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Sign up to run in golden NYC Marathon
BY ALEX MITCHELL
It’s time to see if you qualify for
the 50th running of the world’s
largest marathon coming this
November.
The application for the entry
drawing into the 2020 TCS New
York City Marathon opened at the
end of January and will stay open
until Feb. 13.
This drawing is a ‘second
chance’ opportunity after the
New York Road Runners, which
operate the marathon had held
a special early drawing for the
50th running back in November
of 2019
Runners 18 and older have
to enter the last chance drawing
in order to qualify for the iconic
marathon on this Nov. 1st — last
year featured a record-breaking
number of 117,915 runners applied
for entry through the drawing, according
to NYRR.
That entry is limited to only
one per person and runners will
find out the drawing’s results on
About 50,000 runners took part in this yearÕs TSC New York City Marathon in the five
boroughs.
Feb. 26th.
Though, there are other ways
to guarantee a spot in the 50th
running of the marathon.
Signing up for the NYRR Team
For Kids or other philanthropic
memberships will get you running
over the Verrazano for certain
along with these ways according
to NYRR’s website:
The 9 +1 Method
Runners that have complete
nine scored, qualifying races by
December 31, 2019 are guaranteed
a place by also:
• Volunteering at one NYRR
event by December 31, 2019 (you
may volunteer before completing
your nine races)
• Having an active NYRR
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membership by December 31,
2019
• Applying for guaranteed entry
to the 2020 TCS New York City
Marathon
• If you properly cancelled for
the 2019 race
“Entrants who cancel their
entry to the 2019 TCS New York
City Marathon according to the
cancellation guidelines will be
eligible to apply for guaranteed
non-complimentary entry to the
2020 race during the application
window,” according to the NYRR
online marathon guidelines.
NYRR Virtual Racing
Having completed this virtual
race at specific levels combined
with meeting fundraising
goals works as a shoo-in to the
2020 marathon, according to
NYRR.
If you’ve ran the NYC Marathon
15 times or more
Talk about customer loyalty.
Having run the marathon for at
least 15 years means that you’re
guaranteed future entry within
proper timeframes.
Time-Qualifying Standards
If you met time standards
during 2019 at specific NYRR
races, you’re in. The marathon
also reserved a certain amount of
spaces for speedsters that clocked
impressive times at non-qualifying
races as well.
Hudson Square looks greener after getting more trees
BY GABE HERMAN
A greening initiative in
Hudson Square continues
to make progress,
with more trees planted recently,
according to an announcement
in late January by the Hudson
Square Business Improvement
District (BID).
The BID partners with NYC
Parks on Hudson Square Standard,
which aims to add trees to
the neighborhood. The most recent
phase included planting and
retrofitting 28 trees in Hudson
Square, bring the project’s total
to 278 trees since the fall of 2013.
Once all the installed trees
mature, they will have big benefits
for the local environment, the BID
noted, including reducing pollutants
and lowering temperatures
during hot summer months. The
trees will produce over 14,000
pounds of oxygen, the BID
said, and remove over 122,000
pounds of carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere.
“Our city’s street trees are a
vital resource, and planting them
the correct way can greatly increase
their chances of survival,”
said NYC Parks Commissioner
Mitchell J. Silver in a statement.
“We are proud to have partnered
with the Hudson Square Business
Improvement District on the Hudson
Square Standard project, and
encourage all New Yorkers to be
conscientious stewards of our vast
urban forest.”
The tree-planting announcement
comes shortly after a
groundbreaking for another BID
project in the area, which is a
redesign of a stretch of Hudson
Street, being done with the NYC
Dept. of Transportation and
NYC Economic Development
Corporation. That project will
alter a seven-block stretch and
include adding protected bike
lanes, expanding sidewalks, and
adding plantings and benches in
the area.
COURTESY HUDSON SQUARE BID
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