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This week’s topic is Favorite Race Medals
Most of my medals come from half marathons. And I love them ALL! I mean they mean that I actually ran 13.1 miles!!!
I have won a lot of age group awards so I have medals from those races and a few from some shorter distances.
It was hard to choose but I’d say that these are my favorites:
- Sarasota Music Half Marathon 2016
Of course, this is from my most recent half marathon. I just loved this race course.
- Naples Daily News Half Marathon 2011
A medal from my first ever half marathon…what more can I say?
- First Watch Half Marathon 2013
This was from another half in Florida. It was my first half marathon after my ankle surgery plus I love dolphins. I think that this is my heaviest medal.
- Walkway Half Marathon 2015
This is one of the few medals that I have that is not made of metal – it is made out of wood.
- RNR Brooklyn Half Marathon 2015
This is the arch in Prospect Park where the race began. This was the first time I had been back to Brooklyn since I was 5 years old. I used to live near there when I was little.
- The Love Run 2014
I’ll never forgot running 13.1 miles in a monsoon rainstorm in order to get this medal.
- Adirondack Distance Run 2014
This was from a bucket list 10 miler that I ran along Lake George. The race ends at the marina where we keep our boat.
- Freihofer Run for Women 2012
They don’t normally give medals for this 5k but in 2012 you were able to purchase one. I only did because I got a discounted registration so it didn’t cost me much. I didn’t know at the time that I would break my ankle and that this would be my first run. So this medal is very meaningful to me.
Happy Running! Where did you get your favorite medal? Why is it your favorite?
My First 5K and More... 
Love the one with the dolphins!
I think Heartbreak Hill was my favorite so far — a heart that spins. I have a thing for hearts, for obvious reasons.
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I love your heart medal too! Not enough to run those hills, though.
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They only did it one year anyway, so I was so glad I insisted on doing it!
The hills weren’t so bad, it was the heat after weeks of 50 degree weather.
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I love the dolphin one! I don’t think I have any medals that are not metal. Thanks for linking up!
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You have lots of great medals! I’ll be running the Love Run this year and the medal looks pretty nice! The ones that are made of wood are so cool!
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That is such a great race.I wish I lived closer and I would run it again.
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I love that wooden medal, very unique! I think my favorite currently is the Tower of Terror 10 miler medal. IT was my first longer distance race and it has parts that glow in the dark. But you’re right that each of them tell a story 🙂
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That sounds like a cool medal.
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I have a wooden medal too! It is special to me because it was not only a race in my home town but also one of the race directors fathers hand made each one! That right here is pretty neat, not a lot of races can say that!
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The wood medals are always so great, especially when handmade by someone special! They stand out for sure. Love all your favorites.
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You have some great Florida medals! I will be earning one from First Watch next month, I hope mine is that pretty! Love the medal hanger too!
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That’s so cool that you are running First Watch. Wendy is running it too. Their medals are always big and heavy. You should do the Sarasota Music half next year. It is an even better race.
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I will check that one out too! I am looking forward to meeting Wendy!
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That should be fun. I’d like to race with some of you southern ladies.
Definitely try the music one. You will love it.
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Great medals! I received my first medal made from wood when I did my 50k trail run. I thought it was odd at first but the name of the race was the Nature Trail Run so I guess that makes sense and makes it unique compared to my other medals.
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Oh my, how lovely! And your medal hanger! ❤ ❤ ❤
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I love it too. But it is already full 😦
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So many great medals- congrats! I have a few favorites. The first one I ever earned will always be special Safari Park Half Marathon. I also like the RnRLA HM 2014 great design. I love skulls. Surf City surf board one is cute and the Santa Rosa spinny one is fun. This was a very fun post BTW!!
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Skulls are cool and also surfboards. I covet those.
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Aren’t the R’n’R medals awesome? Most of my medals have symbolic value….I don’t know if I could hand pick an actual favorite. That Sarasota medal is pretty sweet, too! I Love your collection 😉
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I have only seen a couple wooden medals and those are very unique. My favorite medal is from the Boston Marathon, but I also think the RnR and Disney medals are pretty awesome too! Your Brooklyn medal is nice.
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if I ran Boston, that would be my favorite too and NYC.
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I love the BRNR medal 🙂 but you are right, I love them all 🙂 even the races I didn’t do so hot at!
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Racing bling is the best.
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That first one is really cool!
I have a feeling I’m either going to love or hate the RNR DC medal this year, depending on how awful it is to race untrained…
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I bet you do fine. Good lUck!
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