12 Days Of Holiday Giveaways: Day 6

In honor of the holiday shopping season officially kicking off, we’re giving away products from Triathlete magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide (on newsstands now). Check out the Day 6 giveaway below.

Day 6 (Wednesday, Nov. 28):

For day 6 of our 12 Days of Holiday Giveaways, we’re giving away a Blueseventy Transition Bag ($100, Blueseventy.com). This durable bag has a spot for almost everything tri, including a waterproof pocket for your wetsuit. The winner will also receive a Triathlete magazine race belt.

To win today’s giveaway, you’ll have to be a little creative. We’re looking for the best haiku about why you tri. If you don’t remember from high school English, a haiku is a three-line poem, with the first line containing seven syllables, the second line five syllables and the third line seven syllables. Update: It has been pointed out to us that the true format of a haiku is 5-7-5, not 7-5-7 as we previously stated. We will accept either format. We apologize for the error!

Here are two examples:

Example 1:
Why I tri? For abs of steel
Lean legs and strong tush
That will fit in my new jeans

Example 2:
Not because I care to win
But to prove that I
Am strong enough to finish

Post your haiku in the comments section of this post below, and the editors will choose our favorite. Answers posted on the Triathlete Facebook page will not count. Entries must be posted by Thursday, Nov. 29 at Noon PST. The winner will be announced on this page by 5 p.m. PST the same day.

UPDATED: Congratulations to Mike Shosted who submitted the following Haiku to earn the prize:

Check back to Triathlete.com every day for our 12 Days of Holiday Giveaways. Tomorrow we’ll be giving away all-weather running shoes!

Please read our rules and regulations before you submit:

The contest is run by Competitor Group, Inc, who is solely responsible for conducting the contest and for awarding the prize.
Winner selection will take place under the supervision of Competitor Group, Inc., whose decisions are final.

Any photos submitted may be published to Triathlete.com.

Entries must be received before contest closing date. Competitor Group, Inc. and our Sweepstakes partner are not responsible for late, lost, damaged or misdirected entries, or any technical malfunctions of the telephone network and/or transmission line, computer on-line system, computer equipment, hardware, software, or any combination thereof, or any entries that are late (including delayed data transmissions), tampered with, garbled, incomplete, misdirected, lost, mutilated, delayed, corrupted, mechanically duplicated, illegible or otherwise not in compliance with these rules & regulations.

Entrants also agree that Competitor Group, Inc. and our Sweepstakes partner are not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant’s or third person’s computer related to or resulting from Sweepstakes and its prizes.

Competitor Group, Inc. and our Sweepstakes partner are not liable for damage to a user’s computer system in any way due to an entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or downloading any information in connection with the Sweepstakes, including without limitation any server failure, lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction. Competitor Group, Inc. and our Sweepstakes partner reserve the right to modify or cancel the Sweepstakes in the event that it becomes technically corrupted.

Entrants agree that Competitor Group, Inc. and our Sweepstakes partner shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from acceptance/possession and/or use/misuse of prize/s or participation in Sweepstakes. Winners and travel companions must sign a release form and have the form notarized. The form releases all of the participating companies and Sweepstakes partners from liability arising from the prizes.

Entrants must be U.S. residents at least 18 years of age.

Employees of Competitor Group, Inc., our sweepstakes partner, participating companies, and their ad agencies, (and members of the immediate families of each) may not enter.

Federal, state and local taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Prize awarded based on availability. All expenses not specifically part of the prize according to the contest entry page are the responsibility of the winner.

Void where restricted by law; federal, state and local laws apply. No substitution for prize. Prize is not transferable, and is not redeemable for cash.

Potential winners will be notified by replying to their entry on this post. Potential winners must follow the directions contained in any correspondence and return all forms correctly completed within 7 days of the date of correspondence. Non-compliance will result in disqualification and a naming of an alternate winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received.