Can I make an extra $2000 a year from running?

To make money from running, you would need these times.

5k - 15.30 or faster

10k - 32.00 or faster

half marathon - 1h11" or faster

marathon - 2h31 mins or faster.

Please come to join our Road Runners Club in Saudi Arabia, and work as an English or Math Instructor for the Freshmen engineering students.

Ghost in Saudi,

www.kfupm.edu.sa

, apply today. Great conditions and perks.

Sure. It's nice if the winnings outweigh the expenses to get to the race. But If your paying $1500 for a trip across country to win $2000, it may not be worth the risk of not actually winning. Assuming your decently fast, you can make a a few hundred bucks in some 5 or 10ks with 15-low and 32ish. Some half and full marathons will pay up to a few thousand bucks to 1st and even $500 for third... With 1st place in mid to high 2:20s for the full and 1:07-1:10 for the half...

But of course that's all generally speaking ... Some races slower, some faster... Just look around, study previous years results and assess your chances. Look for inaugural races as well, they have low turnouts typically

how many hours do you run a week? lets say for argument sake 7...thats 364 hours of extra work...so 2000/364 hours a week=5.50 an hour....i get that you're probably running anyway and will continue it. if you're doing this for the monetary reasons you have to pick your races well, and hope for some luck with competition (lack of). its crazy to see how many local races are run at 6/m pace and the winner snags 100$ and a goodie bag.

I am not a fast runner, however there is a local race about half hour out of town that is put on. It is a fundraiser for a charity. I have won money in it a couple of times. It wasn't a lot but it covered gas and a pair of shoes.

I agree with the other posters, it is going to depend on where you live and races you are willing to do.

FYI a good friend of mine who has won some races got handed a tax form when she placed in a RnR/Competitor event.

The hard part will be finding a race that pays at all.

That's a good way to look at it, I usually put in about 6-7 hours a week for running plus showering, changing, etc. for about 40-50 mpw. If I can get paid $5.50 an hour to stay in shape, I'd say its worth it. If I can make enough money from running to pay for my running, then its even more worth it.

I've really found that its hit or miss with races. This summer, there were two races that I won, both with equal competition, both with equal entry fee, one gave me $150 in running store/sporting goods store gift cards for winning, the other gave me nothing but a trophy.

This is funny because this year my goal was to make $2000-$3000 racing. I'm getting close to the midway of that now with a few $ races left.Like other's were saying, it's about picking the right races. I'm not blazing fast, (1:06 HM, 30:45 prs) but since I'm 23 and pretty fresh out of school it ads to my entry-level salary and I basically just live life like I would have in college except substitute work for class.

Might make that as part time coach for hs/college etc.