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Best Road Races - Prize Money

This list is sorted by the estimated Prize Money being offered not including special bonus money like for course, American or World records.  Confirm the exact dollar amounts with the race director.  Report any changes to us.  Below is the list of the "main" race.  Click on "View All Races" to see some of the other important races associated with the "main" race.

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Featured Best Road Races are presented in bold text. *Dates marked with asterisk have not yet been confirmed.

# Race Name Location Distance Race Date Years Running Entrant Cap Total Finishers Male Finishers Female Finishers Entry Fee Prize Money
1 Virgin London Marathon London, England MARATHON 4/20/14* 33   34,220 21,998 12,222 $155 $1,000,000
2 BMW Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany MARATHON 9/29/13 38 40,000 34,350 26,452 7,898 $60 $1,000,000
3 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Dubai MARATHON 1/01/14* 12   2,410 1,851 559 $120 $908,000
4 Boston Marathon Boston, Massachusetts MARATHON 4/01/14* 117         $300 $806,000
5 ING NYC Marathon New York, New York MARATHON 11/03/13 42   46,795 29,867 16,928 $255 $720,000
6 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Chicago, Illinois MARATHON 10/13/13 35 45,000 37,315 20,605 16,710 $150 $500,000
7 Honolulu Marathon Honolulu, Hawaii MARATHON 12/08/13 40   24,411 12,532 11,531 $125 $202,000
8 World's Best 10k San Juan, Puerto Rico 10K 2/01/14* 15 15,000 7,813 4,796 3,017 $35 $137,350
9 Baltimore Running Festival Marathon Baltimore, MD MARATHON 10/12/13 12 5,000 3,022 1,917 1,105 $90 $136,400
10 Seoul International Marathon Seoul, Korea MARATHON 3/01/14* 84         $40 $110,000
11 Honda LA Marathon Los Angeles, California MARATHON 3/09/14 27   23,006 15,235 7,771 $145 $100,000
12 Grandma's Marathon Duluth, Minnesota MARATHON 6/22/13 35 10,000 5,787 3,424 2,363 $85 $100,000
13 Lilac Bloomsday Spokane, Washington 12K 5/04/14 37         $17 $98,200
14 AJC Peachtree Road Race Atlanta, Georgia 10K 7/04/13 42 60,000 57,754 29,098 28,656 $35 $83,100
15 Falmouth Road Race Falmouth, Massachusetts 7 MI 8/11/13 40   10,591 5,192 5,418 $38 $75,100
16 Fifth Third River Bank Run 25k Grand Rapids, MI 25K 5/01/14* 36   5,337 2,855 2,522 $35 $72,600
17 Dick's Sporting Good Pittsburgh Marathon Pittsburgh, PA MARATHON 5/01/14* 5   4,833 2,911 1,918 $90 $62,300
18 Beach to Beacon 10K Cape Elizabeth, Maine 10K 8/03/13 15 7,200 6,106     $40 $61,800
19 Cooper River Bridge Run 10k Charleston, South Carolina 10K 4/01/14 36   31,467 12,975 18,492 $40 $61,200
20 Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run Washington, DC 10 MI 4/06/14 42 15,000 17,530 7,209 10,321 $38 $51,750
21 New Haven 20k New Haven, Connecticut 20K 9/02/13 35   2,371     $40 $42,750
22 California International Marathon Sacramento, CA MARATHON 12/08/13 30 8,000 6,946     $85 $39,700
23 Zazzle Bay to Breakers San Francisco, California 12K 5/18/14 102   22,454 10,845 11,609 $58 $39,000
24 ING Hartford Marathon Hartford, CT MARATHON 10/12/13 19   2,529     $85 $37,600
25 B.A.A. Half Marathon Boston, Massachusetts HALF MARATHON 10/01/13* 12   5,421     $65 $36,400
26 GO! St. Louis Half Marathon St. Louis, Mo HALF MARATHON 4/01/14* 10 12,000 7,846 3,192 4,653 $65 $34,900
27 Wharf to Wharf Santa Cruz, California 6 MI 7/27/13 40 15,000 12,414 4,666 7,748 $35 $32,000
28 Belfast City Marathon Belfast MARATHON 5/05/14 32   2,531       $30,550
29 B.A.A. 10K Boston, MA 10K 6/23/13 2 6,000 4,561     $55 $29,400
30 B.A.A. 5K Boston, MA 5K 4/01/14 3 6,000 5,649     $65 $25,000
31 Blue Cross Broad Street Run 10 Mile Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 MI 5/01/14* 33   38,149     $36 $22,500
32 Vancouver Sun Run Vancouver, Canada 10K 4/27/14 29   38,897     $45 $21,000
33 Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA HALF MARATHON 9/15/13     15,119 6,274 8,845 $85 $20,500
34 All-America City 10K Edinburg, TX 10K 2/01/14* 31         $10 $20,200
35 Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA HALF MARATHON 9/01/13     10,958 4,741 6,217 $100 $19,000
36 Around the Bay 30k Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 30K 3/01/14 119 8,500 6,850 3,424 3,330 $70 $18,300
37 Big Sur Half Marathon Big Sur, CA HALF MARATHON 11/17/13 10   6,911 2,503 4,408 $95 $17,850
38 Vancouver Marathon Vancouver, BC, Canada MARATHON 5/01/14* 42   3,978 2,166 1,709 $90 $17,300
39 Dam to Dam 20k Des Moines, IA 20K 5/31/14 34 8,000 7,087 3,282 3,805 $35 $16,800
40 Fifth Avenue Mile Manhattan, NY 1 MI 9/22/13 15   5,469 2,655 2,814 $40 $16,000
41 Naples Half Marathon Naples, Florida HALF MARATHON 1/15/14* 10   1,678     $35 $15,500
42 Newport 10,000 Newport, Jersey City, NJ 10K 5/01/14* 10   1,355     $24 $15,000
43 Vermont City Marathon Burlington, Vermont MARATHON 5/01/14* 25   2,609     $85 $15,000
44 Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K Richmond, Virginia 10K 4/01/14* 14 40,000 32,226     $30 $14,300
45 America's Finest City Half Marathon San Diego, California HALF MARATHON 8/18/13 35 8,000 6,635 3,182 3,453 $90 $12,900
46 Pike's Peek 10k Rockville, MD 10K 4/27/14     2,449     $25 $12,300
47 KY Derby Festival miniMarathon Louisville, Kentucky HALF MARATHON 4/01/14 40 18,000 11,485 4,885 6,600 $50 $12,000
48 Philadelphia Half Marathon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HALF MARATHON 11/01/13* 19   10,956 4,147 6,809 $65 $10,700
49 Cotton Row Run 10k Huntsville, AL 10K 5/26/14 34   2,105     $15 $9,800
50 New York 10k New York, New York 10K 10/12/13 2   4,171 1,412 2,759 $55 $9,600
51 Mount Washington Road Race Mount Washington, New Hampshire 7.6 MI 6/01/14* 53 1,300 1,086 758 387 $80 $9,500
52 Detroit Chevy Dealers International Half Marathon Detroit, Mich HALF MARATHON 10/20/13 35 10,500 9,557 3,575 5,982 $95 $9,500
53 Monumental Marathon Indianapolis, IN MARATHON 11/02/13 5   2,892     $65 $9,200
54 Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon San Antonio, TX MARATHON 11/17/13     3,096 1,747 1,349 $95 $9,000
55 Fargo Marathon Fargo, North Dakota MARATHON 5/01/14* 9   1,644 984 660 $65 $8,800
56 Manchester Road Race Manchester, CT 4.75 MI 11/28/13 76 15,000 13,416     $20 $8,800
57 Gum Tree 10K Tupelo, Mississippi 10K 5/01/14* 34         $18 $8,700
58 Long Beach International City Bank Marathon Long Beach, CA MARATHON 10/13/13 28   2,863 1,787 1,076 $110 $8,700
59 Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half Marathon Jennings Beach, Fairfield, CT HALF MARATHON 6/23/13     3,530     $55 $8,600
60 Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run Honolulu, Hawaii 8.15 MI 2/01/14* 28   17,958 8,638 9,434 $50 $8,400
61 Middletown Orange County Classic 10k Middletown, NY 10K 6/01/14* 32   766 431 335 $23 $8,075
62 Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run Manitou Springs, CO 10 MI 6/01/14*     1,462 783 679 $30 $8,000
63 Gazette Stockade-athon Schenectady, New York 15K 11/01/13* 36   1,639 848 791 $30 $8,000
64 Atlantic City Marathon Atlantic City, NJ MARATHON 10/13/13 53   698 433 265 $85 $7,000
65 Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA HALF MARATHON 10/27/13     7,759 3,399 4,360 $85 $7,000
66 Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon San Jose, California HALF MARATHON 10/06/13 7   9,813 4,522 5,291 $85 $7,000
67 Rodes City Run 10K Louisville, KY 10K 3/01/14* 33   6,573 2,878 3,964 $30 $6,410
68 Mountain Goat Run Syracuse, New York 10 MI 5/04/14 34   2,517 1,282 1,235 $35 $5,800
69 Bayshore Marathon Traverse City, MI MARATHON 5/25/13 31 2,500 1,464 822 642 $90 $5,750
70 Cox Providence Rhode Races Marathon Providence, Rhode Island MARATHON 5/01/14* 5   1,261 647 614 $70 $5,000
71 Carlsbad 5000 Masters Men 40 Plus Carlsbad, California 5K 3/30/14 28         $30 $4,800
72 Minster Oktoberfest 10k Classic Minster, OH 10K 10/06/13     1,390     $22 $4,800
73 Pleasanton Double Road Race Pleasanton, CA DOUBLE ROAD RACE 12/22/13 1   680     $45 $4,800
74 HCA Virginia 8k Richmond, VA 8K 11/16/13 35   3,587     $25 $4,000
75 Emerald Across the Bay 12k San Francisco, CA 12K 3/01/14* 30   2,609     $50 $3,900
76 Denver Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Denver, CO HALF MARATHON 10/20/13     8,138 2,813 5,325 $85 $3,500
77 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon Schenectady, New York MARATHON 10/13/13 30   956     $80 $3,500
78 Rock the Road 10K London, Ontario CANADA 10K 8/18/13 2   323 144 179 $30 $3,500
79 Papa John's 10 Miler Louisville, KY 10 MI 4/01/14 11   6,179 2,732 3,445 $30 $3,375
80 Darcars Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest Rockville, MD 8K 7/20/13 27   2,006 1,077 929 $28 $3,350
81 Marin Memorial Day 10k Kentfield, California 10K 5/26/14 36   513 311 202 $30 $3,000
82 Tely 10 Mile Road Race 10 MI 7/28/13 85   3,365 1,392 1,972 $70 $3,000
83 Grete's Great Gallop Manhattan, NY HALF MARATHON 10/01/13* 18   5,947 2,993 2,954 $45 $2,900
84 Bix 7 miler Davenport, Iowa 7 MI 7/27/13 36   10,405     $32 $2,500
85 Boxing Day 10 Miler Hamilton, Ontario, CAN 10 MI 12/26/13 92   726 416 310 $65 $2,500
86 ING Miami Half Marathon Miami, Florida HALF MARATHON 2/02/14 10   16,039 7,739 8,293 $60 $2,000
87 Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon Sonoma, California HALF MARATHON 7/21/13 9 3,000 2,504     $125 $2,000
88 St Jude Memphis Marathon Memphis, Tennessee MARATHON 12/07/13 10   2,627 1,401 1,226 $120 $2,000
89 The 10 Miler Eugene, OR 10 MI 9/29/13 1   152 89 63 $30 $2,000
90 Rhody Run Port Townsend, WA 12K 5/01/14* 34   1,961 795 1,166 $25 $1,700
91 Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon Geyserville, CA HALF MARATHON 10/26/13 5   2,144     $105 $1,500
92 Clarksburg Country Run Clarksburg, California HALF MARATHON 11/10/13 47   434     $45 $1,450
93 Ashenfelter 8k Classic Glen Ridge, NJ 8K 11/28/13 13   2,552 1,308 1,244 $25 $1,200
94 FirstMerit Bank Lakefront 10 Miler Chicago, IL 10 MI 4/01/14* 2   1,383 650 725 $60 $1,150
95 Capitol Hill Classic 10k Washington, D.C. 10K 5/01/14* 34   2,363 1,075 1,288 $33 $750
96 Fontana Day Half Marathon Fontana, California HALF MARATHON 6/01/14* 58   1,027     $35 $750
97 It's A Wonderful Run 5k Seneca Falls, New York 5K 12/01/13* 3   2,714     $20 $350