Medals.....

BrianSharpe

Frivolous question really, but .....what do you do with your medal collection?

Mine tend to end up in a drawer or on a hanger in my closet but there are a few of them that represent milestones in my quest for improved fitness..........

ZenInTexas

I have 2 cork boards in my office that I hang them on, one for me and one for my husband.

_Josee_

They are hanging on my home office wall (on key racks).
But I don't have many yet. I guess that someday I'll have to only hangs the ones with a special meaning

FrenchMob

You should invest in one of these;
http://www.goneforarun.com/Marathon_Medal_Display_and_Running_Medal_Display_s/774.htm

DavidMartinez2

My finisher medals are hanging on the door knobs for my bedroom closet. The awards I earned are on my desk.

RenewedRunner

Mine hang in my bathroom, supposed to remind me to get changed and go run!

The husbands-who knows? Except the one we just got last weekend is a bottle opener so it has a place of honor in the kitchen (with the ribbon cut off)

BrianSharpe

Mine hang in my bathroom, supposed to remind me to get changed and go run!

The husbands-who knows? Except the one we just got last weekend is a bottle opener so it has a place of honor in the kitchen (with the ribbon cut off)

What an outstanding idea!

ibleedunionblue

I have a shoebox I put them in that I keep in the closet.

CathOh

You could bring a smile and maybe some hope to someone through this organization: http://www.medals4mettle.org/

dorianaldyn

The age group winners at the Humboldt marathon also got bottle opener medals - I thought it was a great idea!

As for mine, they're draped over the top of this stand up mirror I have in my bedroom.

CarsonRuns

You could bring a smile and maybe some hope to someone through this organization: http://www.medals4mettle.org/

This is what I do with mine. Just sent a big package to them several weeks back.

sarahz5

You could bring a smile and maybe some hope to someone through this organization: http://www.medals4mettle.org/

Now I know what my son and I are doing with our medals. Thank you for posting!

ZenInTexas

You could bring a smile and maybe some hope to someone through this organization: http://www.medals4mettle.org/

What a great idea!!

twinmom_112002

My half marathon and 10 mile medals are hanging around the neck of my skeleton in my bio classroom. I also post my training plans crossing off the days as I complete them. My hopes are that I might motivate a student to start to run or be more active. I tell them I didn't start until 4 years ago.

I have my 5K and 10K medals in a box. Thanks for the link to send them off.

CarsonRuns

I have my 5K and 10K medals in a box. Thanks for the link to send them off.

They only accept HM and Marathon medals.

twinmom_112002

Bummer....wonder why they won't take the lower level races?

BrianSharpe

You could bring a smile and maybe some hope to someone through this organization: http://www.medals4mettle.org/

What a great idea!

I have my 5K and 10K medals in a box. Thanks for the link to send them off.

They only accept HM and Marathon medals.

and triathlon!

amandamurdaugh

I bought hangers from Gone for a Run. Mine are all way too precious & important to me at this point.

dalguard

Mine are in the kids dress-up box, but now I think I'll dig out the marathon and half marathon ones and send them to Medals4Mettle.

mlogantra76

I'm still in the stage of keeping and displaying them:) I was hanging them on a light fixture over my mirror in the bathroom but it was getting too heavy. Now, they are hanging on a wall in my bedroom. I'm not super fast by any means, just one of the faster runners in my age group which sometimes results in an award.

lporter229

Mine are all in a box, but this year I intend to make Christmas tree ornaments out of them and decorate a small tree entirely with medals. I think it will be fun to take them out of the box every year and remember each race.

CarsonRuns

I'm not super fast by any means, just one of the faster runners in my age group which sometimes results in an award.

Award medals I keep, for sure!

redredy9

I bought some cheap hook and rails from Ikea, installed them in my kitchen high up on the walls and hang my medals from the hooks. The hooks and rails are white and blend in with my walls which I prefer to the big heavy medal racks that they sell at the marathon expos. The "race medal holders" just aren't my style.

Linli_Anne

I only have 2, but they are currently hanging on the corner of the mirror in my bedroom.

I want to frame my HM finisher medal and my bib in a shadow box and display it somewhere, because it was my first HM and I still feel great pride from what I accomplished.

It's odd because I have a plaque of medals from my competitive highland dancing days, hanging at my parents' house, and I feel sort of like "meh" about it, like I didn't really earn those awards maybe because I didn't start the activity by choice...but, totally going off topic.

mlogantra76

Hey, while we are on medals....

Is the Masters class generally considered 40+? Had a crazy experience this weekend. I was the fifth woman to cross the finish line(very small race) and they gave 3 overall female awards, the 4th woman was in her 40's and got the first place masters award. I don't know why they gave out 2nd and 3rd place masters because it was so small but regardless, I was pulled from my age group award for the 2nd place masters... This event, although small was managed by a local timing company that has the monitors at the race to post results and you can print out your results. So it was all done by a computer in terms of awards. So my question is, doesn't masters generally start at 40 years old? I'm 36(and yes my age was listed correctly in their system) so I didn't think I qualified for that award and should have gotten first in my age group. I realize a masters award is better than age group but I didn't realize I qualified...

The rest of the story is they didn't have a 2nd and 3rd place master award made up(their mistake) so when I went up to get my award, I was told there was none!!!! They are making it for me and sending it to me but you can imagine the high of going up to get the award, having my husband posed with the camera, and then hearing "Sorry, we don't have an award for you." I am new to races so I was really excited... Haha.

Anybody have any crazy stories like this?

DymonNdaRgh40

I have two baskets full of stuff that I need to put into my scrapbook and all the medals are currently in there. I have a couple of runs planned for next year that I'm really excited about. They are both Disney runs and if you do both the Tinkerbell and the Princess runs you can grab a really nice Coast to Coast medal. Plus, there are some nice challenge medals that I'll pick up as well. I will get a display case for those. I need something else for these others that I have.

CarsonRuns

Is the Masters class generally considered 40+?

Yes, Masters class is 40+. I've never seen it anything else unless there are Super Master or Grand Masters (not Grand Master Flash).

jturnerx

My medals are hanging off the bar on my squat rack. I've run out of room on the bar and need a new squat rack. You can see my squat rack gets a lot of use. lol

rungirl1973

I have two large totes full of trophies and medals. I always mean to donate them, but I never get around to it.
They're sitting in my spare bedroom closet right now.

mlogantra76

Is the Masters class generally considered 40+?

Yes, Masters class is 40+. I've never seen it anything else unless there are Super Master or Grand Masters (not Grand Master Flash).

Thats what I thought. Strange. As they used a timing company that does several races in my area including large ones. I assume it was a glitch in their computer program. The other mistake was giving out an award they didn't have made up.