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Controlling the chaos: a work in progress

July 31, 2017 by MCM Mama 12 Comments

Hi, I’m MCM Mama and I own way too much a lot just the right amount of skirts. And the perfect number of running shoes (if I were to run multiple times a day every day.) And medals? I have a few of those as well. I also live in a small house with closets big enough to hold about 3 outfits. Since today’s topic on Tuesdays on the Run is how you organize your running related items, I’ll share how I don’t end up on the show “Hoarders”.

How exactly do I actually manage to keep things neat. Well, I organized my running shoes and clothes a couple of years ago and it’s actually stuck!

Then:

Now:

OK, maybe I needed to add another level of shoe storage…

Despite a teeny tiny house, I have most of my running related items under control! My medals are another story…

I have this medal rack that my dad made…

And my Run the USA rack…

And the cool Mainly Marathons one that I just got…

Meanwhile, all of my medals from the last two years are in a shoe box…

I think what I’d like to do is hang the tiles from the Mainly Marathons series that are currently on my old medal rack, plus the two new racks, above my skirt storage. Maybe the next time my dad comes to visit, I can convince him to help me. I’m pretty sure we’ll need to find the studs so the medals don’t end up on the floor in the middle of the night. (Can you imagine what that would sound like???)

And then there’s all my fuel, lights, hats, gloves, etc. that are just shoved in a drawer and shelf in my living room. Guess I should think about organizing that too…

How do you organize all of your running related stuff? Do you have a system that works for you? I’d love to hear suggestions.

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  1. Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy says

    August 1, 2017 at 5:49 am

    If I ever cleated out “my” bedroom – we have a 3 bedroom house, so a master bedroom & then 1 as storage for each of us – maybe I could really organize my running stuff. It’s mostly organized . . . in the master bedroom, in “my” bedroom, in the living room & so on! So I’ll love reading the tips today. 🙂
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  2. AmyC says

    August 1, 2017 at 7:10 am

    WOW! You have a lot of medals! Most of my things are in storage and we have a tiny Hong Kong apartment, so what I have here is in drawers kind of all over the place.
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  3. Susie @ Suzlyfe says

    August 1, 2017 at 7:25 am

    I have so many bags of running clothes that I am saving for later, the clothes that I am currently using, the clothes that I am NOT currently using but I think that I MIGHT use… it is just insane. Speaking of, I need to go fold some laundry!
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  4. Wendy says

    August 1, 2017 at 7:52 am

    I finally got a medal rack for Christmas and I love looking at my medals hanging all organized there! They used to be in a drawer, which was kind of a shame. The rest of my stuff isnt’ so organized, tho!
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  5. Kimberly Hatting says

    August 1, 2017 at 8:00 am

    I have all of my medals on a re-purposed accordian-style coffee mug/peg rack. Gosh, I never though about that thing crashing in the night!
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  6. Marcia says

    August 1, 2017 at 9:38 am

    Organized chaos here too. I have a drawer dedicated to gadgets, etc but when I leave them out to charge they sometimes go MIA. Charger chaos is another animal I’ve yet to tame.

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  7. Lesley says

    August 1, 2017 at 10:15 am

    I have a decent sized closet, but a small dresser. I keep saying I’m going to get a bigger dresser, then never do. I even moved the small dresser up from Dallas instead of re-homing it and then getting a brand new one up here. I use my closet to hang a lot of my running gear and keep the dresser for “regular” clothes.

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  8. Janelle @ Run With No Regrets says

    August 1, 2017 at 10:19 am

    I would really like to find a better way to organize my running clothings – I have a few bins that I store my stuff but it just seems to add too much clutter to my bedroom. I really want to get a medal display but can’t make a decision on which one to buy since I also want to hang up my bibs!
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  9. Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says

    August 1, 2017 at 2:46 pm

    I have the skirts tackled working on the pants and tights now!
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  10. Teresa says

    August 1, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    Girl, you are cracking me up with that ‘Hoarder’s” comment! I can’t even begin to organize my stuff in this tiny little rental house we’re in temporarily. The good news is that we are set to close on our ‘forever’ (is there really such a thing) this month, so maybe I can finally get all of my stuff organized. Running clothes is the biggest problem for me….. I keep buying more and refuse to get rid of the old. ….you just never know when one might need it!! Ugh. Yes, I have a problem ….but then don’t we all??? 🙂
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  11. Zenaida Arroyo says

    August 1, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    My stuff is all over the place but yet somewhat organized because I always find the things I need when I go for a run.

    Girl, how many pairs of running shoes do you have?
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  12. vicki says

    August 2, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    I can say one thing… you are more organized than me 🙂
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