Happy Friday!!!
I’m linking up again with the DC Trifecta ladies Mar, Cynthia, and Courtney for their weekly Friday Five. This week’s theme: Race Swag. Awww yeah!!!!
I want to say I’m all about the swag but I’m not lol! I just like a good race and if they give a medal or shirt, extra bonus. That being said, I’ve run some races with some pretty sweet swag and I’ll share them with you today 🙂
1. Hot Chocolate 15k
This is an expensive race, not gonna lie, but you’re paying for a great race and great swag. I’ve had a blast the past two years I’ve run the race and have actually used the jackets they’ve given. Often times, we get a shirt and it becomes lost in the dark corners of our closets, but the jackets the Hot Chocolate race gives out are of good quality and stylish–you want to use it. Plus, it’s cool being out and about and seeing someone else wearing it. I always give and get a smile when I see people with their jackets on 🙂
In addition to the jacket, you get a cup of hot chocolate and treats AND a medal!
Post race meal
Unfortunately, it’s not edible.
2. Aravaipa Trail Race
I love trail running and if you want to run a trail race, you have to do an Araivaipa one. For this swag, you get a shirt (again, another one you can actually use) and a beer cup. No medal, but I do use that cup pretty often 😀
For overall winners, you still don’t get a medal. You get a more unique award that differs each race. This is the hardware from badass Run EMZ who placed 1st female overall in a 100 miler (yeah, you read that right):
Check her insta.
3. Flying Pig Marathon & 1/2 Marathon
This was seriously THE funnest race I’ve run. It didn’t produce my fastest time at all but it was the fastest in that time was a-flying!
The swag for this race lives up to the hype of the race itself. Each year it’s something different and this year I got hooked up with a one shoulder bag pack–very functional and useful, a race shirt (that is very stylish and wearable), a poster of the race, and a finisher’s medal.
My Flying Pig Medal.
At the end of the race, there’s a buffet as you leave the finisher’s area. I’m not kidding. A BUFFET. They have a chip table with different types of chips, a fruit table, a cereal bar table, a soup kitchen!, a candy table–I mean, you don’t have enough hands for all the food they give out at the end.
Probably one of my favorite races ever and I wish I wasn’t so far away so I could do it every year.
4. Marine Corps Marathon
Love. This. Marathon.
First, you get your race swag from a Marine.
Cheesin’ real hard
Second, I really enjoyed the Expo and they offered tons of items race related at affordable prices. Yeah, this happened.
This pretty much means you spent too much money.
A lot of people weren’t thrilled with the long sleeved given to us (I actually didn’t mind it. It looked Marine-ish which is what I’d expect from the Marine Corps Marathon). But I couldn’t help myself get another piece to add to my MCM wardrobe.
Taking my new jacket for a stroll by the White House–nbd.
And then of course, the medal.
So beautiful.
5. Phoenix Marathon
Their medals are legit. It is seriously the most awesomest medal in my rack — and it was my first marathon so there’s that too ja!!
Seriously, how beautiful is this medal??
I didn’t finish 2015’s marathon (ugh.) but the race shirt they gave is still the best one I’ve gotten from a race–a racerback and good quality material. However, I’m always reluctant to wear it (because I didn’t finish the race– btw, I hate typing that) but my running friends tell me to heck with it, I trained for that marathon and ran half of it so wear it with pride. It really is a nice shirt.
There you have it! I hope everyone has a great weekend!! Who’s racing? Make sure to share your swag on social media 😀 ❤ , helly
–What’s your favorite race swag? Did the swag live up to the race?
–Any races with sub-par swag items?