Always Advancing, a manufacturer of apparel, promotional products and awards, has confirmed a two-year partnership extension with Motiv, the active lifestyle events and entertainment company. Always Advancing will create and manufacture signature race apparel and medals for Motiv athletes at more than 25 Motiv events across North America.
“Making sure our competitors have a first-class experience is our top priority,” said Alex Bennett, Vice President, Sports for Motiv. “In addition to their outstanding work in producing the highest quality participation medals, Always Advancing provides our competitors with incredible race apparel designed to create ever-lasting memories of our events.”
Bennett added, “Always Advancing is a one-stop-shop for us and they make it convenient and affordable for us to create the ultimate experience for our competitors. Our participants look forward to our events and proudly wear and show off the Always Advancing apparel and the medals that they create each year.”
Ryan O’Keefe, co-founder at Always Advancing said “Motiv knows and respects our great work in the competitive sports space, and they depend on us to design apparel for them that is both comfortable and evokes long-lasting memories for their participants.
“As we look to expand our race-apparel line to other race organizers, we’re fortunate to partner with Alex and Motiv in continuing to provide their participants with both our signature race apparel and participation medals.”
Founded in 2015, Motiv is headquartered in Denver, CO, with offices across the US and Australia. The Motiv platform currently consists of 25-plus events and digital properties with plans to expand into several vertical industries in the outdoor lifestyle space.
Always Advancing will be producing apparel and medals for more than 25 Motiv events. These include:
- The Surf City Marathons in Huntington Beach, CA, on September 21-22, 2019 and January 31-February 2, 2020;
- The Shamrock Run Portland in Portland, OR, on March 15-17, 2019;
- The Love Run Philly Half Marathon in Philadelphia, PA, on March 31, 2019;
- Rutgers Unite in New Brunswick, NJ, on April 14, 2019;
- Tar Heel 10-miler in Chapel Hill, NC, on April 13, 2019;
- The Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon in Solvang, CA, on May 10-11, 2019;
- The Starlight 5K in Portland, OR, on June 1, 2019;
The Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon in Sonoma, CA, on July 20-21, 2019; - The Bull City Race Fest and Food Truck Rodeo in Durham, NC, on October 20, 2019;
- The Golden Gate Half Marathon in San Francisco, CA, on November 2-3, 2019; and
- The Holiday Half Marathon in Pomona, CA, on December 14-15, 2019.
Always Advancing, established in 2008, is a manufacturer of apparel, promotional products and awards, with a specialization in custom finisher medals and ribbons for endurance events.
Always Advancing adds that it will manufacture apparel, participation medals and promotional products for more than 6-million participants in over 600 races in 20 countries in five continents in 2019.
