$313,500 out of $1 million for an event hardly anyone does and an event that you can do every weekend when the pro marathoners can only do 2 or 3 a year? They really don't care about the pro runners do they?
BAA wrote:
The Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America will now feature a cumulative prize fund of more than $1 million.
Wheelchair champions [T53/54/34] at the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America will now receive a first-place prize of $40,000 (increased from $25,000), and places 2-10 will also receive increases in awards compared to recent years. Wheelchair athletes with T51-T52 classifications will receive awards for places 1-3.
The total wheelchair prize for 2024 will be $313,500 for men and women (previously $125,000).
This includes $50,000 each for a course record (equal to the Open course record award)
The top three finishers in all seven Para Athletics Divisions at the Marathon will receive prize money of $2,500; $1,500; $1,000, respectively.