Not bad pay. USD 150,000 for Boston marathon winner

Sports is like acting, music etc. Those people earn well. But don’t dream that you can easily replicate their success. They earn well because they do what 99% of the population can’t. That’s why they get the big bucks. Very few people make it to become professional athletes. In sports, you just don’t choose the career, the career chooses you too based on factors beyond your control e.g talent and genetics.