Lottery Buddies

Do you want to make sure that if you are accepted into the 10 Mile or Double Blossom through the lottery that your friends and/or family members will be accepted along with you? Then have everyone in your squad (up to 10 people) enter the lottery as Lottery Buddies. Talk to your friends/family and decide which of you will be the first “buddy” to enter the lottery. That buddy should give your squad a Lottery Buddy Name when they register for the lottery, and then subsequent buddies can select that Lottery Buddy Name from the dropdown list on the registration form when they go to register.  Lottery Buddies do not all have to enter just the 10 Mile Lottery or just the Double Blossom Lottery – Lottery Buddies can enter the Lottery for whichever of the two events that each individual prefers to run (either the 10 Mile or the Double Blossom), and the Buddies will either all be accepted into or all rejected from whichever event they applied for. Each squad of Lottery Buddies has exactly the same chance of getting in as each single individual. Please note that no additional Lottery Buddies can be added after the lottery period closes.

You are only Lottery Buddies for purposes of entering the Lottery. Of course we hope that you will all stay friends after the lottery, but for the purposes of the race itself you will be running as an individual.

Starting Corral Assignments: Every accepted runner will be assigned a starting corral for the 10 Mile based on the estimated finish time that they enter on their registration form for the 10 Mile race. Because corral positions are allocated based on estimated finish times, even if you enter the race with your Lottery Buddies and are all accepted, you will not necessarily be placed in the same starting corral as your Buddies.

Remember there is no Lottery for the 5K. Registration for the 5K will open on January 26 and is first-come, first-served. Click Here for 5K Registration information.)