The expo for Run the Bluegrass was held at Keeneland Race track. This is where the start/finish also was held on Saturday, so we got to know it quite well. It was a relatively small expo, but still had lots of stuff to check out!
We picked up our numbers first and then headed in to visit the vendors. Stop number 1 was official race merchandise. For a small race, they had a pretty good selection including special bottles of bourbon and horse themed items. I picked up the official coffee mug for only $7 bucks. It's huge and so cute, so great deal!
After official merchandise, we continued along our way. Megan and I made a stop at Sweaty Bands and I picked up 2 new ones. It was buy 1 get 1 free... so I could't resist.
They also had Heather Abbot at the expo while we were there. After Boston last year, the race wanted to do something to give back. The One Fund put them in touch with Heather who was injured while spectating. The race made a donation to her recovery and all the participants had the option to donate as well. She was the grand marshall for the weekend and was signing copies of her cover of Tops in Lexington Magazine. She was super nice and I thought it was great that the race gave back. Between the race and participants, they were able to donate $10,000 to her recovery fund.
After checking out the remaining booths (mostly local races and running stores) and getting our fill of samples (lots of local foods to try out!), we made our way to the t-shirt pickup. When you registered, you had the option of a tank or short sleeve dri-fit. I went with the tank. I really loved the design... but the sizes were running really small! Fortunately, they did let you exchange, but they only had a limited amount of sizes left. I was able to get one a size larger, but the other girls were not. They had more of a selection in t-shirts then tanks for swapping.
While we were at the swap table, we noticed they were selling some shirts for $5. The woman informed us these were shirts from last year that were left over. After looking at it, I realized it did not have a date on it! I really liked it, so I grabbed one. Nice race shirt for only $5!
It might have been a small expo, but I really enjoyed it! They had a great selection of race merchandise at an affordable price and the expo was manageable. Keeneland (where it was held) is also extremely pretty so it was nice to be there as well.
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That tank is really cute. I like the branding and love that they're Nike.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? And the race is responsibly priced too. They update the colors each year to be a different champion horse. I liked our colors a lot!
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