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I am a phys ed teacher and $250 would be the difference of having 2 more tennis nets or 2 dozen balls or adding an extra pull-up bar on my campus. Thought I should share this contest with you in case you are in charge of a running or physical education program!!
A Running Start Photo Contest
OFFICIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES
- CONTEST DESCRIPTION:New York Road Runners (NYRR) wishes to provide support for youth fitness by awarding 40 gift certificates, each valued at $250, and each to be used to enhance your school or community center’s fitness program offerings. Individuals who submit a captioned photo referencing a video from the A Running Start website will be eligible to be one of the winners selected by a panel of NYRR senior staff members on each Monday from March 14 through May 16, 2011. Entries remain in the running for the duration of the period, but can be chosen only once. Individuals can submit more than one photo but they must be unique images and captions. Each of the 4 weekly winners will be entitled to a gift certificate valued at $250 for use by the school or organization that is the subject of the photos from its choice of Gill Athletics or Flaghouse.
- HOW TO ENTER:Step 1: Become a fan of A Running Start’s Facebook page or sign up for our free monthly newsletter.Step 2: Take one or more photos of your young runners engaging in physical activity during P.E. class, track or cross country practice, or a running event. You can include photos of warm-up activities, P.E. lessons, practice sessions, or cool-downs.Step 3: Post your photo on our Facebook wall with a caption that explains how the photo relates to a video from A Running Start. (If you do not have a Facebook account you can e-mail a photo and caption to arunningstart@nyrr.org.*) Each entry consists of a photo and an accompanying caption.The photos must be taken by the entrant.*Photos sent to arunningstart@nyrr.org must be in digital format but do not need to be taken with a digital camera; scanned prints are acceptable. Please send one photo per e-mail as an attachment that is 10 megabytes or less. All digital files must be in JPEG or JPG format, and must be at least 1,600 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 1,600 pixels tall (if a vertical image). All photos sent to arunningstart@nyrr.org for entry into the contest will be posted on Facebook by NYRR staff.
- ELIGIBILITY:Full-time staff members of NYRR are not eligible. Other affiliation with NYRR, Mighty Milers, or Young Runners is permitted, but any such affiliation will not increase one’s chances of having their photo chosen. Individuals whose photos are selected in one week are eligible to be selected again if they submit additional captioned photos. An individual affiliated with a site that has received a gift certificate for another individual’s captioned photo is eligible for an additional prize for that site based upon submission of a different captioned photo.
- SELECTION PROCESS & NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS:NYRR will select four (4) winners on each Monday from March 14 through May 16, 2011, from among all eligible entries received up to 11:59 p.m. EST on the day before the selection. Names of the winners will be posted by the end of the day of each Tuesday on our Facebook page. Winners will be responsible for providing NYRR, by e-mail to arunningstart@nyrr.org, with the following information (the “Winner E-mail”):
- their mailing address;
- their choice of a Flaghouse or Gill Athletics gift certificate; and
- the name of the school or other tax-exempt organization for whom the gift certificate will be used to purchase equipment.
In the event that a winner does not submit the Winner E-mail to NYRR by 5 p.m. on Friday of the week of selection, or is otherwise ruled ineligible by NYRR, an alternate winner may be selected, in the sole discretion of NYRR. Follow-up instructions on how to proceed to obtain the gift certificates will be provided by NYRR to winners by e-mail.
- DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF GIFT CERTIFICATES:NYRR will distribute the gift certificates to the winners within twenty (20) days of NYRR’s receipt of the Winner E-mail.Gift certificates are subject to the rules and regulations of the issuer.
- USE OF PHOTOS:By submitting a photo, each entrant consents to NYRR’s use of such photo, as submitted, or as modified or altered, either by itself or in conjunction with other photos or materials, for any purposes, including the promotion of A Running Start or other NYRR programs, through but not limited to, online newsletters, print materials, and NYRR websites, without remuneration or credit to the photographer.NYRR retains the right to remove photos from its Facebook wall that it deems inappropriate for any reason.
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February 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments
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“Your cart should be now brimming over with produce, meat, seafood, and poultry. You are almost ready to split the scene, but, you need a few more items! This will involve a foray into the guts of the store (stay out of the cookie aisle.) While you are there, you can grab a few bars of 85% dark chocolate, some red wine, and a good bottle of tequila. A caveman/cavewoman needs to party, right?” {Taken from The Paleo Solution by Rob Wolf.}
When I first heard about the caveman diet, I was very concerned about giving up all my favorite things. Life shouldn’t be that boring should it?? Well, when, I read the part about 85% dark chocolate, I knew it was a diet I could handle!! In fact, I make a point of eating it everyday…I know it’s a sugar, but, it’s such a good sugar that I don’t want to give it up {And, it is really the only sugar that is in my diet on a weekly basis). I especially love 85% Dark Chocolate by Green and Blacks Organics. Always have.
Next up, a PR note from a Green and Blacks promoting their chocolates for Valentine’s Day! Cool! I requested a variety of samples so that I may nimble daily…{much to my skins’ dismay} and I have enjoyed every single bite. So far, I am still partial to the 85% dark chocolate one, but, the Toffee Nut one is a close second.
To learn more about this amazing chocolate company, please visit their website here.
JUST FOR YOU!!
Green and Black’s Organics have also sponsored a giveaway post for you! Please show some love to them by visiting their website and come back and leave a comment! The winner will receive a variety of Green and Black’s Organics bars such as in the picture above.
Winner will be chosen at Random.org on Friday, Feb. 4th just in time for Valentine’s Day!
EDITED TO ADD THE WINNER! #36 WAS CHOSEN (& EMAILED) VIA RANDOM.ORG
THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING!!
P.S. Green and Black’s provided me with the above samples for purposes of review and this is my honest opinion.
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For most moms, me included, it takes serious work to carve out time for yourself–whether it’s 8 hours of sleep a night, a workout or getting to a yoga class. It’s hard. Sometimes, it might look and feel like you’re being selfish, but, in the end, if you’re happy, then it’s worth it.
The American Cancer Society would like to encourage all of you to Choose You and make a commitment to yourself. Please click over to their website and commit to one nice thing you will do for yourself this year! As further encouragement, once you do that, come back here and post a comment on your 2011 “choose you” resolution. It could be as simple as an adding one extra veggie or fruit to your daily diet!
Winner will be chosen at Random (.org) on Sunday, Jan. 30th, 2011.
Edited to add: Winner number #33, Sherry Moore was chosen via Random.org!
P.S. The American Cancer Society provided me with the above giveaway kit!
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is #6. Thanks to all of you for entering!
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What is your morning routine? Mine is almost always the same; wake -up, workout, drink a chocolate protein powder on the way home, then hopefully eat a big pile of eggs and bacon!
Weight Watchers would love to encourage all of you to jump start your morning routine. They’ve combined some fairly useful items together to make a “Better For You Weight Watchers Kit” which my kids and I received as well. In our kit, we got a $15 itunes giftcard, a yoga mat, an Eco Coffee Cup, 2 boxes of Weight Watchers Coffee Cakes and a box of instant coffee on the go packets. My children and I enjoyed the coffee cakes (they more than me) as well as all the goodies in the kit!
One More Kit For You:
If you’re interested in trying the Weight Watchers Coffee Cakes and would like a chance to win the kit, please leave a comment on your morning routine to win. Winner will be picked at Random on January 15th at 9pm.
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The Winners of the BIC Band Headbands are….
#5 Rachel Higgs
#8 Storm
Thanks for all of you for participating!
And, also, a big thanks to Sandy Pearson and BIC Bands for generously donating headbands for my readers.
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The other day I had the amazing pleasure of meeting Sandy Pearson, creator of BIC Bands at my local coffee shop! She happens to be local to me by just a few cities and had offered to meet me rather than send her products through the mail. Even better is the story of how she found me! Under a google search of “top workout blogs” mine came up first on Fitness Magazine! (link here) How cool is that?!?!? {I didn’t even know about it, ha ha ha- so that made my day}
Anyhoo, Sandy was a beginning runner looking for stylish ways to wear her hair back when she was running, saw a few headbands online and decided to make her own. She showed them to a few friends and her business has taken off from there! Since then, she’s used the sale of her headbands to donate to local charities such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Sandy generously let me try out each of her two styles of headbands. Since meeting her on Monday, I’ve worn the same one all week to school and to workout and had lots of complements! I particularly loved the thicker, more detailed one such as the one pictured above for school, however it worked perfectly fine for intense crossfit workouts as well!
GIVEAWAY POST:
If you’d like to win your own BIC Band, please take a minute and visit her website and come back and leave a comment. There will be two winners chosen at Random on Sunday, December 12, 2010. Even if you don’t win, they are very inexpensive, so go ahead and buy a few! I am.
P.S. The headbands were provided to me for purposes of review and the opinions here are my own.
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Number 15, Stella Ray! Congratulations!
And, Thank You again Fluid Flair for providing us with this awesome giveaway!
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Fluid Flair, creators of cute running tee’s for women are the sponsors of today’s giveaway. They were generous enough to send me a t-shirt to try and are giving away a tee for one of you!
I’m always thrilled to support other women/mom owned businesses and Fluid Flair is one of those. Julie Romeo is the mother of 4 and an avid runner, who loved tees so much that she started her own company!
Pictured above is the Teal Peace Love Run shirt (mine). I adore it. This is a fitted, very cute, perfect color and material, post race tee!
Please visit Fluid Flair and pick your favorite running tee, come back and leave a comment. If you love their products, I’d encourage you to “friend” them on Facebook or Twitter.
Winner will be picked utilizing Random on November 11th at 9pm PST.
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