Acosta has struggled to find sponsorship since leaving Oregon in 2011, and supported himself this past year as a substitute teacher. But after finishing sixth in the USATF 1,500 meters in June, he moved to the Bay Area and took up his post behind the counter at a Starbucks just two blocks from the track at the University of California.
“Except for the top 1 percent, a lot of runners don’t make a whole lot of money,” he said “Having a part-time gig takes some of the pressure of having to need that assistance.
“And I don’t know of too many 4-minute baristas.”
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