sold out! the 15th running of the mcm was the first to sell out with a field of 13,000 runners. in 2011 the mcm sold out within 28 hours of registration opening, filling the 30,000 runner capacity. for the 2012 mcm, all 30,000 registration sold out within 2 hours 41 minutes. in 2014, a lottery was introduced for the first time for those applying to run in the marine corps marathon. race it, race services division of competitor group, inc., was awarded a multi-year agreement to provide registration services to facilitate online entries for the mcm. ("race it awarded marine corps marathon contract." pr newswire oct 15 2013. proquest. web. 25 nov. 2014.)