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1. Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon är nummer ett.
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Founded in 2000, this small, scenic race of about 15,000 participants is also one of the most lucrative, with a prize purse of $800,000 and $200,000 in world’s best time bonuses. In 2014, $200,000 was awarded to both the first place male and female winners. And second place? A cool $80,000. The bonus for setting the World’s Best time is $100,000. In January of 2008, the Dubai Marathon was the richest long distance running event in history. The winners received $250,000 (more than double any prize money to that date) and a million dollar offer from Dubai Holding if they set a world best. Unfortunately, no record was set that day, as Haile Gebrselassie won in 2:04:53, which, on that date in 2008, only ranked second in marathon history. He went on to set the 2008 record later that year in the Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:03:59, which currently stands at the fifth best all time Marathon.
2. Boston Marathon är tvåa
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The Boston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the world and the second longest continuously run footrace in the US, losing only to the Buffalo Turkey Trot. The top male and female finishers of the 36,000 runners this year received $150,000, with second place earning $75,000. More than $800,000 in total prize money was awarded in the 2014 race, which has been sponsored by John Hancock Financial since 1986. Although this course is not eligible for setting world best times (because of an overall decrease in elevation and wind-aid), there is a bonus prize of $50,000 for breaking the world best time, and $25,000 for breaking the course record. It is also one of the six participating World Marathon Majors races. The most rewarded Boston runner of all time was four time champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, a Kenyan runner who has earned a total of $469,000 from the Boston race alone.
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