I am proud of each and every single one of them. Each one represent a certain time in my life, a milestone in my running career. My first 5k & 10k. My first third place finish. My first age group win. My first half, my first full and my first Boston. They are all special to me.
But I dont care about displaying them. Is that weird? I just end up putting the next one over the last one. Though I might end up displaying the Boston medal some how down the road..... if I get around to it.
I'm assuming not all of you display your medals. If not, what do you do with them??
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I've shoved nearly all my medals into a box that one of my boys made for me in primary school. They sit on a shelf with trophies and ugly mugs that I've won. But there are a couple of medals that I display - my marathon, my half PR and a couple of age group first medals.
All of mine are in my dresser drawer. I've thought about getting a fancy display rack for them, but the drawer works just fine for me.
I have lots of medals, the first few I wanted to display, now they are mostly in a pile around the house. I have a few special ones I want ton display, but nothing fancy, just hang somewhere. I know that between the Mrs. and I there a bunch we can't even tell whose is whose.
At some point, I may donate them. http://www.medals4mettle.org/donate.html
My lovely wife put together a cork board display for me in my computer room/home office.....a bunch of my race bibs and medals from my "early days" as a runner (2008-2009). My mother-in-law put together a lovely shadow box for my first marathon (Bay State - 2009), as well as an even lovelier one for my first Boston (2012).
The rest of my medals (including that cool surfboard from Surftown!) hang off the edges of those shadow boxes.
I melt mine. Just kidding! As of right now, they are all in a race bag. I am thinking on what to do with them. I might get a hanger. I wont buy one though, I might just come up with something myself. I am proud of all of them. All 8 of them.
Mine end up in a drawer or in my kids room as a toy or in the garbage or in my desk at work. Medals mean nothing to me, although the Boston medal would be displayed prominently.
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