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, 8:54 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.

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Comments (4)

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 9:21 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