I know this is a long shot, but have any of you ever participated in Twin Cities as a pro?
I just got an email from the RD with a comp code, but when I went to register it registered me as a ”Professional Athlete”. Has anyone completed this marathon who can tell me what is offered to the elite athletes? Hotel, bottles on the racecourse, etc?
Runnrdood wrote:
I know this is a long shot, but have any of you ever participated in Twin Cities as a pro?
I just got an email from the RD with a comp code, but when I went to register it registered me as a ”Professional Athlete”. Has anyone completed this marathon who can tell me what is offered to the elite athletes? Hotel, bottles on the racecourse, etc?
Really depends on how fast you are. Know people who’ve gotten just a free entry and bottles/transport. Known others who’ve gotten a few nights hotel, $1,000 travel stipend on top of bottles, transportation to the start etc. Usually they mention it if you get something, but I’ve found asking is pretty effective. If you are ~2:20-2:30 range I assume it’s just the entry, front starting position and maybe special bus to the start and prize eligibility.
Checked the website, and there’s some good info here: https://www.tcmevents.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/MTCM_ProAthleteOverview2023.pdf
If you don’t know which, if any, of those amenities you’re getting, you should ask the person who sent you the code (which looks like it was probably Jim Estes and not the RD?).
Also, it looks like the marathon prize purse is getting a lot larger this year, with a big portion of that (per the “Competitive and Professional Athletes” section of this page: https://www.tcmevents.org/events/medtronic-twin-cities-marathon-weekend-2023/race/marathon) going toward a $26,000 bonus pool to be split between “all men and women eligible to represent the United States in the Olympic Games at the time of the 2023 Twin Cities Marathon who run an Olympic Trials qualifying time at the 2023 Twin Cities Marathon … (athletes are eligible to participate in this pool whether they have run a previous Olympic Trials qualifier or not).” So maybe you’ll be taking home some cash!