[quote]Elite Runners not Walkers wrote:
I recently won a road race by over 3 minutes, paid $20 entry fee and you know what I got for it, nothing.
All the prizes (and there were a pretty large number of them) were given to people who bought raffle tickets...
This post reminded me of a 20K race that I won and was thrilled to learn after that there were "decent prizes". I was awarded a free membership to a local gym "valued at $350". Of course, I was from out of town (visiting a college buddy). 2nd place was a generic Kmart giftcard worth $150 redeemable at any location, and 3rd was a pair of shoes. Of course nobody wanted to trade and the RD wouldn't budge. So I gave my "gift" away to my friend's roomamte and later learned that it was never used. So, despite the $350 "value" it was not the most valuable to me. I wish I could have chosen.