Manifesting Gifts

The race day medal goes to the finisher. This one goes to the person brave enough to sign up.

The hardest part of a first half or a first marathon isn't race day. It's the months before it: the 5am alarms, the long runs in the cold, the plans that turn into "I can't, I have a long run." That's when a runner needs someone in their corner.

Manifesting gifts are for that stretch. They celebrate the finish before it happens, with their name, their distance and their goal on it.

• A reminder they see every day. On the wall, on the desk, in their hand at breakfast. Every look says the plan is real.
• You said "I believe you will" first. Anyone can cheer at the finish. You said it before the first long run.
• It becomes the before photo. Hang it now. On race day it goes next to the finish photo, and the story is complete.
• Made for one runner. Their name, their distance (5K, 10K, 13.1 or 26.2 miles), their goal month and year. Add a photo and we turn it into a watercolor portrait of them on the podium.

For runners, and everyone who has to hear about it. Soon.