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Colorful finisher t-shirts folded and stacked on a table at an outdoor 5K registration tent

Race & Walk OrganizerOctober 15, 2026

Fun Run Giveaways: A Decision Tree, Not a Listicle

Somewhere around week six of planning a fun-run, someone suggests adding a photo booth prop, a branded koozie, and a custom trucker hat to the swag bag. That suggestion usually comes from a well-meaning sponsor or a volunteer who found a…

race director standing at a folding table surrounded by stacked t-shirt boxes sorted by size at a 5K start line

Race & Walk OrganizerOctober 13, 2026

5K Shirt Size Calculator: How Many of Each Size to Order (Free Tool)

Most race directors order shirts by gut feel or a generic online calculator, then either run out of mediums on race morning or haul a bin of unworn XLs back to their garage. Neither feels great. Here is the math that actually accounts for…

a race director holds up two folded shirts at a registration table, one grey tech tee and one white cotton tee

Race & Walk OrganizerJuly 3, 2026

Tech Tee vs. Cotton Race Shirt: A Decision Guide by Event Type

Picking the wrong race shirt is a very specific kind of waste. You spend three weeks choosing colors, two rounds approving artwork, and a not-small chunk of your budget, then half your finishers leave the shirt on a chair at the post-race…

Race & Walk OrganizerMay 12, 2026

How Many T-Shirts to Order for a 5K

You can ship a 5K weekend with the wrong shirt order in two ways. You can underorder and run out of larges by Saturday morning. You can overorder and store 80 shirts in your garage until next year, where they will sit until you find them…

A registration table at the edge of a city park at dawn, set with a clipboard, a stack of race bibs held by a bulldog clip, safety pins, and a folded gray finisher t-shirt.

First-Time OrganizerMay 6, 2026

I'm Running a Charity 5K and Don't Know Where to Start

You raised your hand at the board meeting, or your boss volunteered you, or the person who used to do this moved out of state. Either way, you are now responsible for a charity 5K and you do not know where to start. Good news: this is a…

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