Just signed up for the Southwest Spine and Sports Mountain to Fountain 15K - sounds like a great race through a beautiful area just east of Phoenix. There is prize money involved, and teams can win beer from a local microbrewery! Anyone else running this one? It's hosted by a Phoenix-area running club, the Bandidos, and it's March 12 so that's a great time of year to run in AZ. Would love to hear what you know about this event.
This is awesome!!!
This is a great way to promote the sport. Good stuff right here.
When Jan Zelezny had his farewell meet in Ostrava everyone who attended got free beer. Whether he paid for it or not who knows but it is a nice gesture.
HI - this race looks like fun. It looks like it starts in the McDowell Mountains. That is a really beautiful area.
WOW! check it out only$35 for a 15k!: www.bandidos15k.com Looks like an amazing course too!
Free Beer in AZ you say? I'm for sure running this one!
I smell a rat...
I think the tipoff was mixing a 'running girl' with 'free beer' and all the 'other' posters chiming in. If you're going to troll for interest at least have one dissenter.
Nah man, all the poster names are so original, they can't be fakes
Ms. Klausner,
That sounds like an awesome event. Wish it was closer to home so I could run it.
Love,
Mr. Slackerdom
Jefe - no rats! I run, I live in AZ, I was looking for a spring race, and I like beer, so this race appealed to me. Wanted to know if anyone else had heard of it and what they know about it. You don't find very many 15K distances. I've heard of the Bandidos - they are at a lot of local races and tend to be in the winners' circle a lot. Curious about the course, who else might be running, etc. Hope to get some more info!
Reject guerrilla marketing.
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Lots of breweries do this thinking that most good runners don't drink a lot of beer.
Whoa, did you say beer? I live in Australia, but I'm gonna make the trip!
There is another race in Portland (Shamrock Run 15K) with the exact same prize structure and I believe on the same day. Also adds $1000 to the purse if I am not mistaken.
sadly no more money at shamrock...but I am pissed that someone overlooked this one and scheduled same day! if they'd hold it on sunday, i could do shamrock sat, then fly SW to phx and do that one sunday....just imagine how smashed you could get... :)
fyi, when i won shamrock, i tipped even at 11 cases of Widmer....most of which went to the bubble boys.
dude-
dan az runner man wrote:
WOW! check it out only$35 for a 15k!:
http://www.bandidos15k.comLooks like an amazing course too!
I am impressed by their slogan "for runners, by runners".
More impressed by their posting their race budget.
even better, it's the same day as gate river and the purse is US only. anyone who's not going to be in the top 5-6 at gate is going to make more winning this one.
lip kitton wrote:
Lots of breweries do this thinking that most good runners don't drink a lot of beer.
Uh... Someone is winning the beer regardless of how fast they are. In fact, it seems as if breweries would prefer a faster runner to win as his weight would be lower than a fatty in the back.
I just read the course info, anything in Fountain Hills is tough! I will have to look into it, it's practically outside my door...;) Thanks for the info!
Just curious, is this an individual thing or teams or both?
Sounds like fun, I might come down there to run! Anyone need a teammate? Not real fast, but should be in the 51-52 min. range by then.