UPDATE – Wednesday – 3/27/2013, 2:52 p.m. ET
The Marine Corps Marathon has sold out of its tickets for the event.
Earlier – Wednesday – 3/27/2013, 2:05 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people who were excited to participate in the Marine Corps Marathon saw an error message when they tried to register online.
One of the many error messages says engineers have been alerted to the issue and to try again in a few minutes.
The marathon often fills up within an hour. Registration opened Wednesday morning.
The marathon’s Twitter account was tweeting about it:
MCM website has begun to transform to Registration mode. Stay calm. Links don’t go live until noon.
— Marine Marathon (@Marine_Marathon)
Keep refreshing MCM website. Working hard to accommodate substantial flow of traffic.
— Marine Marathon (@Marine_Marathon)
Runners, your patience is appreciated.Registration continues to flow.
— Marine Marathon (@Marine_Marathon)
@ please keep trying until we declare a sell out – people are slowly getting in!
— Marine Marathon (@Marine_Marathon)
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