Yesterday, Heather (Running with Sass) featured my (and a bunch of awesome blogger's) favoritest medal and why on her blog! Thanks, Heather! and hello if you're new around here!
This opportunity made me think about all the bling I have acquired in the past year. Which ones are my favorites and why; there are so many reasons why I like (or dislike) each one. They all hold amazing memories, no matter what they look like, but there are a few that stand out the most. So, without further ado, here are my 3 favorite (besides the one on Heather's blog):
This
is the medal I started running for and hot damn! What an amazingly
designed medal, it is! There are slim pickins when it comes to cleverly
designed medals (IMHO) and this one tops the charts. To be honest, I haven't really been that impressed with runDisney medals before this one. The Disneyland Half and The Wine and Dine were both awesome, but nothing like this. Even if it was a terrible run, this totally makes up for it. If I could get away with wearing it every day, I totally would.
It was serious love at first sight (granted, the picture showed the glitter more of a yellow and less of a gold, which totally looks better but oh well). As soon as I
saw this medal, I had to have it. So, I signed up for a random race in Nashville; even though I hadn't finished
training or even run my first half. This
is also the medal that started the insane year of race-cations, which lead to:
I know this isn't a "race" medal, per se, but I had to get a lot of crappy medals to get this one! When I started running, 5 half marathons in a year was an insane thought. 12 later; not so much. Now I'm an official Rockstar and I can say it and mean it with proof! And it doesn't hurt, that I got to share my Rockstarness with my better half (who also happened to get both medals engraved for me :-)
What's your favorite medal?
My fav is definitely my Walt Disney World marathon medal!! It's super awesome!
ReplyDeleteI will definitely say the race medal often plays a role in whether or not I'm interested in a race.
That is an awesome medal. I'm excited to see this year's!
DeleteIt definitely plays a HUGE role for me, too.
thanks for participating! I so wanted that donald medal but we ran princess and I couldnt do both!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for having the post!
DeleteI know what you mean. I'm definitely doing Princess this year, so I hope the Marathon medal isn't that cool, in case I can't do both.
You are definitely a Rock Star! I'm surprised RnR isn't using you in promo posters yet since you are a staple at all of their races!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE our Donald medal. So clever! The Chip & Dale relay medal might mean the most to me. I couldn't stop crying when I was hitting that finish line. I loved earning it with my best friend. And the process of earning it showed me I could do two half marathons in two days - which pretty much turned my whole running career around and opened a lot of doors for me just by boosting my confidence! (That was so corny!!)
And the Coast to Coast one I love solely because it is simply the Partners statue!
Haha! Well, they did stop me at the NOLA Half for a photo, so we shall see :-) but I am no Dave Mari!
DeleteI was going to put the Chip-n-Dale one on here, but the Donald one was THE race I started running for, the Relay was just an added bonus.
It's so not corny! You deserve that confidence.
And that damn C2C. . .I will get it if it's the last thing I do!
Love this! Now I want to do a medal post on my blog too! Would love to hear more about your run-cations as that's how my year feels this year!
ReplyDeleteYou should do one, so I can see! I love race bling. It definitely influences what races I will run.
DeleteYou can read all about the race-cations on the Race recap tab. This year is really mild compared to last year. Hopefully, next year I can get back on track!