[explosion]

Fascinating. Curious what it would take to register, I found the Pyongyang Marathon signup form here: http://www.pyongyangmarathon.com

Apparently they accept amateur runners and you can do a 10k, half marathon, or full marathon.

[sebastianavina]

> Please Type 12345 in the field below

that's the best captcha I've ever seen.

[amolgupta]

the google captcha just says click to confirm you are not a robot. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html Maybe the second best.

[Roodgorf]

Actually the movement of your cursor alone can go a long way to telling whether someone is a bot or not[0]. The ACM linked a better article a while back that went more in depth about it, but there is more going on with that click that meets the eye. [0]http://www.wired.com/2014/12/google-one-click-recaptcha/

[EliRivers]

Many DPRK tour companies will take care of this sort of thing for you; they run specific marathon tours. They take care of visas and travel and hotels and all the rest of it, like every tour they run, and also get you a slot on the marathon.

I could suggest the tour group I went there with, but suffice to say if you search you'll find a handful of good groups that come with recommendations.