Lottery for the Cherry Blossom 10-mile run in D.C. begins

How it works: The lottery begins at 10am and lasts until 11:59pm on Dec. 15 for the 10-miler on Sunday, April 7.

• It starts on the Washington Monument grounds and weaves through cherry blossom sights.
• Or you can enter to compete in the "Double Blossom," which gets you into both the 10-mile run and the 5K on April 6. (There is no lottery if you want to run just the 5K, which goes from Pennsylvania Avenue to the National Mall and back.)
• Lottery results will be posted on www.cherryblossom.org and emailed to registrants by Dec. 19.

Be smart: Families and friends hoping to run together can enter the lottery as an individual or part of a "Temporary Lottery Group" of up to 10 people.