By Popular Demand

A little while back, we made a post about t-shirts. We didn't mean to upset you, but we did. We get a call, an e-mail, or a comment on this every day. People send in registrations with little notes about the t-shirt. (I want mine, please, here is my size.) I guess one of the reasons t-shirts are so common at races is that runners like their t-shirts! Who knew? We just didn't want to make something that no one wanted or needed, and eventually just threw away.

We still want you to participate in our t-shirt swap. Just bring in your old or unwanted race or running shirts, and take home a new-to-you shirt. Or simply donate your old shirts. Again, info on that is in this post.

As you may have noticed, our theme is anti-garbage. Specifically, it's road clean-up. That's our "charity" if you will. We did not know of a Put Your Trash In The Can And Make Less Waste While You Are At It organization in Oklahoma. So our race serves that function. And yet, many of you assure us that you indeed want a race shirt. We already have our giveaways, but then we thought the local high school Cross-Country and Track and Field team could use a boost, people want shirts, and so we designed and ordered a shirt for them to sell. It is a very limited run with simple artwork and is a cool and soft 50/50 blend material. For $17.00 you can take home a t-shirt and donate profits to young local runners.

In keeping with our quest to run a high-quality operation, we looked for the coolest shirts around to use as examples for our design. I googled "cool t-shirts" and came up with this (on the right.) It is a liquid cooled shirt that runs around $130. And it is really cool! Except, I suppose, for the refrigerant system you have to lug around. And the price. We wanted to hit a price closer to a tenth of that.

So I thought that maybe my lingo was a little off. It's true all the cool cats nowadays say "cool beans," but it doesn't apply to t-shirts I think. In fact, I am starting to think there is not a "cool cat" in today's lexicon. Cool is not cool. Maybe hot is the new cool. So, I googled "hot t-shirts." I was introduced to an entirely different genre of t-shirt. One that I don't recommend googling, especially with small children gamboling through the house. I should have known. Sorry about that one.

So it came down to "what would we wear?" And we came up with a t-shirt that is not festooned with ads and sponsors, but is just a simple, yet bold reminder that you came to The Road Kill. And you get to support young local runners. And so do we. Everyone is happy!

But we still think you are going to Love the Fantastic trophyesque cup you'll be getting. It is shiny, practical, beautiful, durable, and reusable. Much more practical, and more valuable than a race-shirt. They go to the early registrants, but we have a few left. First-come, first served. Reserve yours today.