This guy is putting out some real money in ways connected to distance running in the US - he gave $25,000 charity after Meb led the pack out of Central Park in the NYC Half, and now he is doubling the prize money for Americans at Carlsbad 5000.
Maybe he will be a help to our elites going forward. Certainly this is good news and he should be recognized.
Here are his tweets:
Just spoke to #Carlsbad5000 organizers and I agreed to double size of prize$ to top 3 Americans (M&W) and double prize for American Record!
@JohnLegere
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@djritzenhein @MattTegenkamp @abumbalough @runmeb $50k for sub 61 and $100k sub 60 to charity of choice @NYRR #UnitedNYCHalf @nyrrmaryruns
.@nyrr I decided @runmeb $50k if 1st out of park and ends top 5, $100k if wins, $25k if out park first and not top 5 #doublecharity #WinMeb
10:14 PM - 14 Mar 2015
He followed up with an update regarding the time bonuses, “amount is to YOU, OR the charity of your choice!! Your call!!”