{"id":980,"date":"2015-11-18T00:07:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2015-11-18T00:07:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:07:34","slug":"bangkok-marathon-t-shirt-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imprint.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/bangkok-marathon-t-shirt-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/marathon-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-981 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/marathon-.jpg\" alt=\"marathon\" width=\"355\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A half-marathon is difficult\u00a0enough, but runners in the Standard Chartered Bangkok Half-Marathon had to run an additional\u00a04 miles over the normal 13-mile distance.\u00a0The mishap was due to runners receiving incorrect instructions along the route. Many runners took to social media to voice their anger.<\/p>\n<p>As an apology (and an awesome one, we think) the organizers decided to give free commemorative t-shirts to all 6000 of the runners who took part in the race, whether they completed the longer version or not. The shirts will read, &#8220;Finisher of the 27.6 km.&#8221; Organizers also released a statement admitting responsibility. They said they hope to use the t-shirts to apologize for their mistake, but also to honor those who soldiered on and finished despite the added miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/marathon-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-982 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/marathon-2.jpg\" alt=\"marathon 2\" width=\"269\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The race took place through Bangkok&#8217;s historic district, crossing paths with the Grand Palace and many Buddhist\u00a0temples. At least the extra running was scenic!<\/p>\n<p>To design and order t-shirts with the click of a button, check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/24hourwristbands.com\/custom-apparel\">our site<\/a>. We hope you&#8217;re not having to buy shirts to apologize for anything, but we can help either way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A half-marathon is difficult\u00a0enough, but runners in the Standard Chartered Bangkok Half-Marathon had to run an additional\u00a04 miles over the normal 13-mile distance.\u00a0The mishap was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[12,37,44,45,59,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23.253.236.205\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}