As we were researching running races in the PNW for the summer season we saw that our favorite running shop in Bellingham had started a new program -- stop by the shop and pick up a FREE Fairhaven Runners shirt. Then, wear the shirt in 3 races, submit a photo and your time and receive $15 store credit. We were very pumped to participate in this, represent our hometown running store around the world, and earn some running shoe credit while doing so. An email to family, a sister who shared our story with the store employees ("No, you see ... they live in Kuwait and there is nothing to do there but run. My sister has to have the t-shirt not the tank because showing shoulders is a sin. No -- they cannot celebrate good races with a nice, cold beer for that is a sin, too. No -- no one really knows why they chose to move to this country but by-god, they want a free shirt"), and a lot of coordination from our Mom and viola -- free running shirts secured.
The catch: the cost to ship said shirts to Kuwait via FedEx $98 USD.
Yup, our "free shirts" just put us in the hole a whole lot of dinero.
In fact, even with running the races and collecting our store credit, we
still are spending $68 in free advertising for our little, local
running shop. Fairhaven Runners ... you owe us!!
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| We (Maria) literally collected the last two shirts in the store for us. Repping Fairhaven Runners in the middle east? Man, it was meant to be. |
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| We are proud to report that we tested our gear on a 20k this weekend and it worked perfectly (little bits of chaffing not counted)! |
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