How much do pro runners make? AllieO details all of her 2024 money

$160k isn't as much as it used to be. If you're not in a mortgage or a rent controlled apartment with the rent set before the investment firms started gobbling up real estate and increasing rent, $160k, especially for independent contractors who have to pay for their own insurance, isn't that much.

Really dumb statement. $80K is the median and $160K is about upper 10%. This is like telling someone that a 5 minute mile isn't fast for a woman.

In fun comparison, Luol Dang made $16K every 8 HOURS (daily for 4 years) to do almost nothing with the Lakers. He’s probably the 400th best basketball player of all time.

LOL! Didn't you leave out at least one zero??

Note that $160K is a moran's ignorant guess

many NYRR races have prize money, that would be easy for someone like her to pick up. but no one fast shows up to get it.

and of course they offer the same prize money to non binary as men and women, and that would be incredibly easy to pick up.

ethiopians used to win all this prize money but they stopped coming to nyc.

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Prize Money

Information on prize money amounts and eligibility for prize money at New York Road Runners events.

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Yes. Is Spencer one of those trust fund athletes in Boulder that gets financial support from his parents perhaps? If one comes from a rich family they always have money and time to goof around as long as their parents don't cut them off.

He probably gets a fair amount from Youtube, but I'd guess way, way less than $80k.

Allie also probably makes more from her social media ads and Youtube compared to her competitive running.

If she had actually done a bunch of the Golden Trail Series races and placed in the top 10 every time she could have made a lot more (and more travel would have been comped).

She didn't even end up in the top 10 overall in the series though?

And the big sponsorship deals in trail running happen with long ultras anyway. Allie doesn't run more than 26.2 or 50km ever?

Again, the Tara Dowers of the world are making bank now. Tara has a much smaller social media following but people and therefore sponsors are more impressed with longer distances like 100-miles or hiking the AT really fast. The brands are also more interested in paying more money to Influencers than Olympic Trials qualifiers that don't make the Olympic Team. Allie could already be considered an Influencer too, which honestly is probably a better deal for her now anyway (unless she made the Olympic Team or something).

That reminds me:

Ben (the Hobo) Blankenship
low: $50,000
high: $70,000
agent average: $56,000
LRC readers: $65,000 plus a harmonica, a rubber poncho, a can of baked beans, and space in an empty freight car on the Great Northern out of Cheyenne

It's asinine pro runners don't talk about their contracts and it is holding them back. The world knows what Soto's contract is, what LeBron got from Nike, and the income of Federer.

These idiots are going against their best interest by signing NDAs and not talking about it.

No we don't. How much does Mahones make from Adidas? State Farm? Subway? How much does Federer make from On? Mercedes? Wilson?

I look forward to hearing back from you. I have always thought these athletes should tell us the amount of all of their sponsorships. Now I will know.

Two spoiled rich kids. Look at me.

Not for a couple and not in a high COL like where they live. In central Illinois that is not bad money, in Boulder you'll struggle.

All that stuff is publicly available if you go looking. Since Nike is a running company here is a link to the details of CR7's Nike deal. Where are the runner's deals?

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What Nike’s $1 Billion Ronaldo Deal Means (NKE)

Shoshanna Delventhal

As traditional advertising is disrupted by digital, companies hit gold with influencer deals.

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Classic Prisoner's Dilemma. There really needs to be a union/representation body for athletes with actual teeth. Without that, people will feel like they to.

It would probably have to start with one of the big athletes with actual negotiation leverage (SML, Lyles etc) taking a hit to not have the NDA and set a precedent, but that would certainly involve a pay cut

Please list the amounts. We are all waiting.

Thise are family income numbers. My sister-in-law lives in Boulder. Her husband earns $90K and she stays home with their 2 young children. But Allie and Her beau struggle on $160K. Unreal.

99% of the contracts are not publicly available. It doesn't matter if we are talking about a runner or a football player or a tennis player. Yes, the huge ones gain worldwide attention. But even those are typcially estimates or round numbers. Professional athletes sometimes have a dozen differnet sponsorships of which none of the details are made publicly available.