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.

How Does It Work?  

Every Lottery Buddy must fill out a separate registration form and select their Lottery Buddy Squad from the dropdown in the registration form.

• • Every Lottery Buddy must fill out their own individual registration form.
  • The first Lottery Buddy for your squad to fill out their race registration should Create the Lottery Buddy squad when they reach that field in the registration form. They should enter the Lottery Buddy Name and complete their registration.
  • Once the first Lottery Buddy creates the squad name and completes their registration, they should contact the other Lottery Buddies and tell them the Lottery Buddy Squad name.
  • That Lottery Buddy Squad Name will now appear in a dropdown when subsequent Lottery Buddies go to register, and each person in your squad should select that squad when they reach that field in their own registration forms.

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.

LOTTERY BUDDIES ARE NOT TEAMS! There is a separate team registration that opens February 1 if you meet the criteria and wish to enter a team. Click Here for details on Team Registration.

Starting Corral Assignments: Every accepted runner will be assigned a starting corral for the 10 Mile and the 5K 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 in January and is first-come, first-served. Click Here for 5K Registration information.)