Here is Mary Wittenberg s official annoncment regarding tomorrow s race:

Please take note of the following important updates as relates to tomorrow s NYRR 8000 race:

a.. NEW RACE TIMES:
a.. NYRR 8000 Race – 8:00 AM
b.. USA Men s 8K Championships – 9:30 AM

a.. NO LONGER a club team point race. We will now have 11 rather then 12 Club Points races. Each team counts their top 10 races. Will not be adding another club council designated race to the schedule

a.. NYRR race will go off as fully scored race so long as conditions allow. If conditions are unsafe to run a competitive race, but the roads are still satisfactory for a run, we will allow people to run, but will not time or score them

a.. Effective now, anyone that has signed up for the race will be deemed to have run it for purposes of marathon qualification (so that we are not encouraging people to travel in bad weather)

a.. USA 8K Championships will be run at 9:30 a.m. if conditions allow – which, given the benefit of the additional time until race time, there may be a better shot of a competitive race at such time than earlier in the morning. If the conditions are hazardous on Saturday, the USA 8K champs will instead be run at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 18th.

Thank you all again for your support and participation. Fingers crossed that this weather breaks for at least these two races!

Very best,

Mary