Creating Customized T-Shirts and Apparel for 5k Races

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Since my knee injury this summer, I’ve been counting down the time to get back into an active lifestyle. I’ve been spending countless hours at the gym with a personal trainer, gaining strength and endurance. Now that I’m almost fully recovered, my friends and I were excited to sign up for the Santa 5k run/walk.

One of the best parts of a themed 5k is the option to dress up your team. We love to make things like custom t-shirts and tutus.

For the Santa 5k run/walk, we created a team and named it the Reindeer Games Committee. Each runner/walker will have a reindeer name on their shirt, I chose to be Vixen. Clever huh?

Creating Customized T-Shirts and Apparel for 5k Races

For the Santa 5k race, we turned to MyLocker for help in making our team shirts. MyLocker is a website that lets you design your own custom t-shirt, custom hoodie, golf polo, fleece, bag or almost any type of custom gear in a quick, fun and easy way.  

The order process was easy to, starting with your selection of t-shirt color and type of activity that you are designing a shirt for. 

Creating Customized T-Shirts and Apparel for 5k Races

There are multitudes of design ideas to choose from, which can be customized further with the writing that you would like on your t-shirt. I found the entire process easy to do and only incurred one problem along the way.

If you haven’t noticed, my shirt indicates that it is 2015. It seems that all of the shirts automatically populated the year of 2015. This is a customizable field and it was my overlook during the order process.

Thankfully, the MyLocker customer service was above the bar and helped me re-order the shirts with the correct year. We should be getting them this week!

Creating Customized T-Shirts and Apparel for 5k Races

While we aren’t in a hurry to get them in the mail, I was so glad to see that most of MyLocker’s products ship within two days. There are many events and occasions when fast shipping would be super helpful. 

I also like that there is no minimum number of products you have to order, which makes it easy to create completely personalized gear for yourself, your school team, local or charitable organization, for an event or as a gift. While a bulk order is helpful for a big team, sometimes I only need 1-2 shirts. 

We try to do a 5k walk/run at least once a month and love that we can make more of these fun shirts from MyLocker.

Check out MyLocker and create custom apparel for your next event! 

http://www.mylocker.net & https://twitter.com/MyLocker

 

18 thoughts on “Creating Customized T-Shirts and Apparel for 5k Races

  • November 12, 2014 at 10:21 am
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    I ran ragnar this last summer and we did themed team shirts. They turned out great. I’ve never heard of this company and will keep them in mind when creating shirts for our next race!

  • November 11, 2014 at 11:51 am
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    I’ve never heard of My Locker before, but I’m going to bookmark it because my daughter is putting together a snowboarder-cross team and being able to create team shirts would be awesome!

  • November 11, 2014 at 8:58 am
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    I never heard of them. I’ll have to keep in mind for future events!

  • November 11, 2014 at 8:51 am
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    Those are so cute! The plus is that you’re all set for next year’s reindeer games. Glad they’re helping you get the correct year though.

  • November 11, 2014 at 8:22 am
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    I like that you can do this for smaller groups and teams. I will definitely be keeping this company in mind for future events.

  • November 11, 2014 at 2:46 am
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    What a cute shirt!! I have made custom shirts for sorority/fraternity/brand events in college, but haven’t had the chance to make any in awhile. I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was a kid so I find it fun!

  • November 10, 2014 at 10:24 pm
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    I love that you can make your own shirt and all have the same one.

  • November 10, 2014 at 9:30 pm
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    Oh that’s an amazing service. I got a few friends who would love this.

  • November 10, 2014 at 8:27 pm
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    That shirt turned out so cute, I love this idea. We haven’t made anything custom like this before but I’d love to.

  • November 10, 2014 at 5:16 pm
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    Those turned out great! I would love to do some shirts for either a birthday party or a family reunion!!

  • November 10, 2014 at 3:50 pm
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    Your shirt turned out great! I’ve never used MyLocker before but as a mom of 3 kids on sports teams I know I’ll need them!

  • November 10, 2014 at 3:02 pm
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    One of my friends was just asking me about a company that makes t-shirts. Wish I had known about MyLocker sooner. She did a breast cancer walk and wanted matching tees for her group. Now I know where to tell her to go.

  • November 10, 2014 at 2:13 pm
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    I wish I had known about My Locker a few weeks ago. This would have been perfect to get shirts for our cheer kids.

  • November 10, 2014 at 2:01 pm
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    I absolutely adore your race shirt! How clever to use MyLocker to create custom shirts for your 5K’s. I’m going to have to check this out for my next run~!

  • November 10, 2014 at 1:36 pm
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    I love customized tee shirts. I have a wacky sense of humor and I can come up with some crazy stuff! I’m thinking I can make some AWESOME Christmas gifts here!

  • November 10, 2014 at 1:24 pm
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    I absolutely love your team name and the color combination!! I am admittedly a bit intimated by 5Ks (I have never done one), but I think I would really enjoy doing it with a group of friends! And hey, I always love a good t-shirt, so there’s that. :)

  • November 10, 2014 at 10:21 am
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    Love finding new resources! Thanks for the heads up and great job with the 5ks!

  • November 10, 2014 at 10:12 am
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    I love your t-shirt. I have to check them out because I want to get matching shirts for our family for Christmas. It’s one of my quirky traditions. ;)

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