Influencer Alexa Curtis is slammed for boasting about running the Brooklyn half marathon without registering or paying

A New York City influencer is coming under fire after admitting to running the Brooklyn Half Marathon last weekend without paying.

Alexa Curtis, who has more than 23,000 followers on Instagram and another 13,000 on X, posted both a video and an accompanying tweet about how she completed the entire 13.1 miles without registering or paying to run the race.

The costs for participating runners are €125.

Curtis wrote a lengthy tweet explaining how the race had been cathartic for her regarding the course, bringing back memories of her time in Brooklyn.

“I just ran 13.1 miles for the Brooklyn Half Marathon at a pace of 7.43 minutes. I didn’t run at all. “It made me cry a lot,” she said. ‘I went to bed at 10 p.m. I have not registered for this race. I just asked security where it started and where it ended and jumped in.”

‘Nobody saw me cross the finish line this year. I didn’t charge my AirPods last night. I didn’t train for this. The most I have run in the last 13 months was 6 miles. I had two glasses of wine last night.”

Curtis, founder of Be Fearless Inc., a “reinvented career brand” dedicated to “helping you be fearless and in charge of your own life,” shared how she ran past her very first apartment in Brooklyn, where she had endured heartbreak in both cases. business and her personal life.

“I ran past my first apartment in Brooklyn, where I lived when I was so broke and blogging with five roommates.

‘Over the past year I have had to deal with the worst heartbreak, both professionally and privately. Moved to another country. I’ve had such a bad time in business. I got out of debt and kind of got back into it. The only person I trusted to get to the finish today was myself,” Curtis continued.

But those who read her post and watched her video online saw her cheapness very differently and were amazed that she had the nerve to run the race without paying.

Banditing – running a race without registration – is particularly controversial in the running world because entry fees are used to pay for course support such as security, medical providers, water and energy drinks.

Part of the registration costs usually goes to charity.

“Bit unfair to the others who have paid for the police support, road closures and first aiders…,” wrote Lorna Roberts.

‘Life isn’t fair :(‘ Curtis replied.

“Bad attitude – do better,” responded X user Stefan Lingmerth.

“You are a bandit and you have stolen from this race and this community. these things are expensive and for a good cause. shame on you,” another user added.

‘This is really unfair and selfish. I’m sorry you felt that cheating the system was the way to be “fearless.” You could have run 13.1 through Central Park, dude. I hope you get banned from running any more of their races. (You already knew the risks when you decided to do this) And you can put ‘life isn’t fair’ into your self-righteousness,” said another.

On Monday, Curtis apologized to her followers, but the criticism did not stop.

‘I didn’t know I would offend so many people. The post was meant to be an inspiration and I had no intention of taking anything away from anyone or the race: I was running for myself for my mental health. In the future, I will definitely look up the rules if I decide to run again,” Curtis said.

“You knew the rules. If everyone did what you did, what do you think would happen,” Lingmerth chimed in.

‘It’s obvious why you can’t move forward. You are a fraud, entitled and very unpleasant,” Camilla Rhodes wrote.

“You’re inspiring people to cheat the system by not donating to charity events and then bragging about it online and calling it fearless. Money, time and resources are put into an event like this, which in turn helps people. You took advantage of it to elevate yourself,” Nikki said.

‘If you are really sorry, you can donate the entry fee to the main charity of the event. Everything else is just words and you are only sorry that you have been called out on what is actually a fraud. How would your customers feel if you were an impostor? Be better,” David Swales added.

The NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half, whose route passes under the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges before ending in Prospect Park, released a statement condemning Curtis’ behavior.

“We had a record number of runners at Sunday’s NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon with more than 21,000 official finishers.

“Our top priority is the safety and well-being of all those runners, and the vest each runner wears is their lifeline if a medical problem arises on the course.” It is dangerous to run a race without a bib number, and it is not fair to the thousands of runners who do so.’