By David Monti, @d9monti
(c) 2025 Race Outcomes Weekly, all rights reserved, utilized by permission. (16-Could) — A lady working a 2:38:49 marathon. A person working a 14:06 5-Ok. A lady working a 34:34 10-Ok. A person working a 1:04:14 half-marathon.What did all of these 2024 highway working performances have in frequent? All of them generated a $1000 prize cash fee, simply 4 of a complete of 235 one thousand greenback (or one thousand euro) funds recorded by Race Outcomes Weekly (RRW) final 12 months. RRW sifted by means of the outcomes of 1000’s of highway races to find out what it took to make $1000 in prize cash.
Not surprisingly, the vary of these performances was very broad, from really world-class marks to instances extra usually related to leisure runners.
For example, within the marathon –the place RRW flagged 90 one thousand greenback funds (45 to males and 45 to girls)– the common time to earn $1000 was 2:39:10 for girls and a pair of:16:37 for males. The common end place for $1000 funds was 5.4 for girls and 5.5 for males. The vary of instances to earn $1000 was large, from 2:23:52 to three:10:24 for girls, and a pair of:07:09 to 2:30:50 for males.
On the high finish of the efficiency scale, Kenya’s Linet Masai completed seventh on the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon final October in 2:23:52 and earned €1000 (equaling $1080 on the time). On the boys’s aspect, Italy’s Eyob Faniel completed seventh on the Zürich Maratón de Sevilla in 2:07:09, additionally incomes €1000. For comparability, working the identical instances on the TCS New York Metropolis Marathon every week later, each Masai and Faniel would have earned $100,000 and been the race winners (theoretically, not less than).
On the different finish of the size, American Meredith Steely ran 3:10:24 (2nd place) on the high-altitude Boulderthon Offered by Puma in Colorado and earned $1000, the slowest marathon mark within the RRW listing. On the similar race Esteban Trujillo completed second on the boys’s aspect and clocked 2:30:50. His efficiency was additionally good for $1000.
Trying throughout the preferred distances, these have been the quickest and slowest performances to earn $1000 (or €1000):
Quickest marks to earn $1000:
Males Girls
Mile 3:51.9 4:20.4
5 km 13:44 15:25
10 km 27:29 30:38
Half-Marathon 59:21 1:07:08
Marathon 2:07:09 2:23:52
Slowest marks to earn $1000:
Males Girls
Mile 4:09.1 4:44.5
5 km 14:10 16:47
10 km 30:23 36:38
Half-Marathon 1:08:21 1:18:35
Marathon 2:30:50 3:10:24
Evaluating outcomes over a variety of distances and occasions highlighted the range of the worldwide highway working scene. Some races use pacemakers and are speed-oriented, whereas others are held championship-style with no pacers. Some occasions have flat programs at sea degree, whereas others are contested on hilly programs at altitude. Some occasions pay bigger look charges in relation to their prize cash, whereas others pay no look charges and solely supply prize cash. Some races have journey budgets which permit high athletes to take part regardless of the place they reside, whereas others don’t have any journey price range and might solely help athletes who reside close to the race.
As well as many organizers supply particular prize cash for home-country athletes, and that is very true in the USA. For example, Race Outcomes Weekly solely credited Henry Wynne for the $1000 he earned for eighth place on the Asics Falmouth Street Race final August. Nonetheless, he additionally earned a further $2000 for being the second American.
A whole listing of the entire funds is right here (file sorted chronologically, from January to December):
https://docs.google.com/
