This past weekend, I ran the Wausau Half Marathon on Saturday, drove 3 hours to Minnesota, ran the Woodbury Country Mile Half Marathon on Sunday and then drove 3.5 hours to my aunt and uncle's house for a family party. It was an exhausting, but fun weekend. I got to meet two other Skirt Sports ambassadors and hang out with a college friend. I also came away with two tech shirts, two medals, two race bibs, and a variety of other swag. As a serial racer, that's a lot of stuff to add to my collection. Spoiler: the shirts aren't even going home with me. Appropriately, today's topic for Tuesdays on the Run is: What do you do with race memorabilia? Do you save everything or dispose of a lot? Do you have it organized or in a pile? I am quite … [Read more...]
Allied Medal Hanger Review
Thank you to Allied Medal Hangers for sending me a hanger to review. This coming Sunday, I will be running half marathon #49. That's kind of a lot of medals. But that's not all. Oh, no. I have medals from 5 marathons, 2 Ragnars, 2 17.75K, and a handful of other medals. It's kind of a little crazy here. (And yes, I'm kind of crazy. It's ok, I know.) That pile of medals? Those are the ones that don't fit on the lovely hanger that my father made me. Yeah, I filled that bad boy right up. So, recently, I reached out to Allied Medals to see if I could review one of their hangers. I mean, it's just sad to have your medals in a pile on the floor. Right? Thankfully, they agreed and told me to pick a hanger. Simple, right? Not so … [Read more...]
