Continuing my obsession, this is posted on the race description page for the Brooklyn Half (they pulled the reference to a capped race, BTW, on the NYRR Facebook page):
"To enhance the runner experience, and to better share Central Park with other park users, this race will be capped. NYRR will announce when registration has closed. Until that time, registration is available to all runners."
Obviously, Brooklyn's needs are still subservient to the minions in Central Park. Though one would think they would cap Brooklyn at 20,000 people to try to get folk *out* of Central Park on what probably will be a gorgeous pre-summer day. Ehh. I've signed up. Have you?
The Japan 4-Miler the following day, by the way, is capped, and the cap is approaching.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Brooklyn Half Nearing Capacity?
Now this is strange. On the NYRR Facebook page, is the following statement:
"NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn registration is nearing capacity. "
No mention of this on the main NYRR page. And in fact, I think I may have missed something earlier - that it seems that *all* NYRR races may be subject to the cap, and not just the ones in Central Park. And so a snide comment made previously about a programmers error in having all the races with a "C" - not correct. (Here's an old NYT story which talks about the caps just involving Central Park - and the phrase "most races will be capped at 5,000")
As we've seen, those caps are varying all over the place.
The discussion groups are filled with comments pro- and con- about the caps, wave starts, etc. Obviously still a work in progress.
"NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn registration is nearing capacity. "
No mention of this on the main NYRR page. And in fact, I think I may have missed something earlier - that it seems that *all* NYRR races may be subject to the cap, and not just the ones in Central Park. And so a snide comment made previously about a programmers error in having all the races with a "C" - not correct. (Here's an old NYT story which talks about the caps just involving Central Park - and the phrase "most races will be capped at 5,000")
As we've seen, those caps are varying all over the place.
The discussion groups are filled with comments pro- and con- about the caps, wave starts, etc. Obviously still a work in progress.
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