RunningAHEAD - Topic: $400 marathon entrance fees

harvey998

posted: 2/29/2008 at 6:43 AM

From $400 marathon entrance fees to $2 million dollar half marathon prize pools, with a bit of fartlek and running socks thrown in for good measure, there's a good read of blog posts on running this week in the Running Blog Carnival.

cgerber

posted: 2/29/2008 at 9:40 AM

$400! Yowza! Interesting article though, thanks for posting it. My upper tolerance is about $3 per mile, though I prefer to keep it under $2/mile. Any higher than that and I'll just go find an equally great trail to run with friends. About half of my "events" are trips dreamed up with a topo map in one hand and a beer in the other. Big grin

The Leadville 100 went up a bit this year and is costing me $2.15/mile. Cry

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Cause I CAN

posted: 2/29/2008 at 11:36 AM

Thats nuts...for that price, hell the medal better be made out of real gold or something

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Suspect Zero

posted: 2/29/2008 at 11:50 AM

Good job promoting your website. RT was not as receptive.

HOSS1961

posted: 2/29/2008 at 12:12 PM

$400 makes it kinda of elitist sounding doesn't it?

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posted: 2/29/2008 at 2:47 PM

I run all year round 60+ miles and this is in the harsh Canadian winter. With my family obligations right now I could not justify to myself spending $400 two or three times a yearto run a Marathon. The only fair way I can think of now to ristrict the numbers is to set qualifying times. Rasing the price is also fair but it will only draw people who either can afford it or those who are wiling to justify spending it because they especially want a particular Marathon experience.

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