Last year, the Philadelphia Marathon never closed; it was open all the way until the day before the race. So, I was never in the least worried about the fact that I had yet to register.
Until yesterday, when I tried to register and saw that the race is closed.
I'm an idiot.
I guess I'll just bandit, because I'll be damned if I miss running a marathon on my birthday, especially considering the whole running 26 miles the day I turn 26 thing. I already got a T-shirt made and everything.
Again, I'm an idiot.
So, bandit it is...unless anyone has some ideas about how to get me in on the sly??
5 comments:
Hey Su,
You might want to email the race director and offer to volunteer at the expo in exchange for a slot (tell him you'd pay registration and all you just want the opportunity to race). Explain that it is your birthday and you would really love to run his race and are willing to help out to make it happen.
I am guessing it got slammed just like a bunch of other races after the Chicago debacle.
ps another option. check out craigs list. I am not sure what the marathons policy is on bib exchanges but you may be be able to run legitly using someone else number for a nominal fee. Or you may be able to run with another persons number if you are willing to not see your name in the results and run as that person, not exactly legit but at least not banditing.
Aw bummer. Hope you get in.
Half marathon is still open. Enter it and run the marathon instead. If the scoring company's software works like CompuScore's, it does not matter which race you run on race day - the computer will pick you up as finisher in whichever race you finish. If it works differently, at least you will only be a 50% bandit.
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