I participated in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge this past weekend. Hosted by the Challenged Athletes Foundation, it’s a great event. But with a $250 entry fee (along with a requirement to raise an additional $250 through donations) it ain’t cheap. Softening the blow is the fact that the fee benefits a great organization. Oh, and the swag is top-notch. Here is a sampling:
First, all the stuff comes in a huge Nike Bag:
But the real treasure looms inside the bag. Like a sport towel, sun block, race-number belt, energy drink, and carabineer:
Body Glide:
A running head towel thing-a-ma-jig:
A De Soto Sports running fuel belt:
A 6-pack of race gels:
An inner tube:
Running-shoe lace locks:
A pair of black swim jammers (last year they gave us red jammers;I made the mistake of wearing the red jammers to a master’s workout one day, and my friends and the swim coach would not shut up about how stupid I looked):
Slippers:
Two water bottles:
Goggles:
An issue of Triathlete Magazine (it’s an old issue, but it’s the one with the super model on the cover, so I’m not complaining):
Two pairs of running socks:
They included a really ugly De Soto running hat:
But I didn’t fret too much, because they also gave us a great looking Headsweats running hat:
Like any other race, the swag bag included a cotton commemorative T-Shirt:
But unlike other races, they included a tech-T
and a long-sleeved tech-T
AND a cotton hoodie:
Of course, there are some items I didn’t appreciate, like the stick of WD-40:
and a VHS copy of Double Take, starring Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones (I would have preferred Under Cover Brother, in DVD format):
But then CAF came back strong by including a pair of Nike Running Shoes:
