Ryan Eiler, 3rd American man at Boston, almost out of nowhere

Thanks for that and good for him.

Suspicious! Seriously, but kinda in a funny way.

Congrats winning a free entry to next year's race.

It’s a joke that BAA/Bank of America doesn’t do any USA prize money.

Eiler is done......he needs to get a real job

Why didn’t he run the Trials? Seems odd if he qualified and was fit

Yeah, seems odd, must be a drug cheat! Definitely.

You know you did really well when dimwits make remarks of Letsrun about your performance, lol. Not joking, take it as a mark of pride, Ryan!

Beautiful day for a PR!

I don’t know why he didn’t run the trials but being from Boston and understanding that most Americans would not run due to those trials - seems to me he might have thought this was his best chance to shine in his hometown event. If so, looks like he thought right.

Yeah seems he was maybe dodging the competition

What is a real job?

Something that pays money.

His trials bio says “90% chance we have our first child by the trials” so I bet the kid came like the week before or something so he didn’t race.

Sam from RoadTrailRun here. Ryan did not run Trials as his son was born that week. And he does have a real job, his second tech start up. One of the hardest working, most sincere, and dedicated people I have ever known.

It was his first build where he has not been injured and in the last 2 years he has run 2:19 and 2 x 2:18 along with his incredible Boston. He ran a 1:05 half and 46:13 this "spring" so he was ready.

He trains on the course as he lives in Boston. He told me after the race, as he is "old", he had to run a consistent pace and he did!

Bravo to Ryan who "on the side" and has been for several years a wonderfully insightful shoe reviewer for RoadTrailRun.

To these dimwits a real job is one where you make lots of money and have no time for anything else.

Would you look at that! A successful man with running talent that puts family first. Thanks for the information, Sam. Being fast, financially successful, and a good husband/father is an alien concept for most of the peanut gallery around here. They simply cannot understand that a focused person really can have it all. It runs counter to their lives of self-enforced poverty and virginity as they chase sub 15:00 Turkey Trot glory in the name of Saint Pre.

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift."

Amiright, boys? Now put away that picture of Femke Bol, put some clothes on, and then make sure that you aren't late to your second assistant manager/keyholder job at Podunkville Running Company.

Is that true? A 2:14 and 3rd American gets your no money? Geez, I made money being the top American at the Houston Marathon.

Picture of Femke Bol?

Hello Sam thank you for chiming in and always appreciate a detailed RTR shoe review!!

Speaking of which can you or Ryan provide a training /race shoe breakdown going into this Boston?

No American prize money at Boston. And he wasn't at the level to get an appearance fee/contract from the race. But Boston used to recently pay through 15th place overall, and that would be $1,000. Maybe they cut back to only top 10, but I think it's still through 15th. So he would have made $1,000. A 2:14 isn't really going to get him anywhere, there are like 50 other Americans who have run that in the past couple years. I once ran 2:12 and didn't make a dime, actually lost money paying for race related expenses. There's a steep drop-off in earning potential for running. A 2:08 American will be making $150k+ each year, but 2:12 guys are lucky to make a few thousand dollars.

This is a great story. Pretty much every US man running 2:12 is training as a pro, often times in pro training groups. They're not making much but they're chasing the dream. Feel like 2:15 is closer to the cutoff for chasing the dream & needing a job. Boston used to be 15 deep & should go back to that plus add American only prize money if they don't. Also throw in some time bonuses which I believe Chicago still has for an OTQ. Help people like this keep the dream alive. It is kind of strange that an American in 15th gets nothing from the race.