Good Deal Alert!

We like good deals.  We always do.

Believe it or not, for a limited time, NYRR has a GOOD DEAL. 

It works like this.  Volunteer as whatever you like and receive a special tech shirt, get free race entry, and get the usual perks of the “9+1 Program”.  They've got great positions available like:

Orange Cone Guardian - "DO NOT KICK MY CONES!!"  aka Keeper of the Road: "NO. If you cross now, you will be killed."

Corral Enforcer - "You have PINK bib, no you can't go in the RED corral even though it's same color family!"

Bag Bitch - "Want that bag? That'll be $20 please."

Water Bandit  - "hehehe, I bet they don't know I put vodka and poop pill in that cup..."

Bib God  - "I think I can find your bib for $10. And no, you can't have an extra shirt." 

Although your choice of free races are limited, some of these races are awesome races!

UAE Healthy Kidney 10K (5/11) – Tech shirt race!!  It’s in Central Park.  If you are super fast elite level runner, you might win tons of money.

New York Giants Run of Champions 5K (6/23) – If you like Giants, you get to run around in their stadium, which I think is in NJ.  Sorry, we’re a little dumb here when it comes to non-running sporting events…

Queens 10K (7/21) – HEY, it’s finally here.  Remember when we couldn’t find it on the schedule?  It’s part of the 5-Borough Series and it’s a shortest one.  You can get it in under an hour and you’ve only got 2 more races for a guaranteed entry for NYC Half 2014.

Percy Sutton Harlem 5K (8/24) – It’s Harlem, it’s 5K, it’s short, hot, and sweet(?).  I hear there would be post race celebrations at Xena’s new digs! (not really)

Normally, when you volunteer, you get a cheesy cotton shirt and a thank you.  This month, you get all sorts of goodies.  So if you got some time, stop by and volunteer.  The weather should be delightful this time of the year, and Central Park’s Cherry’s Blossoms do take your breath away!

NYRR, We Have A Problem

Last time we checked, 5 boroughs of NY consisted of:  Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island.

http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013

Can you find 5-Borough Series: Queens in this race schedule?  Not at this point in time...It’s not even there as a TBD like Brooklyn Half! 

Normally, a missing race isn’t a big deal, since there are plenty of other races to do, but this is a bigger deal because it’s part of NYRR’s signature “5-Borough Series”.  There is a perk to this series, where if you complete 4 out of the 5, you get a coveted guarantee entry into (expensive) NYC Half Marathon.

Did NYRR ditch this deal?  NOPE.  They say so in the race recap of the Manhattan Half that happed this past weekend!  (Fantastic job for braving the cold Gio, Rachana, Linda, Haralampos!!)

Many runners took to the hilly Central Park loop with hopes of completing their first race toward a guaranteed entry to the NYC Half 2014. NYRR members as of January 2013 who keep their membership current through 2013 and complete four of the five races in the series will be eligible for guaranteed entry. (emphasis added)

So did Queens get the short end of the stick?  Did it become the new “forgotten borough”?  Tweets to @NYRR went unanswered as of this post…

BTW:  Manhattan Half had awesome long sleeve tech shirts this year.  Sure is better than a medal!