Still in a state of SHOCK that I did not get a race slot for 2010.  Have done this race for several consecutive years and compared to other races, it is a well-run race, the location can't be beat, the spectators are great and overall it's just a huge rush of a race - swimming in the Hudson, biking on the West Side Highway, running in Central Park.  BUT I refuse to be blackmailed or bullied into paying $500 bucks to get a 'Champion' slot - the only way in at this point.  Hate to be cynical but the whole registration process this year smacks of opportunism on the part of the organizers and everyone who has posted here should figure out who to contact in the City of NY to lodge a complaint.  I'm also a USAT member but even that didn't help this year; the email notification that early registration was open was sent out so late in the evening on Thursday that most of us normal, working people with regular day jobs were already asleep.  By the time I woke up, read my email and tried to register, all of the USAT slots were used up too.  The only fair way to deal w/ the unbalanced supply and demand situation here is to do a lottery - and to trust it to some third party, unbiased organization.   I'm totally #%$**###off about this and EVERYONE else should be too.

Beating a dead horse....

More disturbing is the amount of money Active.com makes for "processing" applications.  Quick math: $17 processing fee for each of 3,000 entries = $51,000.  Really, how much "processing" does Active.com contribute to this event?

If Active.com is going to charge this fee, they should be ready to accept the rush of people that hit the site at the second the race opens for registration.

This all makes me kinda glad to live in Wisconsin where there a lots of quiet triathlons in the boonies that never sell out.  Nautica sounds scary.

Well I will never sweat it. I live two blocks away from it and I do not need to swim in the Hudson...

The owner of this race...has made his deals longtime ago with the Team in Training mostly.

He also sells to some folks he knows.

But as 'great' as this race is e.g. the swim does not really count due to the strong current.

We all should boycott this race and save our $$$ for other events.

Or better yet sue the 'owner' of this event who is fleecing everybody the greedy bastard he is.

Wha Wha Wha such cry babies... If you belong to the USTA you get to register a day early like I have done  for the last three years! The NYC Triathlon is one of the most exciting Olympic Triathlons around. Swimming in the Hudson, which is very clean, then cycling on the Henry Hudson and completing the run in Central Park is an experience that everyone Triathlete should have at least once. So stop your crying and Tri again next year.