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Let me introduce you to Kat at goheadband. She makes moisture wicking headbands with inspirational sayings on them. There is a small plastic strip sewn into the front of the band so these babies never slip.
Currently, Kat’s getting ready for her 5th marathon and first ultra this fall. She started making these as a way to keep the sweat off her face, since her skin would break out after a long run. I love a woman who sees something lacking and works inventively and creatively to fill the void!
Kat was nice enough to make me my own personal Shut Up and Run headband. We love it around here:
It fits my mini-me perfectly (I think Kenny Chesney would like it too since he is bald now. The way I see it, it’s either this headband or a cowboy hat.):
It keeps the sweat and hair out of Lucky’s one eye:
Despite my best efforts, I believe the “right” way to wear it, according to Kat, is a bit higher on your head, off of the forehead.
There are some real bonuses about this headband:
- As promised, it does not slip. I ran while wearing it today and it stayed in place nicely.
- The headband might get soaked with sweat (that’s the point, right?), but you don’t have crap (well, sweat) running down your face and stinging your eyes or making you break out
- It’s lightweight, personalized and stylish!
- The band is machine washable for when that sweat really builds up and it starts to stink.
- All you cyclists out there – wear it under your helmet while riding!
- Go to goheadband and leave a comment about which one you would get if you won - +1 entry
- Tell me why you NEED this headband. Or why you want it for your girlfriend, mom, lover, hooker, wife, mistress, sister, illegitimate child, boyfriend - + 1 entry
- Write about this giveaway on your blog, and let me know in a comment - +1 entry
- Follow and stalk me if you don’t already or let me know you do - +1 entry
The fine print:
- Goheadband provided this giveaway. I did not pay anything for it.
- Contest only open to US
- The winner will be chosen at random by Random.org
- Check back September 23 to see if you won!
- If I don’t hear back from the winner within 2 days after posting that they’ve won, I’ll Random.org another name
Just a reader said... 1
ReplyDeleteI have a question for you, not giveway related. All your, huhm, dump issues, are they related to running or they got worse after you started running? I read the account of your daily routine a few posts backs and realized that you had to go to the bathroom like four times before lunch... and I'm kind of living something similar, so I just wanted to lear a little about it. Because the doctors, oh, they are great, but it is different when you are sitting behind that desk, right?
I would LOVE the TRI CHICK headband in red.
ReplyDeleteI NEED this because I only have one other wicking headband and it's rarely clean when I need it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, as entry #2, I already follow you!
ReplyDeleteI like the Shut up and Run headband best of all.
ReplyDeleteProbably has something to do with feeling grouchy while getting over a sinus infection and training for my 2nd half marathon. I just keep telling myself to just shut up and run those training miles.
I am a follower!
ReplyDeleteI love the Isaiah 40:31 band, as I LOVE this verse so much!
ReplyDeleteI need this headband, because as my bf so gently puts it, I sweat "WAY more than the average person."
ReplyDeleteV cute.
ReplyDeleteI need it bc I sweat a lot (I do!)
Already follow
ReplyDeleteI'd get the tri chic one!
ReplyDeleteI need it because I'm training for my last marathon in a while and need the extra UMPH!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower as well :)
Anonymous above (about the dumping): email me at brisdon@comcast.net and we can discuss.
ReplyDeleteI NEED this because it's one step closer to being like you
ReplyDeleteYou like me, you really like me! I'm a follower and now you followed back, bet you're sorry already.
ReplyDeleteAww! I love the one she made you! I want that one! Or Runner Girl Red.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower! :)
ReplyDeleteI would like a headband because my hair is always getting in my face and pissing me off :)
ReplyDeleteI posted the giveaway on my blog, http://missionhotbodafterbaby.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThanks!
i'd want a shut up and run one!
ReplyDeleteAnother sleepy give-away, looks like a great product.
ReplyDeletei need this headband because my hair goes everywhere when i run!
ReplyDeletei follow you
ReplyDeleteand i linked!
ReplyDeleteI would get a black "Shut up and Run" one....cause I wish some of the people in the group I run with would SHUT UP AND RUN!
ReplyDeleteI follow you...but not in a freaky stalker-like way....
ReplyDeleteI NEED this headband so I can have something to keep me from looking like I just took a dip in the pool after I run...
ReplyDeleteI'd get 'Distance Runners Do It Longer' ;-)
ReplyDeleteOf course I follow you!
ReplyDeleteI'd choose the coral bamboo knit.
ReplyDeleteI NEED this headband so I can make my fellow runners jealous of my awesome gear.
ReplyDeleteI need it b/c otherwise one of these days I will accidentally poke my eye out with my keys while wiping away the sweat from my face. Ouch.
ReplyDeleteand i'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a sweaty beast with ongoing eye problems that seem to get worse when I sweat.
ReplyDeleteI think the "Just Finish" one is excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm training for my first tri (which is in 9 days) and it's going to create a beast in me (I just know it), so this band would only seem appropriate for me: http://www.goheadband.com/?p=detail&pid=27&cat_id=
ReplyDeleteCool product! Love their site
ReplyDeletei follow you!
ReplyDeleteI re-posted this giveaway on my site. Go here to find it: http://christy-goingthedistance.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteAlready a follower and blog stalker! You're welcome ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a sweater, BUT i do have crazy frizzy hair and let's be real here, crazy hair ruins marathon photos far more than a sweaty forehead does, therefore i should win this head band. Also, i've yet to find a headband that fits my dome/doesn't make me look like a cancer patient.
ReplyDeleteI like the Runner Girl in red!
ReplyDeleteI need this because I sweat a lot and I haven't found a headband yet that will stay in place with my very thick hair off!
ReplyDeleteI'm already a follower!
ReplyDeleteI linked you on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI follow you!!
ReplyDeleteI follow you, even knowing how dangerous it is behind you!
ReplyDeleteI NEED a headband because I'm a sweaty pig.
ReplyDeleteI would totally get the shut up and run one so I could be like you. (scared yet?)
ReplyDeleteI liiiinked you on my blog. Don't get too excited, I don't thing anyone actually reads it ;)
ReplyDeleteI NEED this headband because of my ridiculous amounts of sweat combined with nasty frizzy hair with serious flyways and post workout breakouts. I NEED HELP!!!
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteI would get runner girl in rose!
ReplyDeleteI need a headband to help control my crazy curly fro that seems to expand the longer I run!
ReplyDeleteI REALLY need it! I sweat through a hat on every run and I still end up wiping sweat from my eyes
ReplyDeleteI'd pick Endurance, Isaiah 40:31...one of my favorites.
ReplyDelete...yep, I already follow you...and all your wonderous GI stories to boot!
ReplyDeleteDefinately "Runner Girl"!
ReplyDelete...yep, I already follow you...and all your wonderous GI stories to boot!
ReplyDeleteI really NEED this headband because I am sick of sweat stinging in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am a total loyal follower.
ReplyDeleteI like the coral bamboo knit
ReplyDeleteI follow you . . . always. :-)
ReplyDeleteMmmm, if had to pick one of the ones on the website . . . I guess I'd go with RUNNER GIRL however I would much prefer one that says TRAILMOMMA of course. :-)
ReplyDeleteaaaannnd because it really doesn't increase my chances to have 3 posts in row (doh) I would say I "have to" have this because I am getting old and apparently something in my stinky sweat is making breakout like a 15 year old again and it just about bites. This would be good to protect my wrinkly sun damaged forehead from future breakouts.
ReplyDeleteI like the just finish!
ReplyDeleteI need a headband because I sweat like a man....it's gross!
ReplyDeleteI stalk, I mean follow!
ReplyDelete"In my mind I'm a Kenyan" Definitely! Because my fat ass ran a 13-minute-mile half marathon last weekend, and my short hair is just long enough to get in my eyes. Along with all that sweat, of course. Only wish it came in black...
ReplyDeleteOh, and I've been following you since I found you. 8-) Not long, I know, but still...
My wife and hooker would love my bald head in one of these. I want one for my wife with my hookers name on it and one for my hooker with my wifes name on it.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably go for the RUnner Girl red.
ReplyDeleteWhy? I need it because I get the worst stingy eyes... ugh... I hate sweat in the eyes... HATE IT!
ReplyDeleteI stalk, er, I mean follow, you.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on google reader!
ReplyDeleteI want the one that says Distance Runners Do It Longer. HAHA I LOLd at that one.
ReplyDeleteI NEED this headband for a few reasons. 1) I have a LOT of hair to hold back & get tons of flyaways. 2) I have (awesome) adult acne that worsens when I get really sweaty. 3) I don't have any headbands for running yet :(
ReplyDeleteRoyal blue solid, for sure. It would go with my eyes :)
ReplyDeleteThe saga of why I desperately need a headband: A few months ago, tired of wrestling my hair into submission after showering (after running), I lopped off my hair and donated it to Locks of Love. I'm glad I did so, but now my hair is growing back... and it's forever in my eyes (which was not really the point of cutting it off!). It's at that awkward length where thinner headbands make it stick up crazily. Not flattering.
ReplyDeleteAaaand yes, I follow you!
ReplyDeletehttp://pickinguptherear.blogspot.com/2010/09/cross-training-and-atypical-friday.html
ReplyDeleteLinked to your blog from mine. Good luck to me!
I follow you! x2 :)
ReplyDeleteI should win this giveaway because it will help me to channel my Rock of Love Bret Michaels when I wear it at my next race. What is better than that?
ReplyDeletei like the just finish one
ReplyDeleteWhy do I need it? I live in Houston, TX. armpit of america... or sweatiest place on earth!! need I say more? :-)
ReplyDeleteI follow you
ReplyDeleteI like the runner dirl espresso
ReplyDeleteThat was supposed to say girl...sorry
ReplyDeleteI need this headband because I live in Florida where I will sweat through the winter and I have yet to purchase any type of sweat band! I just let the eyes sting from the sweat and move on!
I'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Dare To Become one - wow, how powerful! I'm new to longer distance running and training for my first half - that saying has sort of become my life motto for these new fitness goals.
ReplyDeleteWhy I need this? Have you lived in the any state other than Alaska this summer? So stinky HOT! 'nuff said :)
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I'm a new follower (number 770)
ReplyDeleteI have put this info on my side bar under "win this".
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Already a follower...
ReplyDeleteBlogged it...
ReplyDeleteI like their 'runner girl' which is available in expresso (do they mean espresso?).
ReplyDeleteDo I need a moisture wicking headband? Why yes, yes I do. I'm one of those people who ends up with sweat stinging my eyes no matter the temperature or time of year I run. Moisture wicking would help tons.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower.
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteI would get the Navy "Just Finish" headband. I like to remind myself of that sometimes!
ReplyDeleteI NEED this band because I am one Sweaty Betty!
ReplyDeleteI would pick the Runner girl headband and I need this headband because I sweat like crazy and have super long hair so my hair is usually drenched by the time I'm done with any run! lol
ReplyDeleteI would want the purple endurance one because purple is my FAVORITE color and I want to win so I can try one of those babies out!! How great are those!!! I am now and always will be a follower! Is that 3 entries or just 2? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI want a plain colored headband.... mostly because i'm the idiot that would wear it upside down and it would look dumb
ReplyDeleteI am too a follower! DUH
ReplyDeleteIronic that this blog is called Shut up and Run and yet all you do is yap incessantly about headbands and other trifles.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - I'm sorry you have no friends and lots of time to spend on blogs like mine where I only talk about trifle things. Perhaps one day you will get a life and stop criticizing everyone around you. Oh, and I'm also sorry someone has a gun to your head forcing you to read my blog. Don't like it? Don't visit. There are plenty of other readers who seem enjoy my incessant yapping. You're not welcome here.
ReplyDeleteI need one for all the crazy flyaways I have....I would LOVE a 26.2 or 13.1 one!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower. Your comment to anon is cracking my shit up.
ReplyDeleteI want a 26.2 one because I will finish one after I'm healed from this g-d surgery so help me!!!
ReplyDeleteI NEED this one because I also work from home. Therefore I am lazy about the showering and I need something to keep my nasty sweaty hair off my face so it doesn't drip in the soup. YUM.
ReplyDeleteand Imma post it on my blog. THAT IS ALL. :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your yapping =) Just sayin...
ReplyDeleteI follow you but I'm only entering so that it takes one less chance from "anonymous".
ReplyDeletesee you soon!
I would love the black shut up and run headband :)
ReplyDeleteI NEED the black shut up and run headband because with the break in 112 degree weather I've finally started running outside -- and I'm finding even at 86 degrees I get quite nasty and no amount of wiping is getting that blasted stinging sweat out of my eyes!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE the headband in Endurance Rose (the color is beautiful, but the name is even better: I want to believe I am one!).
ReplyDeleteI MUST HAVE this headband because my running partners talk incessantly!!
ReplyDeleteNo, just kidding: I just love your blog, and I'd love to have a reason to let other runners know about it when they ask me about where I got my lovely headband!
I follow!
ReplyDeleteOk, so, I did post about your blog and the giveaway on my blog (yikes! first time I have told anyone but my hubby that I have a blog!). That tells you how much I'd like to have the headband.
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I NEED one because I like to wear contacts when I run and cannot on my long runs because the sweat is my eyes is unbearable.
ReplyDeletea 26.2 headband would make my day :) BUT I would only wear it after I run my first marathon in November.
ReplyDeleteI need one because I am training for my first half in Feb. I'd want the "dare to become" headband.
ReplyDeleteI now follow your super funny "trifleing" blog
and I linked the giveaway in my blog (like the person above said, dont get excited I dont think many ppl read it!)
yay for 3 chances!
I love the 13.1 ones! I'm so proud that I was able to run a Half after tearing the meniscus in my right knee!
ReplyDeleteI sweat buckets when I run and that's why I need this headband.
ReplyDeleteI like the runners girl headband.
ReplyDeleteLinked ot my blog
ReplyDeleteI would get the 13.1 headband... have it in my pocket during my first half end of october and put it on as soon as I crossed the finish line!
ReplyDeleteI need this headband, because the girl at the spa plucked my eyebrows too much and now the sweat drips in my eyes even more than usual. But I will keep on wearing it after the eyebrows grow back! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI follow!
ReplyDeleteLinked it on the sidebar of my blog.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! I follow you now and was already following Kat's Tweets.
ReplyDelete1. Shutup and Run in black.
2. I so needed this today! Blew dry my hair straight and it was falling out of my dern hair tie. Heh. For my hooker...LOL!
3. Tweeted about this giveaway. See Cheapassmama tweets.
4. Now following you. <3 your stalker.
shut up and run rust...of course!!
ReplyDeleteI NEED it because I have all these little broken bits of hair that drive me freaking bat-crap when they float around my face.
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ReplyDeleteApparently I really should learn to read the small print about US residence only. Still cool giveaway. Sorry for adding extra entries.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower
ReplyDeleteI need this headband because I am a new runner, and I have no more money for gear due to all of the new items I have purchased since beginning running.
ReplyDeleteI'd get the "Distance runners do it longer" headband. HAHA that would make runs so much fun with all of the comments.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower.
ReplyDeleteI posted the giveaway on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI need this headband cause other ones I've tried give me headaches!
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE to have one of these headbands because I literally drip with so much sweat when running I have to wipe my sunglasses dry every mile or so! (Gross huh? I'd like to think I'm just very efficient at cooling off my body?)
ReplyDeleteAwesome headbands! After checking them out, I decided I like the Shut up and Run one the best.
ReplyDeleteI need this headband because I like to wear headbands but they are always slipping off my head so I need to find one that doesn't slip off.
ReplyDeleteI am heading over to post this on my blog right now.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower. Oh! and.... Never stop the yapping. We love it!
ReplyDeleteI reject any moron who doesn't have the sack to put a name behind his (or her) comments.
I NEED this because I sweat like crazy and it's hard to run when I'm blinded by sweat...or blinded by the light for that matter but that's another matter entirely
ReplyDeleteI linked this on my blog
ReplyDeleteI'd choose the espresso Runner Girl
ReplyDeleteI like the runner girl one.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this awesome headband! i am currently training for my first half marathon and i sweat only out of my face, so this would be prefect for me! i hope i win! (ps i follow your blog and have posted about you!)
ReplyDeleteoh did i already mention that i currently blog stock you?
ReplyDeleteand that i made a comment about your blog on my blog and how it inspires me?
ReplyDeleteand that i would love the "runner girl" rose colored band, cuz it would match my pink running shoes?
ReplyDeleteI like Runner Girl in Burgundy.
ReplyDeleteI NEED this headband because I sweat like a pig. It's terrible. It would be great on my runs to keep the sweat and flyaways away.
ReplyDeleteI posted a link to the giveaway on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm a stalker!!! I mean follower :)
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