Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Race Day 2013

Here are some photos from Saturday, the day of the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon.

Some volunteers had to show up for their shift as early as 5 AM if they signed up for gear check. I volunteered to be a course marshal and I had to be there at 6:15 AM. We were the first water and aid station, at around the 5 or 6 K mark.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Race Day 2013 Part One

The race start was 7 AM!

By the time the first runners would reach our area, it would be around 7:15 AM or so.  In the meantime, the aid volunteers had to fill up hundreds of cups of water and cut up bananas among other things.

Finally, we got the word that they were close to our area!

Here are the first runners!

Before long, the area was packed with runners grabbing their first water of the race.

They weren’t that careful and I got splashed with water as they threw their cups on the ground.

It was a constant stream of runners until we got word that the last runners were approaching. We gave a big cheer to them and then finished dismantling the area.

I ran across the Burrard bridge toward the 6 mile mark, to cheer them on again. Some runners remembered me from the earlier station. This was where there was another water station where my friends were volunteering.

This is the area right beside the Lululemon headquarters building. There were lots of staff dressed in red and yellow cheering on the runners!

After that I went home. I didn’t go to the finish line, but I saw the photos and it looked absolutely exciting and amazing! Great race!

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Opening Day Friday 2013 Part Three

This is part three of my review of the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store opening on Friday.

This part shows photos of the individual items. At this point, two hours after the doors were opened, there may have been a few things sold out, but mainly in size medium. It was getting a little competitive in there for those sizes!

Here are the photos.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Opening Day Friday 2013 Part Three

Here are some floor photos.

Here is the mens Focus 1/4 Zip Seawheeze.

Here is the 5 year basic T with a bigfoot with an RCMP hat on. That’s a guess.

This is a mens precise singlet. Love this color!

This is the Run inspire crop in blue. Lots of runners wore these for the race. Also in black, green and cream.

Here is the orange version of the run inspire crop.

Here is Run Stuff your bra in blue. I saw a photo with a phone stuck inside but I can’t see that working in real life.

Here is a yellow version of the bra. In the second photo you can see the small girl figure with a pony tail sitting on the silver omega Lululemon symbol.

Here is track attack shorts in the multi colored pattern.

Here is a pale green and yellow speed short. I love the panty lining!

This is a green and orange version of the speed shorts.

Here is a track attack short in cream and green and a version in orange and cream.

This is an orange fast track short and a green track attack skirt.

Here is a green warm up crew.

This is a yellow swiftly racerback. I saw a few of these on race day!

Here is a swiftly tech long sleeve scoop in the same yellow color.

Here is the turquoise blue version.

Here is a precise T.

Here’s the DJ who kept the tunes coming while we shopped!

This is a precise singlet.

This is a selection of the racer back tanks in different colors.

Here is the silver omega Lululemon symbol with an RCMP hat on top.

Here are some reduced price pants.

By the way, here are photos of the larger sizes on the floor. There were plenty of them. So those who were complaining that Lululemon does not present them as they do small sizes, can’t complain about this event. (same with the factory outlet sale, there were plenty of larger sizes). I saw a few plus sized woman running the race wearing a lot of these items.

The next post will be on activities during the Seawheeze Friday and Saturday.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Opening Day Friday 2013 Part Two

This is part two of the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store opening from yesterday, Friday.

Here are some photos of the floor and all the shopping frenzy. Actually, it wasn’t too bad because it was two hours after the doors opened.

Line up for the cash registers. Odd thing, a lot of American customers were getting their credit cards declined because they hadn’t let their credit card company know that they were in Vancouver and might be running up a large tab at the Seawheeze! There were announcements warning the customers about this.

Having to decide…limit was 15 items per person.

Still waiting in line for the cash registers.

Cabanas were surprisingly not that busy. There was also a communal dressing room, too.

Here are photos of accessories: headband, socks, bags, and briefs.

Tomorrow, I’ll post the last batch of photos from the retail store.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Opening Day Friday 2013 Part One

Today is the opening day of the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store!

Here are some photos of the crowd waiting outside. There was talk of some people who started lining up last night but I don’t know if that’s true. In any case, there were hundreds of people waiting this morning before the doors opened.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Opening Day Friday 2013

It even wraps around the corner at the convention centre. I later found out that there were a lot of people who were in line to pick up their racer packages, so not all were to get into the store.

Here are some photos from the first day of the Seawheeze Half Marathon sale. I took a lot of photos after the doors opened so although I tried to get a photo of everything, if it was sold out early, then I would have missed it.

Here are photos of all of the mannequins that were in the retail area.

These are photos of the mens mannequins first.

Here are some photos of the sales floor.

Here are the womens mannequins.

I’ll post more photos later in part two of this post.

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Set Up Preview 2013

Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store Set Up Preview 2013

Today is the day before the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon Retail Store opens!

It takes a lot of planning, organization and work to set up the store. This area at the convention center is huge! And by tomorrow, the room will encompass the package pick up, chip checker and retail store, among other things. Will this be the largest Lululemon pop up store ever?

Here are a few photos from the set up today.

In the background, you can see a pair of mens pants. There is a silver omega Lululemon symbol with a hat perched on the side for mens items!

Here’s a few photos of some products. There are lots of shirts, shorts, skirts (skorts), jackets, crops, etc.

Here’s a Track Attack Jacket in blue.

Here’s a Track Attack jacket in yellow.

Here’s a warm up crew in a nice orange color! I like the reflective strip in the back, too!

This is a yellow swiftly scoop! Love the silver omega lululemon symbol with the woman sitting on it with her pony tail!

Here’s another Track Attack jacket, in the multi color plaid pattern.

Here’s a pair of track pants with a yellow stripe on the side.

Here’s the same style in blue with a light turquoise stripe on the side.

Here’s a scuba hoodie in the multi colored stripe pattern.

Here’s a white cool racerback. I love the luxtreme fabric!

Here are some dressing room cabanas.

Here’s a big sign of Chip Wilson, probably for the chip checkers area again.

Here’s a sign for social media contacts.

More photos of the product in this special Seawheeze store to come tomorrow!

Lululemon Exclusive Clothing from the Lululemon Seawheeze Half Marathon 2012

I visited the Seawheeze showcase store this afternoon and decided to take some photos.

I know that my blog is usually for older Lululemon clothes but these posts covering the Seawheeze is an exception.

When I went at around 2PM, the wait for the dressing rooms were long and the wait for the cash registers were really long! Later in the afternoon, the waits were a lot less.

It was nice to see these exclusive pieces! I love the appearance of polka dots (the shorts included with the entry fee have polka dots), love the silhouette of the female runner, too.

Each colored ‘tree’ or ‘lung’ was sized. Interestingly, the highest or largest women’s size was 10. The largest men’s size was XL.I love the colors, especially the watermelon!

This is similar to the men’s shorts (or maybe were the actual shorts) that were in the race packet.

I love the hydration pieces that are made in partnership with amphipod!

I really wonder if these pieces will be exclusive to this event or if I’ll see them at the regular stores?

This is one of the line-ups.

This is my favorite piece!

I love these cut out shorts, too!

I like these striped head bands!

Did you see any pieces you’d want to wear?