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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Breaking even!

Look what came in the mail today!
And the sweet little personalized note!!! I die!!!

It's a gift card...
For $50 at Whole Foods (or, as David says, three whole items).
Whole Foods donated these for the top three finishers at the Louisiana Marathon, but everyone forgot about them. So this was a happy surprise in the mail!
Here's the best part: I paid $50 to register for this race, so getting the gift card means I broke even. 
And for someone as cheap as me, that's just plain heaven.


What's the best prize/award/race swag you;ve ever gotten?
Besides this gift card, getting wicking socks at Baton Rouge Beach Marathon was pretty awesome!

16 comments:

  1. Love Whole Foods, so to me, that's a prize that beats a plastic trophy any day! Enjoy buying your 3 items!

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  2. Woo hoo! I love whole foods, but not the prices. Enjoy the banana and head of lettuce it buys you, haha. :)

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  3. Sweet! I hope it's the best lettuce ever!

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  4. The best for me was definitely the swag and prizes for a trail race with Forge Racing Series (based in Baton Rouge). I did a 10K this summer in North La. with them and the swag for starters included a technical t-shirt, a water bottle, a plastic coffee mug, a Saloman drawstring bag, and some other stuff. Then I placed 2nd female overall and the prizes included a Whole Foods gift card, a Thriv gift card (Running apparel store based out of Metairie - it's now called Tasc and their running clothes are awesome), and some other stuff! It was a small race but high quality, I recommend doing one if you're interested in trail running at all. I think they have one in BR coming up soon.

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  5. Enjoy those 3 items...I guess that is still breaking even. Either way, I'm sure that was a nice mail surprise!

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  6. That is Awesome!!!!! My best win ever was a box of Gu. Unfortuntly it was tangerine flavor. WHich is rather painful to ingest. But I used it, cause I'm also cheap.

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  7. Right on!!! I don't think I've ever won anything from a race... but I do make out pretty well from good expos.

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  8. SO SO SO COOL!! You totally broke even:) Ha ha ha about the 3 things = $50!!

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  9. That is awesome! I would be so excited. So you ran the race for free, essentially, and have the prestige of being a top finisher. How cool!

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  10. Congrats on the gift certificate!

    I've never won anything from a race, my favorite thing is usually race tshirts that I can wear on runs since I don't like buying workout gear =)

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  11. Ha!! Love it! Once in high school I got a Runner's World Gym bag that I still have. (15+ years old now) In a recent race I won a $50 gift card to the nicest restaurant in our small southern town so that was a nice evening out!

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  12. Awesome! Does this mean you're a professional now?!

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  13. Wow, that is awesome!

    I haven't really gotten any super great swag at any of the races I have ran!

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  14. Awesome! I love Whole Foods, but I never shop there due to the $$! I have never gotten such a cool gift. I did place once but all I got was a plaque. I mean, what am I going to do with that?

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  15. Excellent prize! At least it's useful.
    My least favorite swag: junk like hand lotion samples that I'll never use.
    My favorite swag: The Gulf Shores Half Marathon gave beer-openers as race finisher medals. That was pretty clever. (Useful, too!) I think I like that one better than any AG medals I've gotten.

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