Starting May 1, 2011, the race will be taking registration online! However, there are rules for qualifying and making the lotter, so get yourself over to the webisite, www.FalmouthRoadRace.com!
Per Rich Sherman, former co-Race Director for the past 38 years (he resigned last month), this is a great move for the NB Falmouth Road Race, as it will save at least 45,000 pieces of paper!
New
Balance Falmouth Road Race Registration
Moving Online;
Full Details Available April 20
Falmouth
Residents Still Register Via Mail
Falmouth, Mass – The New
Balance Falmouth Road Race announces that most entries will be accepted online
beginning May 1, 2011. Online
registration will be open until May 5, 2011 and will close at midnight May 5,
2011. Falmouth residents and taxpayers will be asked to mail their applications
again this year starting April 20, and ending April 30.
Definitions of residents and taxpayers
are available at www.falmouthroadrace.com/entry-info. The39th annual New Balance Falmouth Road Race will be
held on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
“After careful consideration and
research, we feel that online registration is efficient, environmentally
friendly and fair to all potential entrants,” said Matt Auger, acting director
of the New Balance Falmouth Road Race.
“The online registration will be open for five days to give everyone a
chance to enter the lottery. With
the additional paperwork needed, we ask that people who live in Falmouth submit
their entries as they usually would by mail for a guaranteed entry.”
Runners who were not chosen for the 2010 race lottery will be
able to bypass the lottery during the registration process. These individuals must register during
the allotted online registration time of May 1-5, and they will be verified
using the race’s internal database. Falmouth residents and taxpayers are exempt
from the lottery as long as their entry form, entry fee and supporting
documents are received by April 30, 2011.
All entry information will be on the
race’s website on April 20, 2011, at www.falmouthroadrace.com
Falmouth Road Race
The New Balance Falmouth Road Race was established in 1972 and has become one
of the premier running events of the summer season. Each year the race draws an international field of
Olympians, elite runners and weekend warriors (or recreational runners) out to
enjoy the scenic 7-mile seaside course. The non-profit Falmouth Road Race
organization is dedicated to promoting health and fitness for all in its
community. Proceeds from the race
each year support youth athletic programs in the town of Falmouth and other
nonprofit community groups.
Hi Larry,
Minor correction to today’s article about online registration for the 2011 New Balance Falmouth Road Race: The race was founded by Tommy Leonard in 1973, not 1972.
Also, I am delighted that the acting director, Matt Auger, has moved to online registration. That was my very strong recommendation and proposal just before my wife, Kathy, and I resigned last month after our 38-year run as co-directors. It will save about 45,000 pieces of paper and many hours of data entry, and will allow for the lottery to be held weeks earlier than the previous paper-entry system.