Six outrageous running items you could buy with Powerball winnings

The Powerball lottery just eclipsed the US$1.5 billion on Monday.

Fortunately for Canadians, non-U.S. citizens are legally allowed to purchase Powerball tickets and win the prize, according to lottery expert Don McNay speaking to CTV’s Canada AM on Monday.

The Canada Revenue Agency does not generally tax lottery cash winnings but if a Canadian were to win the Powerball lottery, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would take a hefty chunk.

With the Powerball winnings, the lottery winner could often buy hundreds of the following running-related items:

38mm 18-Karat Rose Gold Case with Rose Gray Modern Buckle – US$17,000

AppleCare+ for the limited edition Apple Watch is an additional $1,500.

Sir Roger Bannister’s Sub-4 Spikes – £266,500

Sir Roger Bannister’s spikes from his historic sub-4-minute mile race fetched the equivalent of $549,000 (in today’s Canadian dollars) at an auction, five times more than the expected amount.

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10 million pairs of running shoes

If the average shoe were to fetch for $150, the Powerball lottery winnings would be enough to purchase truckloads of shoes.

Alter-G Treadmill — US$35,000-75,000

Although the company’s official website does not contain prices, BizJournals has reported that Alter-G Treadmills can be as expensive as US$75,000. The treadmills are anti-gravity.

A private track identical to Kenenisa Bekele’s — US$1.5 million

According to the IAAF, 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder Kenenisa Bekele paid US$1.5 million for a six-lane, private track.

Bekele told the IAAF, “It is not easy to build a track, financially. You have to have money to spend. You can try to make money back but I didn’t care about making money from this track. It was very expensive. With the ground work, and everything, it has cost me $1.5 million. It was very tough to do for one athlete.”

The GDP (PPP) equivalent of Grenada — US$1.326 billion

According to Top End Sports, Grenada is ranked second in average track and field gold medals per million population. The small Caribbean nation has only one gold courtesy of Kirani James in the men’s 400m at the 2012 Summer Olympics.