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Following on, though at somewhat of a tangent, from KK's white race T thread,
What would make you buy a race T? (if anything)
What would put you off buying a race T?
I ran a hm on Sunday and they had event T's on sale - cotton, in a range of colours and I bought the white one because it looked the best with the design. It was a light weight cotton and the small was actually a small, not a tent made for a family of elephants.
At the same time, I had trained hard for the event so to me it wasn't just another race - bit of a memento thing.
The front had the race name and an image, the rear had the names of the (pre paid) entrants, which I liked - though more because it appealed to my sense of aesthetics but that's a long story.
Now I have got a couple of tech T's that I binned as the material was naff.
What would be your memento of choice for a race be?
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A time from a certified course would do for me, although I might buy a t shirt if it was a couple of quid for something to wear.
I love a good medal!
Not sure why, I just like collecting them.
I like medals.
I'm fed up with none-technical tshirts. I've just made a resolution to only pick up the "free" tshirts if they are technical (so I can train in them) and I've started throwing my old ones away, plus my wife always complains that I look scruffy when I wear them.
Our club gave out some nice vests a few years ago - still wear mine.
Best thing I ever got from a race was a pair of gloves which I wore loads before they gave up the ghost - also got a couple of mugs which I use as well - have so many t shirts now I just end up chucking them
I like the Adidas London T shirts, last year was a London Skyline design, this year they had a pair of lungs on the front.
I bought a T at the Sandstone Trail race last year because it was just so bloody hard in such awful weather I wanted a memento.
TBH I wouldn't really have bought many of the race shirts i have, they're pretty awful, just use them for sleeping in usually.
(gratuitous self promotion alert)
Guess what I can make out of old race T shirts?
Those xempo t-shirts are a bit like a trunki.
A very good business idea but I wouldn't be seen dead with one.
We're talking about buying a shirt not the ones they give away at the end to all the finishers?
It's like going to a concert and buying a T-shirt so that people can see what music you like.
I'm not sure I would buy one unless it was a special race - a really hard one that maybe people would ask about and you could tell them how difficult it was and what an epic struggle you had
If I was buying one I wouldn't want any sponsors logos on it unless the sponsor was included in the actual name of the race.
I've got all mine hanging on the same hanger in my wardrobe, it's getting quite heavy now. I'll have a look and get some ideas of why I like the ones I do.
The last thing I want to do at the end of a race is go looking at t-shirts though. I'm off to the pub for a pie and a pint.
They're all pretty much the same.
Race Name, Year
Organising Club Logo/name
Date of race.
Sponsor's logos.
At the end of the day I suspect most of the club logos, fonts and layouts for the t-shirt are not designed by a professional. It would make a big difference if they were.
I've never actually worn any of them
possibly because they don't look great aesthetically but there are a few special races I've done that I would have liked a t-shirt from but gave out medals. Medals are OK but what do you do with them? At least you can wear a t-shirt.
ok - trunki - anyone going to share or do I need to take a google course in linguistics
The t from the race I bought has no big sponsorship logo - just the race and on the back the names of the runners. - and yes it was a tough race and one that I specifically trained for. I guess what I'm saying is that I made an investment in the race and that is what counts - to me at least. Maybe this is what is being alluded to. ?
Free race t-shirts are great. Not only can you wear them to death, you can also do DIY/painting in themtoo.
The better technical t-shirts with just the race logo/details on are a badge of honour, and like you say biker, if you have trained for months for it, wear it with pride afterwards.
I'd prefer a vest to a T shirt, wear vests for 90% of my runs.
One of the best mementos was a keyring trolley fob that I use each time I go shopping...
Love medals... a nice memory jogger.
Medals are a must. My medal tree is one of my most cherished posessions.
Race tees have been kept but never worn, now just taking up space in the spare room.
I'm not too bothered about medals, tend to give them away to small relatives, but I do like a nice t shirt.
Hellrunner t shirts were good - cotton, not running ones but they were purple and they had different sizes so I wear mine out sometimes (and I do like getting asked what the t shirt is for)! I would probably only buy a t shirt if I needed one or it was a special event or I really liked the t shirt.
Do you find they tend to be boring white t shirts most of the time though? How about a nice bright yellow one for a change?!
On a slightly different note, I do love it when races give out goody bags as well, with lots of strange things to eat and put on your skin
The last race I did ran out of goody bags by the time I got there
, luckily they still had medals.
I saw a guy at the weekend in his 2011 finisher's t-shirt - white cotton.
Guess it depends really... I bought a tech t-shirt on the first ever half i did, as a memento and because i'd trained hard for it!
Also, bought a cotton tee at the NSPCC half as it was £5 for charity.
BHF free t-shirt was utter rubbish, waste of money by the charity.
Won't get anymore t-shirts i don't think.... Medals need to have a meaning to be worth keeping, but the quality varies massively. Hardwick x-stream is the best so far... Looking forward to Snowdownia slate one in October...