Justin Gillette gets to do what he loves as a career.
Gillette is a marathon runner. “I have always wanted to not work,” said Gillette in an interview with Write on Sports. He is currently ranked number two in the U.S. in total marathon wins. His first marathon was on his high school graduation day. He has enjoyed them ever since.
Gillette has raced with a lot of success. “If I had to guess I would say 145 or 150 (races),” said Gillette about the total number of races he’s been in. He has won 77 of those. He also was asked about chasing number one in the U.S. He says it is “not very important,” and he feels confident he will catch up.
Justin Gillette also makes money from his running. He has collected several sponsors and gets prize money from all of his wins. Gillette provided most of the money for his family while his wife was working on her PhD, so the pressure was on after he missed two months due to an injury. Now his wife got her PhD and Gillette has recovered and is back on track as a runner.