023 and February 22, 2023.
Another option is to run for a good cause. By pledging an agreed-upon sum of money, participants can decide to run with charity teams. One of the options is to run the race with New York Road Runners' Team for Kids, where you'll have to raise at least $2,620 for Team for Kids in order to be able to register. Alternatively, you can choose from an official list of charities [which has yet to be announced for 2023], and—depending on the charity of your choice—you'll be asked to raise different amounts of money, starting at $3,000, $4,000 or $5,000.
International runners looking to participate in the race can turn to international tour operators. By choosing this option, participants can book a marathon package that includes race entry as well as the necessary travel purchases, including flights and hotel stay.
Seasoned runners can count on their experience to participate in the marathon. With some exceptions, all those who have run the marathon 15 times before are eligible for guaranteed entry in future editions of the race. If you're a fast runner, that can come in handy as well. While the New York Marathon doesn't require specific times in a previous race to run, meeting qualifying times in 2022 races can help you bypass the lottery system and grant you a spot on next year's runners list. You can check out qualifying times and rules here.
Finally, if you were supposed to run this year's marathon and somehow couldn't make it, you can try again next year. All runners who withdrew from the 2022 race by following the official cancellation guidelines are eligible for guaranteed entry in 2023. Careful, though, as this will only work once. If you withdrew this year, you won't be able to postpone the race again next year.
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