Marathon Team – New York City Marathon

1. Submit your application for our Purple Community Marathon Team through our link here.
2. Once you do this, you will receive email notification from ASHLEY with a unique URL to register for the NYC Marathon, beginning on February 26, when the non-guaranteed entry drawing takes place.
3. After you register on the NYC Marathon site, ASHLEY will confirm your application.
4. Start training and raising funds to support cancer, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative disease research at Van Andel Institute!

If you secured your own entry through the drawing period and would like to join our Marathon Team, you can do so by visiting our GoFundMe page and selecting the $500 fundraising minimum option.

NOTE: Purple Community has the ability to lobby for more guaranteed entries. If you are not selected for the first round of 20 spots available, we will be lobbying for additional spots through the marathon team and through other charity partners that wish to sell their extra spots. We will work through a wait list process for those interested in one of these additional spots on the team. Just email Ashley at ashley.owen@vai.org and she will notify you of any additional spots that become available.

NOTE: You must provide credit card information on both the Purple Community Marathon Team GoFundMe site and the NYC Marathon site. You WILL NOT be charged anything, however this is a requirement to join. Purple Community is covering the cost for the NYC Marathon entry for you ($295 savings)!

The race registration fees for the 2020 TCS New York City Marathon are:

• $255 for NYRR members
• $295 for nonmembers
• $358 for non-U.S. residents

Athletes who wish to bypass the TCS New York City Marathon registration process and secure a guaranteed entry may join our Purple Community Marathon Team. All participating runners will need to be invited and register for the TCS New York City Marathon through My NYRR by 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 17, 2020.

If you choose to guarantee your entry into the race by joining our Purple Community Marathon Team, you are committing to a required and enforced fundraising minimum of $3,000 for Van Andel Institute by the deadline of October 31, 2020. If this minimum is not met, you will be charged the full amount or balance due to the credit card you provided, and/or not permitted to participate in the TCS New York City Marathon at Purple Community’s discretion.

Please note that this type of guaranteed entry is available on a first come, first serve basis. Purple Community Marathon Team members still need to complete their registration with the TCS New York City Marathon after they register with Purple Community. 

A link to officially register for the marathon will be sent to you shortly after you join our Purple Community Marathon Team. The marathon registration (covered by Purple Community) will be invoiced to Purple Community at the standard $255 (U.S. Residents; NYRR Members) / $295 (U.S. Residents; Non NYRR Members) / $358 (residents outside of the U.S.) registration fee for entry.

If at any time during your training you become injured or are otherwise unable to participate in the event due to extreme circumstances, you are able to defer your entry to the 2021 race and receive guaranteed entry. If you elect to DEFER your entry to 2021, you may do so, without penalty, if you have achieved your fundraising minimum in the 2020 season. You will be responsible for covering 2021 race registration fees but will not be required to fundraising again in 2021. Cancellation must be submitted by Saturday, October 31, 2020.

If you are injured or otherwise need to be removed from the team, you may withdraw prior to September 10, 2020. If you are able to find a valid replacement runner approved by Purple Community, you will be released from your fundraising minimum and only held accountable for a $75 registration transfer fee. If you do NOT find a replacement runner for your spot, you will be held to your $3,000 fundraising minimum.

Athletes who secured their own entry into the NYC Marathon are highly encouraged to join our Purple Community Marathon Team through this registration type. The required fundraising commitment for joining our Purple Community Marathon Team with a “self-secured standard registration” for the marathon is $500.

For either of these registration methods, Purple Community is pleased to offer you a variety of  training program options. More details will be available upon official registration for our Marathon Team.

• A welcome kit with official Purple Community Marathon Team gear.
• Complimentary TCS New York City Marathon registration. This year’s race fees are $255 (U.S. Residents; NYRR Members) / $295 (U.S. Residents; NYRR Nonmembers) / $358 (residents outside of the U.S.) — that’s huge savings!
• Invitation for you and a guest to attend the NYC Marathon Team pre-race brunch on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in New York City!
• Two complimentary tickets to attend Van Andel Institute’s Hope on the Hill Gala on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.
• Access to training programs with experts in marathon running.
• Team member contests for fabulous prizes!
• Access to our Strava Club so you can connect with your teammates on their journey to race day!