Entrepreneur and Instagram brand ambassador, Kelly Berger, 22, was shocked to find a charity-sponsored race giving away free money to all the participants. “5K for running 3.5 miles?” she remembered thinking aloud, “sounds like a steal!”
But right off the bat, there were red flags. “I paid about $50 to do the race,” she said, “but I figured $4,950 was still a heckuva profit.” Despite initial discouragement of having to pay, Kelly dedicated herself to a steady training routine of feeling guilty every time she thought about the upcoming race.
Her training paid off — she completed the race in just under 50 minutes, smashing several geriatric running records. However, once the race ended she saw people taking selfies, but no one handed out checks. “Yeah so, apparently, they gave my 5-grand to some low-income family to buy like bread and stuff. I’m still pretty mad about it.”
She said it’s the hypocrisy that makes her the most angry. “Like, if you’re gonna promise to do something for someone, just like follow through, okay?”
She viciously sub-tweeted the charity that sponsored this 5K “scam” for several straight days before she started to come to terms with her story. “I guess it’s just like part of my journey now,” she shared in her last Instagram post, “the most disappointing part really is the money, though. I already spent 6-grand on Lululemon running clothes.”
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