Run or walk for a great cause and get some great swag! Run or walk a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon between 10/9/2015 and 10/12/2015, and get some great swag while supporting a great cause: Medals4Mettle! Registration is open! Sign up online today and join in on this event. You can use code “M4M” at checkout to save! REGISTER HERE!
If you’ve never heard of it, a virtual race is an event coordinated online where participants complete their miles on their own. It’s a great way for people to connect their love of running or race walking with a cause they support. As a part of this particular race, participants are mailed an awesome swag box, filled with over 20 samples from health, wellness and sports products vendors.
How it works: Register for the Swagtastic Virtual Races online===HERE. Choose between a 5K, 10K, a half marathon (13.1 miles), or a full marathon (26.2 miles). You can complete your virtual race on your own, or as part of a road race. All participants should be at least 18 years of age. Race bibs are sent electronically, and participant swag boxes are sent out via USPS Mail.
Between October 9, 2015 and October 12, 2015: run or walk your virtual race. Do it on the road, or on a treadmill. Do it all in one day or split up the miles between days. Do it simultaneously with a road race. Self-track your time, and self-report your results. What’s unique about this Swagtastic virtual race? SWAG! Race participants can register to receive the virtual race swag box. They also have a non-swag option for those that just wish to participate and make a donation.
Instead of a medal, all participants get the most awesome part of races- the SWAG! Over 25 health, wellness, nutrition and food companies have donated their products and samples for our race participants and they mail them to everyone in the event in one large box! They have awesome product donations from great companies like SmartyPants Vitamins, Vous Vitamins, Mariani Fruit Company, SoyJoy, Noric Naturals, Evo Hemp, Ricola, and many more! Swagtastic is sharing the photos of all products as they arrive on their social media feeds.
Plus, Swagtastic has donated raffle prizes such as a gear set from BibRave and gift certificates for Road ID, and Swagtastic is randomly putting them in the boxes!
New in 2015: instead of hosting a post-race drawing for raffle prizes, Swagtastic will be randomly putting the raffle prizes in the swag boxes when we sent them out! Swagtastic has made this change so that more money goes to Medals4Mettle, as the shipping costs are reduced.
Note: Prizes and swag boxes will be sent to residents of the United States only. There is a “no swag box” option for people who wish to participate but live outside the US or don’t want the box.
This virtual race benefits Medals4Mettle, a nonprofit organization that facilitates the gifting of donated marathon, half marathon, and triathlon finishers’ medals to children and adults fighting debilitating illnesses who might not be able to run a race, but are in a race of their own just to continue to live their life. It is in honor of this mettle and courage in bravely facing these challenges that they are awarded a medal. This race is organized by M4M chapter coordinators.
View a Medals4Mettle medal presentation here:
You can follow Swagtastic on Facebook and Twitter, or check out their website to REGISTER!
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