What's the weirdest prize you have ever gotten for a running race?
What's the weirdest prize you have ever gotten for a running race?
A light - Kona (Hawaii) Jingle Bells Run in 1997. I won. Second place was a Blue Hawaii helicopter tour of the island. Needless to say I could not find the logic in the prize structure.
In a fun run called "Hubbard rock n' run" they were giving out rocks for prizes
I won a kettle when I was 15
a tree
A Bathroom tile.
A glass quart canning jar filled with mud and water from the "Muck Run" trail race.
a rocking chair made of recycled materials
a hunk of wood.
a glass beer mug
a pie 6 years ago.
At a Five Miler in Houlton, Maine, I finished second and won a 10# bag of potatoes and an Irving Oil hat. The guy that won took home a case of snowmobile oil.
I used to love racing in Maine.
All the best,
Giles
A jar of honey in a half-marathon, a pizza in a 5k, and my share of a case of beer in a cross-country race
Gift certificate to McDonalds.
Gervs wrote:
A Bathroom tile.
I'll second that one. I've won a 5K for the past few years that must have a coordinator who knows someone at Home Depot.
a piece of wood with a brick on it - it weights like 10 pounds.
A six pound pork roll
My wife ran a half-marathon in October where she got $2500 for the win and a Pez dispenser in lieu of a finisher's medal. Personally, I thought that was great - a race that gives good $$$ for winning and a Pez dispenser for participation! Seems like a lot of races have that concept reversed.
A custom-drilled bowling ball. I still have it. I've used it about five times in 20+ years.
a women's tye dye t-shirt 3 sizes to small. Places 15->2 got to pick what they wanted and I got what was left. You might wonder how a t-shirt could be gender-specific, but believe me, it was.