Professional running is so interesting in this regard.
If you're not the elite of the elite, you better be willing to adapt.
Because your competition is as much the influencer running 45 minutes slower than you as it is your running peers.
The NYC Marathon accepted just 1% of lottery applicants this year—a lower rate than getting into Harvard.
Naturally, the post-pandemic running boom has been fabulous for race directors, but less so for professional runners, whose livelihood is getting pinched by runfluencers