The 2018 running of the New York City Marathon isn’t slated to take place until Sunday, November 4. That’s almost 250 days away, and most of the race’s competitors haven’t even begun their training cycle for the 26.2-mile jaunt through the five boroughs. But that didn’t stop a myriad of marathon hopefuls on Wednesday from experiencing a surge of nerves sure to rival the morning-of, prerace jitters.

That’s because by day’s end, members of the largest applicant pool in the race’s history knew whether or not they’d be among the more than 50,000 runners convening on Staten Island come Marathon Sunday. Here’s how the entry drawing breaks down, according to a press release from the New York Road Runners (NYRR):

105,184: The total number of applicants for the race’s free, non-guaranteed drawing. Last year, NYRR stopped charging to enter the drawing after settling a lawsuit against the former lottery selection process.

7 percent: The increase in the size of the applicant pool compared to last year’s drawing, which was 98,247.

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15,640: The number of runners who were accepted into the race through the non-guaranteed drawing. That means fewer than 15 percent of applicants gained entry this way. To put that in perspective, the NYC Marathon’s acceptance rate is lower than the acceptance rate at colleges like the University of Notre Dame and the University of Cal-Berkeley.

50,000: The approximate size of the entire field for the 2018 NYC Marathon, which leaves about 34,360 spots in the race available to runners seeking a guaranteed method of entry.

9,000: The approximate number of charity slots expected to be given out for this year’s race. Last year, charity runners helped raise more than $36 million.

Speaking of charity running, if you are among the nearly 90,000 whose name was not drawn, you can still secure a spot by raising money for a worthy—and NYRR-approved—cause.

And regardless of how you get in—be it through drawing or fundraising—be sure to partake in the time-honored tradition of posting about your acceptance or rejection on social media. Here are some of our favorite reactions on Wednesday as runners awaited the news that they would running in NYC this November.

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lol I threw my name into the @nycmarathon lottery on a whim KNOWING there was no way I’d get picked and HAHAHA JOKES ON ME guess who will be running 26.2 miles through NYC on November 4th?!!!?!! — ςιαrε (@farrowpaceism) February 28, 2018

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Today is historically my favorite and least favorite day ever...c'mon lucky number five! #TCSNYCMarathon #chargemycard pic.twitter.com/n2PEhhrLmD — jenneliza (@jennergeticlife) February 28, 2018

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Today I’m just one of 100,000 people around the world hoping to see a $300 charge on my credit card #TCSNYCMarathon — Michael Hostetler (@silasbear) February 28, 2018

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Well what a surprise, I was one of the 85,000 people to not get lottery entry into the #nycmarathon 🤦‍♀️ that’s fine, we’re onto the marine corps marathon lottery pic.twitter.com/fLiGt4Nx8w — Krista Patronick (@KristaPatronick) March 1, 2018

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“We're sorry, but you have not been accepted into the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon.” #nycmarathon #ihazasad pic.twitter.com/rVzDtz1hBX — cat//daddy (@zeejenks) March 1, 2018

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Holy early April Fools. Receive 11;22pm email from @nycmarathon 😃... to tell me I wasn't chosen inn lottery. 😭. Next year peeps.. Next year. #nycmarathon pic.twitter.com/F0ylGUEANP — Jayjay🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@jayjayrub) March 1, 2018

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When you find out that you won the lottery and will be running the 2018 New York Marathon!! #TCSNYCMarathon #MovedMe #nycmarathon Thanks @nyrr !!! pic.twitter.com/TIJfOHolUA — GlobetrotterGirls (@GlbetrotterGrls) March 1, 2018

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