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A societal media influencer received a load of backlash aft posting herself crossing nan decorativeness statement of nan NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon connected Sunday contempt not signing up for nan race.
Alexa Curtis, 26, posted an apology on X, wherever she said nan station was "meant to beryllium inspirational."
"I did not recognize I would offend truthful galore people," she wrote. "…I had nary volition to return thing from anyone aliases nan race: I was moving for myself for my intelligence health. In nan early I’ll beryllium judge to look up nan rules if I determine to tally again."
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Participants of nan New York City Half-Marathon are seen present on Flatbush Avenue successful Brooklyn connected Sunday March 17, 2024. 0801. (Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Curtis was banditing, different known arsenic moving a title without registering. It’s a highly arguable point to do considering introduction frees for races are utilized to salary for security, aesculapian responders, h2o and Gatorade during nan race, and more.
A information of registration, which is $125 and up, besides spell to charity. NYU Langone Healthy is nan Brooklyn Half Marathon’s "signature kindness partner."
Curtis admitted she didn’t motion up for nan title successful a lengthy post.
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"Just ran 13.1 milles for nan Brooklyn half marathon astatine a 7.43 infinitesimal pace," Curtis’s station read. "I didn’t locomotion astatine all. I cried during a batch of it. I went to furniture astatine 10 PM.
"I conscionable asked nan information wherever it started and wherever it ended and jumped in," she said while explaining nan hardships she’s had successful her life recently. "No 1 watched maine transverse nan decorativeness statement this year.
"When group inquire maine what being fearless is, it’s for illustration asking information wherever nan title starts and wherever it ends. Everything successful nan middle, each nan bull***, nan pain, nan trauma you’re gonna acquisition successful your life is thing because you started moving and you’re not going to extremity conscionable because you transverse that decorativeness line. You ne'er person it each figured retired but you trust connected yourself because that’s each you person successful life: you."
People who didn’t admit Curtis jumping into nan title flooded her comments, pinch 1 X personification saying, "You are a bandit and you stole from this title and this community. These things are costly and for charity. Shame connected you."
Curtis replied to this comment.
Participants of nan New York City Half-Marathon are seen present on Flatbush Avenue successful Brooklyn connected Sunday March 17, 2024. 0801. (Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
"You cognize I don’t person nan power to reply to this but I’m gonna because past week I refunded a customer $17,000 because I was an idiot, didn’t person a statement and she decided she wasn’t ‘happy and desperately needed nan money back’ but nan past point I wanted was an American Express conflict to past woody pinch nary of my existing clients to beryllium capable to person their invoices processed.
"I worked for free for 2 weeks while moving a 2nd business (be fearless) wherever I perpetually suffer money yet show up to animate young women to beryllium fearless who trust connected maine to.
"So get backmost to maine astir stealing – google nan meaning of it origin that’s what happened to maine successful business this period not moving a half marathon. Hbu? Any wins and losses you wanna mention connected twitter?"
Curtis’ publicist told The New York Post that she "decided past infinitesimal to participate successful nan Brooklyn Half."
"It was not intentional that she did not motion up, alternatively she thought it would beryllium a bully measurement to thief dispersed nan connection via her level astir nan value of moving your body/working retired and nan mind-body relationship arsenic good arsenic stock immoderate bully consciousness for nan Brooklyn Half," publication nan statement, which besides pointed retired Curtis is visiting from overseas.
"Her information was meant to beryllium a affirmative move, and it’s very unfortunate that she is now receiving specified antagonistic backlash astir thing that was to beryllium uplifting for her followers."
NYCRUNS issued a connection to The Post arsenic well, saying a grounds was made pinch participants successful this race.
The 2024 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon is held successful New York City. The people starts successful Brooklyn and ends successful Central Park successful Manhattan. (Roy Rochlin/New York Road Runners via Getty Images)
"We had a grounds number of runners astatine Sunday’s NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon pinch complete 21,000 charismatic finishers.
"Our apical privilege is nan information and well-being of each 1 of those runners, and nan bib that each runner wears is their lifeline if a aesculapian rumor arises connected nan course," nan connection continued. "It’s vulnerable to tally successful a title without a bib, and it’s besides not adjacent to nan thousands of runners who are."
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Curtis, a Connecticut native, founded Be Fearless Inc., which is simply a "reinvented profession brand" that intends to "helping you beryllium fearless & nan leader of your ain life." Curtis has 13,100 followers connected X and 23,300 connected Instagram.
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