Shobukhova, 36, won $1 million as winner of the World Marathon Majors series in 2009-10 and 2010-11. She also won $265,000 in placement prize money and $90,000 in time bonuses from her four Chicago Marathons, including a fourth place in 2012. Her appearance fees in Chicago, where she is the only runner to have won three straight titles, likely approached an aggregate $500,000.