Influencer is slammed for boasting about running the Brooklyn half marathon ... trends now
A New York City influencer is coming under fire after she admitted to running in last weekend's Brooklyn Half Marathon without paying.
Alexa Curtis who has more than 23,000 followers on Instagram and a further 13,000 on X, posted both a video and accompanying tweet about how she ran the entire 13.1 miles without registering or paying to run the race.
The cost to those runners who were participating legitimately is $125.
Curtis wrote a lengthy tweet in which she explained how the race had been cathartic for her with the race route, bringing back memories for her.
'I just ran 13.1 miles for the Brooklyn half marathon at a 7.43 minute pace. I didn't walk at all. I cried during a lot of it. I went to bed at 10 PM. I didn't sign up for this race. I just asked the security where it started and where it ended and jumped in,' she began, admitting to entering the race.
New York City influencer, Alexa Curtis, sparked controversy after confessing to running in the Brooklyn Half Marathon without paying the $125 entrance fee
Curtis shared a video and tweet about her unregistered 13.1-mile run, skipping the $125 fee highlighting its emotional significance for her
Alongside her video, Alexa Curtis posted a lengthy tweet about her run
Curtis was taken to task by online users who were unhappy with her behavior
'No one watched me cross the finish line this year. I didn't charge my AirPods last night. I didn't train for this. The most I've run in the past 13 months was 6 miles. I had 2 glasses of wine last night.'
Curtis, who founded Be Fearless Inc., a 'reinvented career brand' devoted to 'helping you be fearless & the boss of your own life', told how she had run past her very first Brooklyn apartment, where she had endured heartbreak in both business and her personal life.
'I ran past my first apartment in Brooklyn, where I lived when I was so broke and blogging living with five roommates.
'Over the past year I've faced the worst heartbreak in business and my personal life. Moved to a different country. Got f***** over so bad in business. Got out of debt and got back into a bit of it. The only person I relied on to show up and cross that finish line today was myself,' Curtis went on.
But those reading her message and watching her video online saw things very differently and were astounded that she'd had the audacity to run the full race without paying for it like thousands of other runners had.
Banditing — running a race without registering — is particularly controversial in the running world because the entry fees are used to pay for course support
