Asker of questions wrote:
There are some athletes who hit it at the right time. Who had scored the biggest career boost off one sole race or performance? I recall that Peter Rono shocked everyone with a surprise win at the Seoul Olympics but did nothing relevant to capitalize after that. Who did capitalize?
Actually a woman by the name of Kathrine Switzer and her so called numbered 1st woman at Boston running effort and getting pushed on the course photo have allowed her to milk the running circuit for years. She is still out there today hawking books, seminars whatever else she can sell.