Oh my god can we stop with pulling the racist card CONSTANTLY. How soft is everyone becoming these days? "You don't agree with me? Then you are racist." It's the perfect way of expressing your disdain for someone/something without being intelligent enough to make an argument. "I know, I'll just say racism and then anyone who disagrees is racist. I'll call them rich and white too just to make sure everyone knows how racist the 5k is."
I can tell you with 100% certainty that 99%+ of the world's population, black white brown yellow, does not give a flying F*** about the 5k. Let that sink in for a minute. The world is 7.7 billion people and less than 1 percent (77 million) care. It's likely FAR LESS than 77 million, but for the sake of not trying to roast you too bad (because I want to see your soft reply), I'll say 1%. You can't say that about NFL. Do you think that Asia doesn't have an NFL of their own because they are racist against black people? No, it's because nobody in Asia gives a f*** about football.
"the rich white audience" LOL what are you talking about? You know how Haile G grew up running? By listening to the olympics on his radio and getting inspired. (source: The Greatest by Jim Denison) People of all colors watch track and field, particularly distance events - the point to cut the 5k has nothing to do with the skin color of the audience, it has to do with the lack of audience. Just because 15,000 people go on letsrun everyday doesn't mean there is a huge demand globally to watch the 5k. This is another attempt at you being too lazy to create a real argument so you cry out something racist.
Last Olympics non-black people:
1. swept the podium in the 1500 1st 2nd 3rd.
2. Went 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th, 10th, 11th in the marathon.
3. 5th in the 10k.
And that's just the olympics. You can look through endless meet results and find non-black runners all over the place. I'd say that black people might just be the minority in running! But don't take my word just yet, I am just making a guess. I haven't seen the numbers, just going off observations from hundreds of 5k runners I have seen over a few decades at both races I attended and races I have seen on TV/youtube both domestic and international.
And with that, I urge you to be a better human being. Don't cry racist because you want to express your disdain for someone/something but are not intelligent enough to come up with an argument to express those emotions. When used inappropriately, accusing racism is not only harmful to society as a whole, but it also makes you look like you have no idea what you are talking about.