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From the Health Desk

Broad Street Run lottery opens today

AKIRA SUWA / Staff Photographer

Henry Rutto of Kenya started the Blue Cross Broad Street Run in North Philadelphia as the front-runner and led the entire way.

Emily Babay, Breaking News Desk

Posted: Monday, February 4, 2013, 11:55 AM

Runners can sign up for this year's Blue Cross Broad Street Run starting today -- but this year, there's no rush to register before spots sell out.

After last year's race, which used first-come, first-served registration, sold out in five hours, organizers moved to a lottery system for this year.

The lottery opened at 12:01 a.m. today and will close Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m.

Runners who received one of the 40,000 slots in the race will be notified by email by 10 a.m. on Feb. 19. You can also check your status on broadstreetrun.com.

Your chance of getting a spot in the May 5 race is the same, regardless of when you enter the lottery.

Contact Emily Babay at 215-854-2153 or ebabay@philly.com. Follow @emilybabay on Twitter.

Contact the Breaking News Desk at 215-854-2443; BreakingNewsDesk@philly.com. Follow @phillynews on Twitter.

Emily Babay Breaking News Desk

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Comments (11)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:59 AM, 02/04/2013

what a joke

— Serge_Matthews

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:21 AM, 02/04/2013

Only idiots sign up for this, total losers who have no life. Who wants to run and sweat down ugly Broad Street? Empty-headed conformists.

— JoshuaFrySpeed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:56 AM, 02/04/2013

It's a race like any other race. People who like running like to race. I don't understand how that makes someone a lifeless loser.

— Two1Five

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:15 AM, 02/04/2013

People who don't want to hang out with you in your mothers basement?

— DeltaV

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:06 PM, 02/04/2013

Aw, sad little boy. Go play Call of Duty and eat Doritos.

— PhoenixSC

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:21 AM, 02/04/2013

Only idiots sign up for this, total losers who have no life. Who wants to run and sweat down ugly Broad Street? Empty-headed conformists.

— JoshuaFrySpeed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:33 AM, 02/04/2013

Getting in shape isn't about running with 40,000 people and a number and having your friends and family come watch you and give you flowers and praise at the end. It's about sweating on your treadmill in your basement for hours on end all year long with no glory. For a lot of folks, this is more about being a social event than anything else.

— masterncommander

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:58 AM, 02/04/2013

No one runs a 10 mile race to "get in shape." If you're running a race you likely already in shape. They've already been on the treadmill all year without the glory so they can run in the race and enjoy themselves.

— Two1Five

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:21 AM, 02/04/2013

Another event shutting down Philadelphia's streets so 40,000 idiots can run around pretending they are Usain Bolt. How about you move this race to a track, beach or park and let the drivers use the roads once in awhile. People talk about going green? Lets take a look at the street lights and several of these events that create alot of pollution in the city. All to appease runners who can run on their own time around a track or at a gym or on a beach. Shutting down the city so people can run around the streets? Give me a break. Roads are for driving not running on.

— Apollo Creed

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:04 PM, 02/04/2013

Usain Bolt is a sprinter, doubt anyone is pretending to be him. Yes, get rid of all road races we need more obese people.

— PhoenixSC

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:07 PM, 02/04/2013

The guy from Kenya will win, always does, so why bother?

— The Truth Hurts