Finishing Medals..Rally up?

Nikki, I am with you.  I cherish my finisher medals.  T-shirts are nice.  But the medals are special. 

I'd rather the medal than the t-shirt. Which costs more? I don't see that much difference in registration price between finishing medal races and non either. Further, how about the medals being sponsered by Powerbar, or Active or umm...BT? ;0

Edited by zagagirl 2005-05-21 9:04 PM

It depends on the race.  In a small or local race I don't particularly care whether I get a finisher's medal or not.  If it's a big race of some significance then the medal is nice.  2 years ago when I did the AG Nationals they didn't give a finisher's medal which I thought was absurd since one has to qualify to be in the race.  They also don't give out finisher's medals at the Age Group World Championships.  Last year they did give finisher medals at Nationals.  I guess I wasn't the only one who complained.  It was a cool medal.  Instead of being on the usual ribbon it was hanging on 2 strands of Mardi Gras beads.

Actually what I'd rather have then a medal or a t-shirt is a pin with the event logo.  One race I did for years gave a different color pin each year.  The old USTS Bud Light races gave a finishers pin.  I had all those pins on a hat.  Some big races do have them for sale so I add them to my collection.

I'm rather partial to pins. You are dealing here with someone who's pin collector.  I have 100s of bike and Olympic pins.  I also have probably one of the largest collections of chess pins in the country.  I've lost count but it's probably around 3000 different pins just related to chess.

NJVT, yeah...t-shirts others can see and it brings up great chats with others. But, usually I only wear the t-shirts to run it cuz they all look so big and frumpy on me. The only race t-shirt i got which was GREAT was from Danskin last year. It was a wick-away sleeveless. I wore that alot after the race.

Okay...so, wick-away t-shirts and sponsered medals. How's that sound? he-he

I like the medals too a limited degree.  For each major accomplishment I plan to frame the medal and a picture together.  ie First Oly, First 1/2 IM, First IM, First 1/2 Marathon, First Marathon.  Then after that, who knows.  But I have to believe every IM finisher's medal would be worth framing.  I like having them as a daily reminder of the sedentary life I used to live and how far I have come from that lifesytle.

I agree, I'm the world's biggest swag-whore, provided the swag is useful. Last year, the big local triathlon (CajunMan) gave in its race packet a CoolMax T-shirt, a Headsweats running cap, SockGuy CoolMax socks, a nylon gear bag, a towel and a coozie, all printed with with the event logo. I use all of this extensively in my training and racing.

But alas, no finishers medal so the dust on my dresser has one less place to be.

Maybe, if you don't want the medal, leave it with the race organizers so they can hand it out to someone else who would appreciate it if they run out of medals. 

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