Shape Run 2009

Vanco wrote:the bracelet is being sold on Ebay! How disgusted!

What!!
These ppl!! Shame on themselves!
This shows how insignificant the FINISHER BRACELETS are to these ppl!

i emailed to Shape Mag.

this is what i got:

We regret that you did not receive the Nike bracelets. This bracelet was a "bonus" souvenir kindly given by Nike in addition to the runner's kit that each participant received. Distribution of bracelets was managed by our sponsor. The shortage was caused by some runners taking more than one. It is regrettable that this happened. We will work with our sponsor to improve the distribution of the souvenirs in our future runs.

Regards, Shape.

So it was the sponsor, ie NIKE that handled the distribution of the bracelet. Hence we can say that those guys were hired by NIKE!?!?!

Sorry NIKE, I don't think I want to support your product ever. I would feel dumb wearing your things. U screwed up big time.

I would think twice before I sign up for any other runs whose sponsor is NIKE.

Hi all,

We appreciate your feedback on this year’s run.
While we acknowledge that there is room for improvement, we would like to address some of your concerns.

- Nike bracelets
We regret that some runners did not receive the Nike bracelets. This was a "bonus" souvenir kindly given by Nike in addition to the runner's kit that each participant received. It is regrettable that this happened. We will work with our sponsor to better manage the distribution of the souvenir in our future runs.

- Timing
You can log on to www.shape.com.sg to view your timings.
Meanwhile your certificates will be mailed over to you within a month.

- Water stations
Under our sanctioning body, Singapore Athletics Association (SAA)'s recommendation, we have provided sufficient water stations for a 10km road race in our local condition.
We do however note your feedback and will take this into consideration for our future runs.

- Route
For safety of our runners, separate lanes were created with cones for the 5km and 10km runners. Road marshals were also present to guide the runners into their respective lanes.
We will continue to improve this system to provide a smoother run for our runners.

- Distance markers
We have placed the markers at the mid points of each category. We will consider to have more distance markers for our future runs.

Lastly, we value your feedback and will use them to better the run next year. We thank you for being part of Shape Run 2009.

shapey wrote:Hi all,

We appreciate your feedback on this year’s run.
While we acknowledge that there is room for improvement, we would like to address some of your concerns.

- Nike bracelets
We regret that some runners did not receive the Nike bracelets. This was a "bonus" souvenir kindly given by Nike in addition to the runner's kit that each participant received. It is regrettable that this happened. We will work with our sponsor to better manage the distribution of the souvenir in our future runs.

- Timing
You can log on to www.shape.com.sg to view your timings.
Meanwhile your certificates will be mailed over to you within a month.

- Water stations
Under our sanctioning body, Singapore Athletics Association (SAA)'s recommendation, we have provided sufficient water stations for a 10km road race in our local condition.
We do however note your feedback and will take this into consideration for our future runs.

- Route
For safety of our runners, separate lanes were created with cones for the 5km and 10km runners. Road marshals were also present to guide the runners into their respective lanes.
We will continue to improve this system to provide a smoother run for our runners.

- Distance markers
We have placed the markers at the mid points of each category. We will consider to have more distance markers for our future runs.

Lastly, we value your feedback and will use them to better the run next year. We thank you for being part of Shape Run 2009.

standard answers - as expected,
unapologetic organisers - 'face' issues,
will improve - which year,
Anyway, made up my mind. Give up this disorganized event and join Nike Human Race or Sundown.

If u gals do a calculation

8800 bracelets according to reports
~6600 runners according to official timings on shape.com.sg
= 2200 missing bracelets
= 25% of total no. of bracelets

Ridiculous amts of bracelets being taken by people who shldn't have done that

And not even an apology from organisers