The North Face prizes and medals will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers in each of the six solo race distances. Overall awards and medals will also be given to the top three finishing Marathon Relay teams. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three male and female participants in the GORE-TEX® 50 Mile race in the following amounts:
First Place – $10,000 Second Place – $4,000 Third Place – $1,000
The overall awards ceremony will be held at 3:30 PM on Saturday and 12:00 PM on Sunday. We encourage other runners and spectators to stay for the awards ceremonies and support the finishing athletes. If you are unable to attend the awards ceremony, you may pickup your award early at the Awards booth. Unclaimed awards will NOT be mailed.
So, for several years this money has been sitting there ripe for the taking and the Africans haven't come to play. Isn't 10G enough for a day's work to entice them to show up? I'm sure some B Kenyan could take it, why don't they?