{"id":30362,"date":"2019-01-17T13:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=30362"},"modified":"2019-01-17T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:22:12","slug":"if-i-lose-it-costs-nothing-if-i-win-it-costs-295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=30362","title":{"rendered":"If I lose, it costs nothing; if I win, it costs $295."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago you used to have to pay $11 to even enter the lottery for the NYC Marathon. A class action lawsuit eventually outlawed that practice so now it&#8217;s free to enter the drawing&#8230; but you have to pre-authorize the charge for the registration fee if you get picked. This year, it&#8217;s a whopping $295.<\/p>\n<p>In all the years of trying, I&#8217;ve gotten it once &#8212; the very first time I applied actually.<\/p>\n<p>That was 13 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this is my year to go back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30397 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-660x660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NYRR2019_Apply_shareable.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aw, the Statue of Liberty is adorable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago you used to have to pay $11 to even enter the lottery for the NYC Marathon. A class action lawsuit eventually outlawed that practice so now it&#8217;s free to enter the drawing&#8230; but you have to pre-authorize the charge for the registration fee if you get picked. This year, it&#8217;s a whopping $295. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}