Second place gets you a nice $30,000, and third place takes home $22,500. Still pretty cushy for a day’s work, right? But if you finish fourth or fifth, you’re looking at $15,000 and $10,000 respectively. That’s enough to buy a lot of energy gels and ice baths.
For the top ten finishers, there’s prize money all the way down at $1,000 for tenth place. So, even if you’re not the star of the show, you’re still leaving with a tidy little bonus. Not too shabby for a hobby, eh?
London Marathon winner Sabastian Sawe ‘never misses Mass’
And then there’s the wheelchair division. The winners in both the men’s and women’s wheelchair races also get the same $55,000 top prize. Because speed is speed, whether you’re using legs or wheels. Respect.
