Posted: March 7, 2008

(RRW) Athletics: Registration Opens For NYC Half-Marathon

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com Watch over 50 IAAF Events Live and On-Demand at WCSN.com The New York Road Runners announced earlier this week that registration had opened for the 2008 NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE, scheduled for Sunday, July 27. The application process will be open through Tuesday, May 27, after which a lottery will be held to decide who will be accepted for the event. Last year's race, the second annual, recorded 9,920 finishers. The race offers runners a unique course which begins with a loop of Central Park, then storms through midtown Manhattan, running through the heart of Times Square before finishing in lower Manhattan with a view of the Statue of Liberty. "The NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE has quickly established itself as one of the world's must-run races," said NYRR president and CEO Mary Wittenberg in a prepared statement. "We expect this race, which will be run only a few weeks before the Olympic Games, to be a final tune -for many of the leading professionals and a dramatic preview of the distance races in Beijing." Applications are available at NYRR.org. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest