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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 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan MARATHON 2/01/14* 6 35,000       $130 $1,000,000
2 Virgin London Marathon London, England MARATHON 4/20/14* 33   34,220 21,998 12,222 $155 $1,000,000
3 BMW Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany MARATHON 9/29/13 38 40,000 34,350 26,452 7,898 $60 $1,000,000
4 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Dubai MARATHON 1/01/14* 12   2,410 1,851 559 $120 $908,000
5 Boston Marathon Boston, Massachusetts MARATHON 4/01/14* 117         $300 $806,000
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 USA Men's and Women's Half Marathon Championships Duluth, MN HALF MARATHON 6/22/13     169 99 70   $96,000
15 AJC Peachtree Road Race Atlanta, Georgia 10K 7/04/13 42 60,000 57,754 29,098 28,656 $35 $83,100
16 Falmouth Road Race Falmouth, Massachusetts 7 MI 8/11/13 40   10,591 5,192 5,418 $38 $75,100
17 Fifth Third River Bank Run 25k Grand Rapids, MI 25K 5/01/14* 36   5,337 2,855 2,522 $35 $72,600
18 Dick's Sporting Good Pittsburgh Marathon Pittsburgh, PA MARATHON 5/01/14* 5   4,833 2,911 1,918 $90 $62,300
19 Beach to Beacon 10K Cape Elizabeth, Maine 10K 8/03/13 15 7,200 6,106     $40 $61,800
20 Cooper River Bridge Run 10k Charleston, South Carolina 10K 4/01/14 36   31,467 12,975 18,492 $40 $61,200
21 Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run Washington, DC 10 MI 4/06/14 42 15,000 17,530 7,209 10,321 $38 $51,750
22 New Haven 20k New Haven, Connecticut 20K 9/02/13 35   2,371     $40 $42,750
23 California International Marathon Sacramento, CA MARATHON 12/08/13 30 8,000 6,946     $85 $39,700
24 Zazzle Bay to Breakers San Francisco, California 12K 5/18/14 102   22,454 10,845 11,609 $58 $39,000
25 ING Hartford Marathon Hartford, CT MARATHON 10/12/13 19   2,529     $85 $37,600
26 B.A.A. Half Marathon Boston, Massachusetts HALF MARATHON 10/01/13* 12   5,421     $65 $36,400
27 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
28 Dick's Sporting Good Pittsburgh Half Marathon Pittsburgh, PA HALF MARATHON 5/01/14* 5   14,039 5,437 8,558 $80 $34,500
29 Wharf to Wharf Santa Cruz, California 6 MI 7/27/13 40 15,000 12,414 4,666 7,748 $35 $32,000
30 Belfast City Marathon Belfast MARATHON 5/05/14 32   2,531       $30,550
31 B.A.A. 10K Boston, MA 10K 6/23/13 2 6,000 4,561     $55 $29,400
32 Standard Chartered Dubai 10K Dubai 10K 1/01/14* 12   11,424 7,555 3,869 $60 $28,000
33 Yeungling Shamrock Marathon Virginia Beach, VA MARATHON 3/16/14 40   2,994     $90 $26,050
34 B.A.A. 5K Boston, MA 5K 4/01/14 3 6,000 5,649     $65 $25,000
35 Blue Cross Broad Street Run 10 Mile Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 MI 5/01/14* 33   38,149     $36 $22,500
36 Vancouver Sun Run Vancouver, Canada 10K 4/27/14 29   38,897     $45 $21,000
37 Philadelphia Marathon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MARATHON 11/01/13* 19   11,578 6,427 5,151 $85 $20,500
38 Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA HALF MARATHON 9/15/13     15,119 6,274 8,845 $85 $20,500
39 All-America City 10K Edinburg, TX 10K 2/01/14* 31         $10 $20,200
40 Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA HALF MARATHON 9/01/13     10,958 4,741 6,217 $100 $19,000
41 Around the Bay 30k Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 30K 3/01/14 119 8,500 6,850 3,424 3,330 $70 $18,300
42 Detroit Free Press Talmer Bank Marathon Detroit, Mich MARATHON 10/20/13 35 4,830 3,756 2,231 1,525 $110 $18,000
43 Big Sur Half Marathon Big Sur, CA HALF MARATHON 11/17/13 10   6,911 2,503 4,408 $95 $17,850
44 Vancouver Marathon Vancouver, BC, Canada MARATHON 5/01/14* 42   3,978 2,166 1,709 $90 $17,300
45 Dam to Dam 20k Des Moines, IA 20K 5/31/14 34 8,000 7,087 3,282 3,805 $35 $16,800
46 Fifth Avenue Mile Manhattan, NY 1 MI 9/22/13 15   5,469 2,655 2,814 $40 $16,000
47 Naples Half Marathon Naples, Florida HALF MARATHON 1/15/14* 10   1,678     $35 $15,500
48 Newport 10,000 Newport, Jersey City, NJ 10K 5/01/14* 10   1,355     $24 $15,000
49 Vermont City Marathon Burlington, Vermont MARATHON 5/01/14* 25   2,609     $85 $15,000
50 Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K Richmond, Virginia 10K 4/01/14* 14 40,000 32,226     $30 $14,300
51 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
52 Mercedes Marathon Birmingham, AL MARATHON 2/01/14*     995 637 358 $70 $12,550
53 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon Cleveland, OH MARATHON 5/18/14 35   2,863 1,409 845 $50 $12,500
54 Pike's Peek 10k Rockville, MD 10K 4/27/14     2,449     $25 $12,300
55 Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 5k Elite Men San Jose, California 5K 11/21/13     54 54   $35 $12,100
56 Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot 5k Elite Women San Jose, California 5K 11/21/13     40   40 $35 $12,100
57 KY Derby Festival miniMarathon Louisville, Kentucky HALF MARATHON 4/01/14 40 18,000 11,485 4,885 6,600 $50 $12,000
58 Falmouth Elite Mile Falmouth, Massachusetts 1 MI 8/10/13 17           $12,000
59 Anthem Richmond Marathon Richmond, VA MARATHON 11/16/13 35   4,716     $70 $11,000
60 Philadelphia Half Marathon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HALF MARATHON 11/01/13* 19   10,956 4,147 6,809 $65 $10,700
61 ING Hartford Half Marathon Hartford, CT HALF MARATHON 10/12/13 19   5,979     $55 $10,500
62 Rite Aid Cleveland 10K Cleveland, OH 10K 5/18/14 35   4,367 1,409 845 $20 $10,300
63 Vancouver Half Marathon Vancouver, BC, Canada HALF MARATHON 5/01/14* 40   8,631 3,301 5,261 $65 $10,300
64 Melbourne Music Half Marathon Melbourne, Florida HALF MARATHON 2/01/14* 5   977 400 577 $55 $10,200
65 Pike's Peak Marathon Manitou Springs, Colo MARATHON 8/18/13   800 739     $115 $10,000
66 Cotton Row Run 10k Huntsville, AL 10K 5/26/14 34   2,105     $15 $9,800
67 ING Miami Marathon Miami, Florida MARATHON 2/02/14 10   3,913 255 1,363 $90 $9,800
68 New York 10k New York, New York 10K 10/12/13 2   4,171 1,412 2,759 $55 $9,600
69 Mount Washington Road Race Mount Washington, New Hampshire 7.6 MI 6/01/14* 53 1,300 1,086 758 387 $80 $9,500
70 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
71 Monumental Marathon Indianapolis, IN MARATHON 11/02/13 5   2,892     $65 $9,200
72 Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon San Antonio, TX MARATHON 11/17/13     3,096 1,747 1,349 $95 $9,000
73 Fargo Marathon Fargo, North Dakota MARATHON 5/01/14* 9   1,644 984 660 $65 $8,800
74 Manchester Road Race Manchester, CT 4.75 MI 11/28/13 76 15,000 13,416     $20 $8,800
75 Gum Tree 10K Tupelo, Mississippi 10K 5/01/14* 34         $18 $8,700
76 Long Beach International City Bank Marathon Long Beach, CA MARATHON 10/13/13 28   2,863 1,787 1,076 $110 $8,700
77 Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half Marathon Jennings Beach, Fairfield, CT HALF MARATHON 6/23/13     3,530     $55 $8,600
78 Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run Honolulu, Hawaii 8.15 MI 2/01/14* 28   17,958 8,638 9,434 $50 $8,400
79 Middletown Orange County Classic 10k Middletown, NY 10K 6/01/14* 32   766 431 335 $23 $8,075
80 Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run Manitou Springs, CO 10 MI 6/01/14*     1,462 783 679 $30 $8,000
81 Gazette Stockade-athon Schenectady, New York 15K 11/01/13* 36   1,639 848 791 $30 $8,000
82 GO! St. Louis Marathon St. Louis, Mo MARATHON 4/01/14* 13 3,000 1,595 990 605 $95 $7,000
83 Atlantic City Marathon Atlantic City, NJ MARATHON 10/13/13 53   698 433 265 $85 $7,000
84 Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA HALF MARATHON 10/27/13     7,759 3,399 4,360 $85 $7,000
85 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
86 Rodes City Run 10K Louisville, KY 10K 3/01/14* 33   6,573 2,878 3,964 $30 $6,410
87 KY Derby Festival Marathon Louisville, Kentucky MARATHON 4/01/14 12   2,034 1,220 814 $65 $6,000
88 Mountain Goat Run Syracuse, New York 10 MI 5/04/14 34   2,517 1,282 1,235 $35 $5,800
89 Bayshore Marathon Traverse City, MI MARATHON 5/01/14* 32 2,750 1,948 1,108 840 $95 $5,750
90 Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Half Marathon San Antonio, TX HALF MARATHON 11/17/13     16,488 6,377 10,110 $85 $5,250
91 Cox Providence Rhode Races Marathon Providence, Rhode Island MARATHON 5/01/14* 5   1,261 647 614 $70 $5,000
92 Carlsbad 5000 Master Women 40 Plus Carlsbad, California 5K 3/30/14 28         $30 $4,800
93 Carlsbad 5000 Men and Women 29 and under Carlsbad, California 5K 1/01/14 27         $30 $4,800
94 Carlsbad 5000 Elite Men Invitational Carlsbad, California 5K 1/01/14 27   13 13     $4,800
95 Carlsbad 5000 Masters Men 40 Plus Carlsbad, California 5K 3/30/14 28         $30 $4,800
96 Carlsbad 5000 Men 30-39 Carlsbad, California 5K 1/01/14 27         $30 $4,800
97 Carlsbad 5000 Women 30-39 Carlsbad, California 5K 3/30/14 27         $30 $4,800
98 Pleasanton Double Road Race Pleasanton, CA DOUBLE ROAD RACE 12/22/13 1   680     $45 $4,800
99 Minster Oktoberfest 10k Classic Minster, OH 10K 10/06/13     1,390     $22 $4,800
100 Bayshore Half Marathon Traverse City, MI HALF MARATHON 5/01/14* 32 2,400 2,038 699 1,339 $80 $4,500
101 American Family Fitness Half Marathon Richmond, VA HALF MARATHON 11/16/13 35   6,855     $60 $4,000
102 HCA Virginia 8k Richmond, VA 8K 11/16/13 35   3,587     $25 $4,000
103 Emerald Across the Bay 12k San Francisco, CA 12K 3/01/14* 30   2,609     $50 $3,900
104 Atlantic City Half Marathon Atlantic City, NJ HALF MARATHON 10/13/13 53   1,581 629 952 $60 $3,600
105 Denver Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Denver, CO HALF MARATHON 10/20/13     8,138 2,813 5,325 $85 $3,500
106 Denver Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Denver, CO MARATHON 10/20/13     2,166 1,211 955 $95 $3,500
107 Mohawk Hudson River Marathon Schenectady, New York MARATHON 10/13/13 30   956     $80 $3,500
108 Rock the Road 10K London, Ontario CANADA 10K 8/18/13 2   323 144 179 $30 $3,500
109 Papa John's 10 Miler Louisville, KY 10 MI 4/01/14 11   6,179 2,732 3,445 $30 $3,375
110 Darcars Rockville Rotary Twilight Runfest Rockville, MD 8K 7/20/13 27   2,006 1,077 929 $28 $3,350
111 Oakland Marathon Walnut Creek, CA MARATHON 3/01/14 4   854     $90 $3,300
112 Marin Memorial Day 10k Kentfield, California 10K 5/26/14 36   513 311 202 $30 $3,000
113 Tely 10 Mile Road Race 10 MI 7/28/13 85   3,365 1,392 1,972 $70 $3,000
114 Grete's Great Gallop Manhattan, NY HALF MARATHON 10/01/13* 18   5,947 2,993 2,954 $45 $2,900
115 Long Beach International City Bank Half Marathon Long Beach, CA HALF MARATHON 10/13/13 28   11,206 4,664 6,542 $90 $2,700
116 Monumental Half Marathon Indianapolis, IN HALF MARATHON 11/02/13 5   4,990     $55 $2,650
117 Bix 7 miler Davenport, Iowa 7 MI 7/27/13 36   10,405     $32 $2,500
118 Boxing Day 10 Miler Hamilton, Ontario, CAN 10 MI 12/26/13 92   726 416 310 $65 $2,500
119 Fargo Half Marathon Fargo, North Dakota HALF MARATHON 5/01/14* 9   5,590 2,121 3,469 $45 $2,400
120 Fifth Third River Bank Run 10k Grand Rapids, MI 10K 5/01/14* 36   4,191 1,637 2,554 $30 $2,000
121 Fifth Third River Bank Run 5k Grand Rapids, MI 5K 5/01/14* 36   5,278 2,214 3,064 $28 $2,000
122 ING Miami Half Marathon Miami, Florida HALF MARATHON 2/02/14 10   16,039 7,739 8,293 $60 $2,000
123 Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon Sonoma, California HALF MARATHON 7/21/13 9 3,000 2,504     $125 $2,000
124 St Jude Memphis Marathon Memphis, Tennessee MARATHON 12/07/13 10   2,627 1,401 1,226 $120 $2,000
125 The 10 Miler Eugene, OR 10 MI 9/29/13 1   152 89 63 $30 $2,000
126 Rock The Parkway Half Marathon Kansas City, Mo HALF MARATHON 4/12/14   5,500 5,500     $50 $1,800
127 Mohawk Hudson River Half Marathon Schenectady, New York HALF MARATHON 10/13/13 30   764     $55 $1,750
128 Rhody Run Port Townsend, WA 12K 5/01/14* 34   1,961 795 1,166 $25 $1,700
129 Healdsburg Wine Country Half Marathon Geyserville, CA HALF MARATHON 10/26/13 5   2,144     $105 $1,500
130 Clarksburg Country Run Clarksburg, California HALF MARATHON 11/10/13 47   434     $45 $1,450
131 California Classic Weekend Half Marathon Fresno, Ca HALF MARATHON 5/01/14* 3   1,783 740 1,043 $60 $1,400
132 Ashenfelter 8k Classic Glen Ridge, NJ 8K 11/28/13 13   2,552 1,308 1,244 $25 $1,200
133 Atlantic City 10K Atlantic City, NJ 10K 10/12/13     366 101 265 $40 $1,200
134 FirstMerit Bank Lakefront 10 Miler Chicago, IL 10 MI 4/01/14* 2   1,383 650 725 $60 $1,150
135 Capitol Hill Classic 10k Washington, D.C. 10K 5/01/14* 34   2,363 1,075 1,288 $33 $750
136 Fontana Day Half Marathon Fontana, California HALF MARATHON 6/01/14* 58   1,027     $35 $750
137 Fontana Day 5k Fontana, California 5K 6/01/14*     478     $35 $700
138 Atlantic City 5K Atlantic City, NJ 5K 10/12/13     336 108 228 $30 $650
139 Speedy PD 10k Tuttle Creek State Park, Manhattan, KS 10K 8/24/13 4   100 50 50 $28 $500
140 It's A Wonderful Run 5k Seneca Falls, New York 5K 12/01/13* 3   2,714     $20 $350