Smash Notes
What Are Ultra Running Prize Packages Like Today
at 13:43
Answer
On the high end, a $5,000 prize might be available. Often, there are $1,000 prizes. Occasionally, there are $10,000 races. Some of the very elite races have no prize money as they try to keep the tradition of the sport intact.
Where this answer comes from
People
More notes from this episode
- How Does Scott Jurek Say People Cheat in Ultrarunning, Besides Doping? Transcript
- What Trails Does Scott Jurek Still Want to Hike? Transcript
- What Does Scott and Jenny's Active Lifestyle Look Like With Balancing Parenthood Transcript
- What Advice Do Scott and Jenny Have Regarding Their Lifestyle and Entering Parenthood Transcript
- Has Scott Jurek Raced Seriously Since His 2015 Appalachian Trail FKT? Transcript
- How Did Scott and Jenny Jurek Find the Writing of North? Transcript
- Will Scott Be Back on the Trail Anytime Soon Transcript
- What Sports Are the Jureks Hoping Their Children Will Try Transcript
- What Is Attractive About the Ultrarunning Sport Transcript
- What Did Scott Anticipate He Would Be Doing Career-wise Transcript
- What Is Scott’s New Book Transcript
- How Did the “eat and Run” and “born to Run” Books Change Scott’s Life Transcript
- Do Women Participate in Ultrarunning as Well Transcript
- Who Is Scott Jurek Transcript
- Do You Lose Your Mind During Long Ultra Races Transcript
- When Did Ultra Running Turn Into a Feasible Career Transcript
- What Are Ultra Running Prize Packages Like Today Transcript
- Who Paid Scott Jurek When Race Prizes Stayed Small? Transcript
- What Does Scott Think About the Eastern States 100 Race Transcript
- How Did Jenny Jurek and Scott Jurek Meet? Transcript
- Has the Ultra Running World Changed in the Last Decades Transcript
- Is There Any Drug Testing in the Ultra Running Sport Transcript
- What Injuries Did Scott Endure on His Appalachian Trail Hike Transcript
- What Is the Normal Amount of Time Needed to Recover From the Issues He Was Dealing With Transcript
- Regarding Marriage, What Was the Expectation for What This Time on the Trail Would Look Like as Jenny Followed Along in a Vehicle Transcript
- What Is Scott's Personality and How Did That Translate Into the Hike Transcript
- How Did the Trail Spotlight Feel for Scott Jurek? Transcript
- Why Did Scott Jurek Hike the Trail Backwards? Transcript
- What Advice Would Scott Offer to Someone Who Wants to Go After an FKT Trail Transcript
- How Much Weight Did Scott Lose on the Trail Transcript
More answers like this
- When Did Ultra Running Turn Into a Feasible Career
- Who Paid Scott Jurek When Race Prizes Stayed Small?
- Do You Lose Your Mind During Long Ultra Races
- What Does Scott Think About the Eastern States 100 Race
- What Does the Winner of the Belinda Blinked Tombola Actually Get?