Kolek planning to go pro
Terrible news for sure. A run is no longer a good thing. Not inclusive enough I guess the message is.
What a horse sh1t reason.
https://twitter.com/docReiner/status/1638957649373831179?t=hKyhR6BbS0tnFUtR_CFvIA&s=19
I know, right?If not everyone can actually run in Al's Run, no one can.
I have no insider info, but I’m guessing it’s a combo of two things:1. I think Briggs & Stratton pulled or greatly reduced their sponsorship. That company is barely a presence in Milwaukee anymore. In fact, I think they’ll be gone from the city in a few years, so sponsoring this event doesn’t really benefit them.2. Attendance was way down last year. 8000 runners in 2022 vs. 15,000 in 2018. And it was only 10,000 in 2019, so it wasn’t all covid related. It probably takes more than 8000 runners to make something of that magnitude make sense.
Getting a sponsor should be a fairly easy get. I have no idea how big attendance needs to be, but it is by far the biggest run/walk in the state. If Al’s is not big enough, the other 250+ 5k’s are not big enough.I guess someone could argue the route, but a grand total of six cars drive down Wisconsin Ave on a Saturday morning.