I was at a race this weekend. The 10k had prize money and so did the 2k fun walk. A 53 yr old woman walked (or crawled) the 2k in over 28 mins and won $75! 2nd was $50 3rd 25.
I was at a race this weekend. The 10k had prize money and so did the 2k fun walk. A 53 yr old woman walked (or crawled) the 2k in over 28 mins and won $75! 2nd was $50 3rd 25.
I won $200 for a 26:12 5 mile in SF once.
Needless to say it was much more competitive the following year. There are lots of races in the SF area that offer prize money and no one fast shows up, but you have to be lucky. If word gets out, there's sure to be a Farm teamer or Christian Hesch or Richie Boulet there who will cruise to some easy cash.
How can they give out prize money for a "fun walk" ? That's just downright ridiculous.
My brother once got $50 for finishing last in a one mile fun run as a 4 year old.
I once got $30 for finishing 3rd in a 5K the course was wrong and my time was 14:10 the winner was 13:46 he got $50
A friend of mine took fourth in a marathon with 2:35 and went home with $1000. A great time for him, but definitely an unexpected payday!
There was an "elite" race in my area last year where prize money went 7-deep. Only 6 guys showed up.
The local marathon last year was won in ~3hrs, good for $500.
by accepting this prize money, you are now alll professional runners, thus you shouldn't be able to run high school or college races anymore
2k in over 28mins still takes it. Some of those other performances are almost world class in comparison.
I'm coming to America!!!
I did a 26:40 8k once for 75 bucks....
... on the other hand, when I ran my PR 14:37, not only was I out of the money that went seveal places deep, but I didn't even win an age-group award. I know that's no big deal to most of you, but I would have liked SOMETHING to take home from that one!
That was a race in Georgia that was won in 13:45 and I was about 17th, many years ago.
Easiest prize money ever:
There'll be no more easy prize money in these parts until Christian Hesch gets out of school and gets himself a job!
I won $50 once for a 17:11 5K