Team R.E.D.: Singlet Design Contest... Now Open!

The highly anticipated singlet design event is about to kick off! At the bottom of today's post, you'll find all the entries and a brief description with some of them, as to what they are thinking. Be sure to follow the voting instructions and let your voice be heard!

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As you may recall, the 1st few days of May brought piles of snow! Closing schools... but not stopping Team R.E.D.! Thursday evening proved to be a great night for a run or a walk from the Bears Den... roads were mostly clear, and the temps were just fine.. no fair weather runners in this bunch!

The Frozen Dozen!

Mike, Chris and Dave ... dress like winter

Jeremy know's it's spring... Adam not so much.

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Saturday morning also proved to be a bit of a chilly start to the weekend. Congratulations are in order for Team R.E.D.'s Millie as she drove forward with the Rochester Track Club's Spring Classic 5K! -- Of course she did it with a lot of support from Team R.E.D. and Rochester Track Club members! -- It takes a lot of volunteers to pull off a race, especially one that requires a last minute course adjustment, shoveling, ice removal and communications.

Thanks to all of you who participated and volunteered!

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On to the Week Ahead.... and it's a busy one!

Monday 5:30pm: An opportunity for an early week track workout. Tom W. is planning to lead it at the RCTC indoor track. This Monday track workout is in preparation for the TC 1 mile race on Thursday!
Monday 6pm: The Monday Maniacs are heading to downtown Rochester (to ensure a clear path to run!). Meet at Dooley's Pub for a run, and of course, circle back for post run chatter!
Tuesday 6pm: The Tuesday Trail Trotters are putting a little Spring in their Steps and heading to Carly State Park for an excellent night on the trails. Meet at the Century High School parking lot at 6pm to join the carpool/caravan.
Wednesday 5:30pm: There will be another speed session! Location still To Be Determined, but highly likely to be an outside event by then!
Thursday 6pm: Team R.E.D. gathers for another night of Run, Walk, Eat and Drink! We'll get together at WildWood Bar & Grill, located on the backside of the Ramada, near the TJ Maxx Plaza.

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Now to the Singlet Constest!
The Winning Entry receives $50 gift card to the Bears Den in Byron! Below is a reminder of how the contest works. Note: Voting starts today, May 5th and Closes on May 12th.

Here are the rules:

You must be a Team R.E.D. member to enter and to vote.
The design must contain the words "Team R.E.D."
The words "Run. Eat. Drink. 2 out of 3 ain't bad" are optional
The design can be single color or multi color
The design can be for any color of singlet... design submitter should specify singlet color.
All eligible designs will be placed on the blog for viewing.
Inappropriate entries will not be eligible, and not placed on the blog. What is inappropriate? I don't know, but I know it when I see it! (I usually see it in November!)
If we have limited entries, Tom O reserves the right to pull the plug on the contest.

Voting process:

Voting opens on May 5th and closes on May 12th.
Each Team R.E.D. member will have one vote.
Your vote should be emailed to both of our volunteer vote talliers! They will compare votes, and should get a match at the closing of the voting session.

Ken English <kp_english@yahoo.com>
Meagan Soukup <meg7159@gmail.com>

This round of voting will get us to the top 3 .. and those singlets will be reposted, for a 3 day voting session to determine the eventual winner.
If you love the front of one and a different back, you can comment with your vote... but you have to vote on just one of them as posted. We'll take into consideration a combined winner, if we see comments that are consistent enough to make that a viable option. (potentially call a combined shirt a wild card with the final 3).

Other Notes:

We do not plan to stock this item as Team R.E.D. inventory. We will order in batches per pre-paid request.
It's anticipated the brand of material will be different from the current singlets.
The style of the singlet may be different from what you see pictured.... or possible we order some in a tank type style, and others in a sleeveless type style. - that's all to be determined.
We will have samples of the singlets to try on before placing your order.

Here they are! Note: some people used the same source to create their designs i.e. customink,com however, those entries are not necessarily all from the same submitter.

Entry #1

Entry #2

Entry #3 - On this entry the artist provided the following additional information:

Singlet color - white

Lettering – grey

Running Guy – red

The slogan ( Run. Eat. Drink. Two out of 3 ain’t bad) and sponsors would be on the back in the same grey/same font.

Entry #4 - On the next 3 entries the artist provided the following additional information.
I noticed at the college meets they are blending the shirts from dark to white in the colors with or without patterns. I like the new Stout singlets (blue though) so maybe that would be an option. Mine go Team RED red at the bottom to white at the top even though I couldn’t get Publisher to do that. And three different designs… probably skip the sponsor one for the singlets. Also, I moved the logos off the normal chest spots to be unique.

Entry #5 - see artist remarks from entry 4.. they apply here as well.

Entry #6 - see remarks from entry #4 as they apply here as well.

Entry #7 - The artist provided the following additional information for the next two entries
The print company can put Team RED on the bottom or top of the bear. They can put a smaller one on the back thenput 2 out of 3 ain't bad and all the sponsors ect....