After waiting more than a month to find out whether or not they will lace up to run the Chicago Marathon on October 11, lottery hopefuls were notified of their entry status on Tuesday. For the first time last year, the Chicago Marathon switched to a lottery system after being overwhelmed with applicants using a first-come, first-served process.

A total of 71,040 runners applied to the lottery or registered via a guaranteed entry, according to race representative Cindy Hamilton.

With an expected field size of about 45,000 runners, here's a quick breakdown of the numbers surrounding the 2015 event:

64 percent of the field was accepted through the lottery. In other words, of the 54,800 runners who entered the lottery, about 53 percent got in. Those are much better odds compared to the 2014 New York City Marathon, where only 18 percent of lottery applicants were accepted.

36 percent of the field earned a guaranteed spot.

From those runners who entered with a guaranteed application:

41.7 percent will run through a charity.

23.6 percent are time qualifiers.

17.4 percent are Chicago Marathon Legacy Finishers who ran the race five or more times in the past 10 years.

11.3 percent deferred their entry from previous years.

1.2 percent will particpate through a tour group.

4.8 percent entered through other means.

Runners who did get accepted through the lottery will have until Tuesday, May 5 at noon Central Time to complete their registration.

For the more than 25,000 lottery entrants who did not receive a bib, here is a list of alternative fall marathons that are still accepting registraion:

Maine Marathon: October 4, Portland, Maine

Twin Cities Marathon: October 4, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

Steamtown Marathon: October 11, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Baltimore Marathon: October 17

Atlantic City Marathon: October 18

Detroit Free Press Marathon: October 18

Baystate Marathon: October 18, Lowell, Massachusetts

Empire State Marathon: October 18, Syracuse, New York

Grand Rapids Marathon: October 18, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Niagara Falls International Marathon: October 25, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Madison Marathon: November 8, Madison, Wisconsin

Richmond Marathon: November 14, Richmond, Virginia

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