Race for the Cure and Tie Dye...

This weekend was the Komen Race for the Cure 5K.  I was the team captain and since I have such a passion for t-shirt decor I decided to go all out on my team t-shirts.  I wanted something awesome with no puffy paint so I decided to go for tie dye.  Fortunately AC Moore did not have all the sizes I needed in white so I ended up buying gray t-shirts.  The gray t-shirts ended up being awesome once they were tie dyed.

How To Make Awesome Inspirational 5K T-shirts....

1-Buy shirts

2-Wash shirts

3-Tie Dye shirts with a tie dye kit from the craft store

4-Wash shirts again

5-Stencil shirts with stencils, a stencil brush and fabric paint (I stenciled a big T and G on each shirt)

6-Write on the shirts with a fabric marker (I wrote out the rest of the team name in fabric marker)

7-Let the shirts dry for 3 days and then wash them again so your friends get tie dye all over their bodies while running.

Now here are some pictures.  It was a great event.  There were thousands of people there.

harassing Hobie at 6 in the morning

pre-race

look at all those people and look at the starting line way up there

post-race, looking good

doesn't B look great in tie dye?

post race team pic

riding the shuttle back to the cars

My time for this race was 55 minutes.  I know what you are thinking.  That is really slow.  Well it took us 15 minutes to get to the starting line and about 10 more minutes before we could actually start jogging.  There was so many people there...which is good.  My team ended up raising over $1300!  Thanks to everyone who ran with me, raised money and donated money.  Go Team Gumby!