This week’s Tuesdays on the Run Linkup topic is Favorite Race Medals: Maybe you own it? Maybe you covet it? Show us and tell us about your faves. Face it, medals have evolved over the years. From almost non-existent as recently as a decade ago to elaborate, glowing, spinning works of art these days. Read this post to see the dramatic changes. Honestly I do not envy race directors because the bar is high! I do love good bling as much as the next runner so let’s get to the favorites that make my best bling list.
Fave Medals I Own
Marine Corps Marathon. I love everything about this race, not least of all the badass medal.
New York City Marathon. Love, love and more love.
Boston Marathon. I’m not sure if I really love the design (who doesn’t love a sweet unicorn?) or what this one stands for. While the design stays basically the same, it too has evolved to some extent over the years.
Medals I Covet
Rt 66 Marathon. I confess I was checking flights and hotels last year. That’s how bad I wanted this bad boy.
Surf Side. Seriously how fun are these surfboard medals? Really anything with a beachy or nautical theme is on my wanted list.
Star Wars. I’m typically not a Disney kind of girl but the Star Wars series? This one speaks to me. I wanted to make this race work this year, alas the Rebel Challenge was long sold out. Asleep at the switch again.
Your turn: What race medals do you absolutely love? Would you choose a race just for the medal?
I TOTALLY want those Star Wars Medals! The Boston medals have evolved for the better over the years in my opinion.
You have so many great medals! Medals I will never earn. 🙁
I wouldn’t run a race just for the medal, but a nice medal is always a nice touch. I’d much rather a great medal than the tee!
I love your MCM medal! And, oh my goodness I want those Star Wars medals – just can’t bring myself to fork over Disney-like money for a race.
You have the best medals!! I will have to live vicariously through you since I don’t run marathons. If I ever do, it’ll be NYC.
I love my MCM of course. Wineglass marathon/half are glass and beautiful. I also loved the Long Branch medal both years I did that one. Key West half medal is great but the same each year.
I love the Star Wars medals too. They’re really cool. Can’t wait until my son gets a little older to run those races with him!
I am not a Disney person either but I do love those medals! And yes, Boston will always be a medal I covet! (Oh dear, passive voice!). Thanks for hosting!
The first thing I wanted to see after they made the Star Wars announcement was what the medal designs were. I mean, it’s Star Wars. They can have a lot of fun with those. I really wanted the Stormtrooper 10k from Disneyland, but now the Dark Side is at WDW.
I am soooo not a medal person, I think the only medal I have that I could actually tell you what it looked like is my Boston medals because I think I would have known there was a unicorn on them (before reading this post and seeing your pictures!) I suppose it would help if I displayed them and then I would know what they looked like!
LOVe the surfboard ones, and I covet a Disney medal too ! And I secretly covet the NYC marathon one also… guess its not a secret anymore now thatI have put it out there on the internet !
I would never choose a race for the medal, but there are some medals I want–Boston, of course. Did you know the medal for Big Sur is actually a handmade ceramic medallion? I cannot wait…
I’ve done Route 66 (half) twice. Great medals. I will probably do it this year as my sister lives there. You wanna?
I didn’t realize that the Boston Marathon medals are so similar year to year…congrats on earning so many of them! Disney has some amazing medals that are tempting to sign up for…they are just so expensive!
I was really tempted to sign up for the Philadelphia Marathon last year just because of the medal. I’m glad I didn’t though because I know I wasn’t in marathon shape. Hoping this years medal is as nice as last years!
Awesome medals! Love the surfboard ones. I have never picked a race for the medal, but it’s always fun to get good bling.
Such an amazing assortment of medals you’ve presented here!!! I want ALL the Disney medals and that Marine Corp medal – WOW. Those surfboard medals are adorable, too! I would and totally have run a race just for the medal. It’s sometimes how I pick which races I am going to do, LOL. I’m looking at running Cinco de Miler again this year JUST for the medal!
Whoa I love the surfboard medals! How cool is that?!? I love how the medals are getting bigger and better. A friend of mine ran in the first of a series in Bay St. Louis this past weekend. There are 5 races but 4 of the medals fit in an 8×8″ holder, I guess so you could miss one. I thought it was pretty cool! That Rt 66 one is pretty dang awesome!!! Thanks Marcia for the link up!
The MCM medal is one of my favorites too. As well as Boston. I agree, for being the “Ultimate” marathon to run I thought it would be bigger or something a little more special about it.
I want to do the Star Wars Challenges (both of them!) I ran the Disney Princess Half and 10K two years ago – the medals were fantastic – but a friend just completed the Goofy (5K, 10K, half and full) and THOSE medals are freaking amazing! So Marathon weekend and at least one Star Wars race get added to my Race Bucket list 🙂
Your medals are pretty awesome. Most of mine are fairly old-school – a bit of round metal on a ribbon. I do love the Sydney half marathon ones though. Each one has a different runner on it – a famous Australian athlete. They make a good collection. And I love the medals that I’ve actually won. The age group ones. They mean a bit more, especially if there was a PB attached to them.
I think the medals are all fun! I love all mine! I talked my daughter into running the RnR Nashville race for that medal with the cowboy boots! My ZOOMA Florida medal from last year has a detachable charm- love it! I think it is a little bit of a motivator to move from your comfort spot 5K/10K to a half to get the bigger bling!
I love seeing how much the Boston Marathon medals have changed over the years!
I am coveting every medal from up above…..well, truth be told, I’m not much into Star Wars,but the medals still are pretty sweet 😉 And Boston……I may have go the “fundraising” route on that endeavor, unless I can maintain my current “speed” for another decade (or longer). #glasshalffull
I don’t really care for medals but I must say, I really love my medal holder. So maybe I do like medals after all. 😉
There’s something nice about medals that stay consistent like the Boston medals, beyond the cute unicorn of course 🙂
I think MCM is one of my favorites, too. I still need to figure out a display for my medals. They’ve been stuffed in a box since we moved. in OCt 2014. I’m a slacker 😉
One of my favorites still is when we did Carlsbad….so shiny!
I am OK with no medal. Also, I will not run a race just for the medal. I know, I am weird. 🙂