 It's also difficult just to get to the starting line. Boulay says that just a small number of the 20,000 people on the wait list get the chance to run due to permitting restrictions. But for runners like Hebze, the race can seem especially out of reach. Hebze received just one of four race entries reserved for runners from underrepresented communities. You know, out of the 375 registered runners, only 100 are women. And out of the women, like, a handful are minorities like me.